I wouldn't call SETI an experiment. Its a "look and see." I'm not criticising it, mind you. A lot of good can come from just looking around. Really, you can't experiment until you've looked around enough to get a general idea of the situation. Seems like a lot of branches of science have this sort of vaguely directed investigation in their past.
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