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Letter: Minds greater than ours are watching us like bugs

Published 4 April 2018

From Eric Dabbs, Rosebank, South Africa

Alastair Malcolm says extraterrestrials may be shy of contact with us out of fear of another technological civilisation (Letters, 3 February). Equally, perhaps Earth is nothing special. Life forms inconceivably more advanced certainly exist and perhaps observe us. But why should they wish to engage in two-way communication, any more than we do with ants or social bacteria?

Issue no. 3172 published 7 April 2018

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