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Letter: Hubris in our little galactic suburb

Published 3 June 2015

From Anthony Judge

By a process too involved to go into, I obtained the galactic-mail address of an alien. I tried to send a message asking for expert comment on your statement that humans are the most powerful species in the known universe. I got an automatic reply to the effect that communications were not accepted from galactic nature reserves. My guess is that ETs may not feel any need to demonstrate their intelligence in a form that humans would find meaningful.
Brussels, Belgium

Issue no. 3024 published 6 June 2015

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