Originally Posted by Avarwen

What a load. SETI is a joke they assume that intelligent life uses the same things we do. We can't even prove they exist let alone if they developed the same way we did. Also why do people think that the only way for life to exist is by having the things that we have. We don't and can't know how other life is formed until we see it for all we know there could be a planet full of lava people. I find it silly that we judge the universe by earthly standards. I know we have to start somewhere but it seems to me that we should keep out minds open to all possibilities when it comes to the universe.