NASA wants to control the conversation around the search for ET

A team of US government scientists working with NASA recently published a science article outlining a new “framework” for reporting scientific findings in the search for extraterrestrial life. The proposed guidelines would create a “confidence scale” in order to “set reasonable expectations” about NASA‘s endeavors to track down evidence of alien life. Per the team’s article: The search for such evidence is often framed as an all-or-nothing proposi