What does STI stand for?
According to Wikipedia it could mean:
- Sexually transmitted infection
- Signal transduction inhibitor
- Soft tissue injury
- Symptom targeted intervention
- Shallow trench isolation
- Still Image Architecture (What??)
- Shimao Total Integration
- Speech transmission index
- Stationary target indication
- Sail Training International
- Sega Technical Institute
- Subaru Tecnica International
- Sony Toshiba & IBM
- Scottish Trade International
- and Straits Times Index
Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong!
It stands for Search for Terrestrial Intelligence!
While SETI is well known as the collective term for scientific searches for intelligent extra-terrestrial life, there is no STI of the same vein.
Until now!
I am declaring myself coordinator of the above endeavor! At least until someone more qualified comes along, or someone who has already taken on the role somehow outside of Google's radar. I did just such a search just moments ago and it did turn up a few hits but at a glance they seem not to be of the same scope as my focus - which is to search for intelligence among the human species of this planet and start to get a handle on just how common or uncommon it really is!
The prospect of finding human intelligence in any measurable density may be gloomy indeed, but as Carl Sagan said: Where there is life there is hope!
This is FWiG's 95th battle versus the dictionary in nearly eight years. At this rate he will complete the challenge in just 14,473 years. He'd better start looking after his health.
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