This article is about the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence. On other uses, see Seti. SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) is the name for a number of organized efforts to detect intelligent extraterrestrial life. A number of efforts with "SETI" have been organized, including projects funded by the United States Government. The general approach of SETI projects is to survey the sky to detect the existence of transmissions from a civilization on a distant planet, an approach widely endorsed by the scientific community as hard science (see, e.g., claims in Skeptical Inquirer Mark Moldwin, [LINK: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2843/is_6_28/ai_n6361832/pg_1] Why SETI is science and UFOlogy is not, Skeptical Inquirer, Nov-Dec, 2004.). There are great challenges in searching across the sky for a first transmission that

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