Re: [NTLK] [OT] Carl Sagan Vindication

~~~ On 2007/01/03 20:50, Andrew Beals at bandy@beals.org wrote ~~~

> On 2007-jan-03, at 12:29, Lord Groundhog wrote:
>
>> ~~~ On 2007/01/03 18:24, Goodwin, Greg P. at GoodwinG@aafes.com
>> wrote ~~~
>>
>>> And there is a chance that they would stop in, visit with us, but
>>> go away
>>> logging in their records "In a long exhaustive search of the
>>> universe we still
>>> show no signs of intelligent life."
>>>
>>> Face it, if beings came and visited us, it would be like us
>>> visiting a caveman
>>> on their world. Would *WE* really note them as intelligent? I
>>> think we would
>>> be curious, but in the end we would still feel alone in the universe.
>>
>>
>> There's a theory which states that if intelligent life ever came here,
>> they'd quarrantine our solar system, surrounding it with warning
>> beacons
>> broadcasting strict warnings that it contains a planet dominated by a
>> species that tries to solve its problems by killing things.
>>
>> Another theory states that this has happened already.
>
> Cue Terry Bisson's wonderful short story, "They're Made of Meat":
>
> http://www.terrybisson.com/meat.html
>
>

Brilliant! Thanks for this, Andrew! It's short, but gave me a lot of
pleasure reading it.

Shalom.
Christian

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