Well, sans magic wand, I guess they could try to sell Alien Scout Cookies to try to fund the SETI field. You could probably sum up much of your statement as se

Well, sans magic wand, I guess they could try to sell Alien Scout Cookies to try to fund the SETI field. You could probably sum up much of your statement as self-sabotage, since that seems like all the rage nowadays (politically and monetarily speaking).