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Cartoons in the history of SETI
E. Piotelat
2015.03.27
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Cartoonists● Passive SETI
● p5: Alan Dunn (1900-1974)
● SETI and Politics● p7: Pierre Fournier (1937-1973)● p1: Sidney Harris (1955-)
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Cartoonists● Active SETI
● p14: Patrick Chappatte (1967-)● p9: Charb (1967-2015)● p14: Jul (1974-)● p11: David Levine (1926-2009)● p11: Mork Walter (1923-)
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Passive SETI● Cartoonists ask questions:
● Alan Dunn: where are New-York trashes?
● Scientists ask other questions :● Enrico Fermi: They are here!
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1950 Fermi Paradox
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SETI and politics
● 1969 : François Cavanna : Science on the Moon?
● 1981 : Proxmire Amendment
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1969 : Hebdo Hara Kiri n°24/25
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1981 intelligence in the congress ?
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Active SETI● The search for ourselves.● How to represent humanity?
Jon LombergPortrait of humanity (2007)
Can't be published in France (naked children)
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1972 Pioneer (Drake, Salzman, Sagan)
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1979: Cosmic Search
In the deepest sense the search for extraterrestrial intelligence is
a search for ourselves.
C. Sagan
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2012: debate about ASETI
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Pioneer + 40 years (2014)
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2015 : #JeSuisCharlie● Freedom?
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2015: Copenhagen, Tunis...● You are free, but...
Emportée par le temps, poussée par un but qui fuit toujours, la Terre roule avec rapidité dans l'espace.
Camille FlammarionAstronomie populaire
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