How To Talk To Aliens

[SirUlli]

On Nov. 16, 1974, astronomer Frank Drake dedicated a new observatory in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, by sending humankind's first deliberate communication to extraterrestrials.

The message, made up of 1,679 seemingly random zeros and ones, was shorter than the first four paragraphs of this article, but it still took three minutes to send. While the message began its voyage to the cosmos--a 24,000 year trip to M-13, a cluster of stars in the constellation Hercules, to be exact--visiting dignitaries listened over a loudspeaker while each bit played as a short, high-pitched tone. Some participants later said it brought tears to their eyes.
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How To Talk To Aliens

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If you're sending a message to extraterrestrials, what you want to send is what's special about us and our planet--what is unusual. Now that?s not basic chemistry or mineralogy, it?s pretty much the cultural stuff and the consequences of evolution. The consequences of evolution will be different everywhere.
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Frank Drake On Ambiguity

and some Info from me

SEARCHING FOR INTERSTELLAR COMMUNICATIONS

A Reminiscence of Project Ozma By Frank D. Drake

The Quest for Extraterrestrial Intelligence By Carl Sagan

Twenty Years After....

Greetings from Germany
Sir Ulli

 

[CheesePoofs]

good read, thanks!

 

[BlackMountainCow]

Thx SirUlli!

:beer:

(Greetings from Germany, too!)

 

[petrusbroder]

Thanks SitUlli! Good articles!
😀

 

[networkman]

I find that "please" and "thank you" go a long way. 😛

 

[TurtleBlue]

Hi, SirUlli

Great article & links :thumbsup:

...Thinking about all of this a thought struck me like a clapper in the Liberty Bell :shocked:

Now, hear me out...what if the Aliens, after taking a gander at us, decide NOT to exchange with us and put us under a non-interference zone.

The proof of this is:

:laugh: Have you seen the way Women drive on the road? :laugh:

 

[networkman]

I'm a believer in the "zoo hypothesis" - that Earth is located in some kind of cosmic "nature preserve", and that it's only the occasional trespassers that we come into contact with that are recorded by us here and there, though widely dismissed by most.

Another thought is that perhaps the universe is actually awash with civilizations, but that we happen to be located in the galactic equivalent of Antarctica. If you as an alien were able to send some kind of probe and it landed in Antarctica or some such other desolate place, you may well conclude that there's nothing of interest on this planet. 😉

 

[Fardringle]

Good thought, TurtleBlue.


One of my all-time favorite quotes from Calvin and Hobbes is:

"Sometimes I think the greatest proof that there is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe is the fact that none of it has tried to contact us." 😀

 

[LxMxFxD3]

I prefer the battle field earth hypothesis. We are in the middle of nowhere in this galaxy.

 

[amdxborg]

Thanx SirUlli! 😀

Very very interesting!