320 Years of History
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- Nov 1, 2015
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It may not be we who are the hunters for alien life. Seems that scientists last year discovered a signal of some sort coming from a star/planet some 94 light years distant.
And now for the $1M question: so what?
It seems to me that a narrow-beam signal arriving here and sent by intelligent aliens means they think someone is here to receive the signal, interpret its meaning and possibly respond. It could even mean they figured out we are here some time ago, sent a signal and some vessels at the same time so that by the time we do respond, their ships are in comparatively close proximity so our reply need not have to travel 94 light years for them to know of our response. If the latter is the case, let's hope they are altruistic rather than militaristic.
And now for the $1M question: so what?
- If we discover we are not alone in the universe:
- Does it mean we need to "get our act together" as a planet rather than as a collection of disparate and feuding nations on the only planet known to hold intelligent life? I'd sure welcome this outcome's arrival....As that goes, now would not be too soon. It's just a shame that it will have taken life from elsewhere to catalyze our doing it.
- Does it mean theology as it exists now goes the way of the Easter Bunny?