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The Thankless Search for Intelligence Out There... Somewhere

Posted by Motherboard on Monday, Sep 28, 2009

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Motherboard correspondent and 11-year-old mini-brainiac-author Adora Svitak travels to the SETI Institute to investigate the reasons we haven’t made extra-terrestrial contact yet — and also to find out when and how this group of clever earthlings hopes to right this grave injustice. Thanks, Adora!

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    Orion 11 months ago

    Don't burn yourself out, Adore. We need little whippersnappers like you to run this piece of junk when we're getting old and jaded.

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    sssss 11 months ago

    unlikely...most of her generation will have died of obesity by that time, sweetcheeks.

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    AlligatorDDT 11 months ago

    This girl is a little philosopher.

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    luxisabandit 11 months ago

    this girl is a little firecracker

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    tito 11 months ago

    really, really little genius kids freak me out

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    storstygg 11 months ago

    Love the video. Makes the mundane entertaining without patronizing the subjects. Are Adora's videos going to be a regular thing?

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    projectblackcat 11 months ago

    Excellent video... the interview really brought out the human side of the 3 SETI researchers, and I like the camera work showing lots of interesting small details around the rooms. This video is highly recommended!

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    The_Good_Doc 11 months ago

    This girl is going to rule at teenage Jeopardy.

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    Hardware_Hank 11 months ago

    cute video. love it.

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    Orion 11 months ago

    Whoa. Was that James Earl Jones?

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