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KIC 8462852

eSkeptic for March 9, 2016

The latest issue of Skeptic magazine (21.1), CONFIDENCE SCAMS, features an excerpt from Maria Konnikova’s The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It … Every Time, “A gripping examination of exactly why so many of us are such suckers for schemes that shut down our saner instincts.” (Vice). PLUS: Did Highly Developed Europeans Build a Sophisticated Astronomical and Religious Monument on the American East Coast More than 3000 Years Ago?; Is Star KIC 8462852 a Sign of an Extraterrestrial Civilization?;…

eSkeptic for January 27, 2016

In this week’s eSkeptic: Upcoming Science Salon: Mar. 20 / Sean B. Carroll / The Serengeti Rules New Interview Video: Shermer on His Favorite Topics to Write About Feature Article: Great ET Paradox: Will We Find Them Before They Find Us? INSIGHT: Taking a Shot at the Boot Hill Ghost SCIENCE SALON MARCH 20 The […]

The Great ET Paradox: Why We are Likely to Find Them Before They Find Us

An artist’s concept depicts an orbiting swarm of dusty comet fragments as a possible explanation for the unusual light signal of KIC 8462852. (by NASA/JPL-Caltech [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)

It’s possible that life exists outside of our solar system and that we may, one day, find it. The Internet has been abuzz with speculation that an alien megastructure orbiting the star KIC 8462852 is responsible for the star’s erratic flicker. Since scientists have yet to advance a convincing natural explanation, attention has turned to more tantalizing possibilities. In this week’s eSkeptic, Dr. George Michael discusses a number of theories that have been advanced to explain the anomalous activity of…

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