[UPDATE (Monday, May 2): There have been a lot of interesting comments on this post since I put it up, but I have to give the honors to this one. Thanks, Jill!]
John at μcosmologist has created an interesting infographic depicting how much it would cost to run SETI from one year ($2.5 million) versus various other things we spend money on. In the graphic, each radio dish represents $2.5 million. Here's a (small) piece of it:
[Click to enalienate.] The whole thing is much larger, and you really need to see it. Especially the bit about how much people spend on Starbucks. Yegads. John made this because of SETI having to mothball the Allen Telescope Array, and I strongly suspect because people were trying to say there are better things to spend money on. I'll tell you, I think that argument is a crock. First off, it's a false ...
