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Letter: These scary aliens aren't even remotely feasible (2)

Published 31 July 2024

From David Congleton, Sedona, Arizona, US

The underlying debate is whether it is a good idea to send signals to try to reach intelligent aliens. The worry is there is no global entity that polices such transmissions and, even if there were, it would be impossible to enforce. But I agree with Vakoch that it doesn’t matter because aliens advanced enough to pick up those signals will already know we are here by other means.

Issue no. 3502 published 3 August 2024

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