Extraterrestrial Civilizations (2011)
“Are human beings the only possessors of eyes that probe the depths of the Universe? The only builders of devices to extend the natural senses? The only owners of minds that strive to understand and interpret what is seen and sensed?
And the answer is, just possibly: We are not alone! There are other kinds that seek and wonder, and do so perhaps even more effectively than we.
Many astronomers believe this is so, and I believe this is so.
We don’t know where those other minds are, but they are so...mewhere. We don’t know what they do, but they do much. We don’t know what they’re like, but they are intelligent.
Will they find us if they are somewhere out there? Or have they found us already?
If they have not found us, can we find them? Better yet, should we find them? Is it safe?
These are the questions that must be asked once we agree that we are not alone, and astronomers are asking them.
The whole matter of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has now become so common, in fact, that it has been abbreviated to save trouble in referring to it.MoreLess
And the answer is, just possibly: We are not alone! There are other kinds that seek and wonder, and do so perhaps even more effectively than we.
Many astronomers believe this is so, and I believe this is so.
We don’t know where those other minds are, but they are so...mewhere. We don’t know what they do, but they do much. We don’t know what they’re like, but they are intelligent.
Will they find us if they are somewhere out there? Or have they found us already?
If they have not found us, can we find them? Better yet, should we find them? Is it safe?
These are the questions that must be asked once we agree that we are not alone, and astronomers are asking them.
The whole matter of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has now become so common, in fact, that it has been abbreviated to save trouble in referring to it.MoreLess
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