Who Picks Up the Phone When ET Calls? It's Complicated

Please check out this thoughtful and thought-provoking article by Robin George Andrews. This expertise-driven piece offers a nice snapshot of some of the current SETI debates. (N.B., I can't help but specify that a detected technological signal would not necessarily be an intentional signal meant for Earth, though it could be. Figuring out the intentions (or lack thereof!) behind a given technological signal will likely be one of the big epistemological puzzles we will need to tackle if SETI practitioners successfully detect alien technology.)