G. G. Simpson on SETI

Just read this Science article titled "The nonprevalence of humanoids" by G. G. Simpson. It's pretty dated (1964), and I disagree with pretty much all of his conclusions, but come on: It's George-freakin'-Gaylord Simpson. Reading anything he's thunk is pretty interesting, and the reference section contains a lot of interesting sources, such as Carl Sagan papers, and some original Miller-Urey stuff, etc.

(I apologize if people can't see the original article--I believe Science requires either an individual or institutional subscription. I feel that the basic scientific literature should be easily and freely available to everyone, but c'est la vie. Since I read a lot of primary literature, and would like to share the interesting stuff, hopefully I'll be able to figure out a way to provide access to it without violating copyright. If you actually want to walk down to the library for the article, the reference is Science (1964), 143(3608):769-775.)

"I don't think that evolution is supremely important because it is my specialty; it is my specialty because I think it is supremely important." G. G. Simpson