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Dictionary definition of “setiologist”

setiologist

n. a person who investigates or searches for signs of extraterrestrial life. Subjects: ,
Etymological Note: Search for extraterrestrial intelligence + ologist.
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Citations: 2000 Usenet: pl.sci.kosmos.seti (Oct. 11) “UFO, USfS, URSfS, UTfS”: Cause SETI is NOT interested in UFO anyway, and SETI-ologist does not believe in your imagination. 2003 [Mungos] Usenet: yu.forum.scifiction (Nov. 12) “The “SETI Hacker” Hypothesis”: But for some SETIologists, there is the hoped for prospect of tapping into some type of galactic Library of Congress. 2004 [Mitchel] Metafilter (July 21) “The Sleeping Beaty problem”: The doomsday paradox is an application of the anthropic principle, whence derives also the famous fermi paradox, essential to setiologists. 2006 Lee Gomes Wall Street Journal (June 28) “How Many Computers Does It Take to Make Contact with E.T.s?”: This continued fascination with living-room SETI comes as professional setiologists concede that early assumptions about the search for intelligent life—notably those popularized by astronomer Carl Sagan—have proven naively optimistic.
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