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It's hardly a secret that I'm skeptical of declarations that the aliens are out and about on our planet. Still, I try to answer every one of these mails and phone calls because, after all, it's not a violation of physics to travel from one star system to another.
It's hardly a secret that I'm skeptical of declarations that the aliens are out and about on our planet. Still, I try to answer every one of these mails and phone calls because, after all, it's not a violation of physics to travel from one star system to another.
Approximate author period: c. 1943 AD · modern
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- Seth Shostak
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- Approximate author period: c. 1943 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Seth Shostak: documented birth year 1943; activity date not established. Wikidata Q5762284, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5762284 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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