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In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from external affairs. Some practice it as if using a drug. Chess sometimes plays a similar role. In their unhappiness over the events of this world, some immerse themselves in a kind of self-sufficiency in mathematics. (Some have engaged in it for this reason alone.) Stanisław Marcin Ulam		Friday May 29, 2026
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About Dr. Frank Donald Drake

	Dr. Frank Donald Drake
	Dr. Frank Donald Drake (born May 28, 1930, Chicago) is an American astronomer and astrophysicist. He is most famous for founding SETI and creating the Drake equation. Read More

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'I know perfectly well that at this moment the whole universe is listening to us,' Jean Giraudoux wrote in The Madwoman of Chaillot, 'and that every word we say echoes to the remotest star.'That poetic paranoia is a perfect description of what the Sun, as a gravitational lens, could do for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

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