Jonathon Stone tells Charlotte Edwards we'll detect extraterrestrials 'soon' but probably won't meet them anytime soon. As for his reasoning, well you'll have to read the article interrupted by hundreds of ads and Shutterstock images padding out 500 words. What associate professor Stone omits is the SETI Institute Gets $200 Million To Seek Out Evidence Of Alien Life. Such numbers are analogous to a bake sale for the U.S. Defense Department but it's a windfall for earnest astronomers seeking E.T. As for what might be detected, that's an exciting yet concerning prospect considering Earth Was Much More Detectable To Aliens During The Jurassic Era. An interesting thesis knowing of astronomers hunting the skies for technosignatures and alien pollution since, as far as we know, dinosaurs didn't have any of those modern issues. Perhaps in a parallel universe they did, leading us to Rich Reynolds' hypothetical question, "Is Earth An Experimental Laboratory?" Rich wants to hear what others have to say on the matter, for or against the hypothesis, and we hope some of you have two cents to spare. (CS)