Overlooked 'Keystone' Ideas: A response to: Rowe. 2001. 'In Search of Intelligent Life...'

Abstract

"Rowe's piece (2001) is so simply stated and familiar that it is in real danger of being ignored. 'I knew that' is the whistling-past-the-graveyard response reserved for elegant statements that, ironically, have not sufficiently been drummed into our dear little ears. Despite volumes of protestations to the contrary, even some of those who claim to 'get it' don't evince it nearly as well as Rowe in their actions or their convoluted, 'learned' papers that rely on obfuscation to ensure grant propagation and other ill-gotten gains."