to beam, or not to beam
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To Beam, or Not to Beam?
Should we try and contact alien life?
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From the film Contact (1997) From The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
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Wrong Kind of Alien
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Seth Shostak, scientist and co-author of Life in the Universe
• SETI– Search for Extra-Terrestrial
Intelligence
• Should we assume that aliens are inherently bad?
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If they can blow up the cute little Pupulons, we don’t have a chance regardless of what we beam their way. No matter how much they love
the Beatles.
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(Not an ideal situation in terms of vortexes)
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Interview withHarrison Smith-Mooney
• How do you feel about aliens?• What do you think of intelligent life forms?• How do you feel about beaming messages into
space?• What would you do in a planned encounter?
Unplanned?
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Other Hilarious and Totally Superfluous Space Comics
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Cont’d.
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Sources
• http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36855256/ns/technology_and_science-space/
• http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36839363/ns/technology_and_science-space/
And all comic strips from Perry Bible Fellowship!http://www.pbfcomics.com
By Tanya AndersonSpecial thanks to Harrison Smith-Mooney