Carolina QuotesI hope Jill Tarter's wish to engage Earthlings includes dolphins and whales and other sea creatures in this quest to find intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. And I hope, Jill, that someday we will find evidence that there is intelligent life among humans on this planet. (Chuckles) Did I say that? I guess I did.
Sylvia A. Earle Connected to the Carolinas
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Quote from her 2009 TED talk
- year
- 2009
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“I hope Jill Tarter's wish to engage Earthlings includes dolp…” Sylvia A. Earle. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-A4D15307C2. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/a4d15307c2
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