Contact is one of my favorite movies. I remember leaving the theater mesmerized. Projects like SETI look like a long shot and probably are, but that’s a long shot humankind cannot possibly avoid....
Contact is one of my favorite movies. I remember leaving the theater mesmerized. Projects like SETI look like a long shot and probably are, but that’s a long shot humankind cannot possibly avoid. The consequences of a finding, even minimal, are too big to be ignored. Even if we spend a thousand years gathering all kinds of “noise” and “silence”, it only takes one hit to make it all worthwhile.
Contact is one of my favorite movies. I remember leaving the theater mesmerized. Projects like SETI look like a long shot and probably are, but that’s a long shot humankind cannot possibly avoid. The consequences of a finding, even minimal, are too big to be ignored. Even if we spend a thousand years gathering all kinds of “noise” and “silence”, it only takes one hit to make it all worthwhile.