Where Are All The Aliens?
Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 12:30
in Astronomy & Space
Richard Dawkins suggested that the first measure of an intelligent species, should two chance to meet, would be whether they understood how they came to be. I imagine such a remarkable exchange of cosmic existentialism set on a hovering space dongle, lit only by the faint glow of distant ringed planets: “Hey, you know about evolution?”“Yep” And with these words, the warmth of science would triumph over the cold curve of the ever widening Universe, at least for a moment. read more