>  > My feeling is that the aliens are sitting
>    > quietly by, and
>    > only when we start beaming intelligent THOUGHT patterns into
>    > space, will we
>    > be more on a par with them, and be accepted into the galactic
>    > mainstream.
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> OR...
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> WE are the most intelligent beings in the universe... ;{
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Or...

We have already been contacted. Something happened to one of =20
the billions of lifeforms on this planet a couple of hundred=20
thousand years ago. The species that would become what is now=20
known as human beings was given the ability to develop it's=20
mind at an accellerating rate and was also gifted with what=20
many would call a 'soul'. It does not exist in any other=20
biological entity on this planet. This 'soul-thing' is perhaps=20
the result of an ancient close encounter....

And now on to something completely different - self-replicating=20
robots: Doesn't the carbon based lifeforms on this planet fit=20
into that description. It's a massive multitasking (every cell=20
being a preprogrammed object), self replicating, mutating=20
(evolving), adaptive unit. Could it be that our intelligence is=20
artificial in the view of some other (perhaps silicon based)=20
lifeform?

And now back to work, developing a new sensational gadget - oh=20
wait, I have just discovered the meaning of life and=20
everything: We are supposed to build new and more and more=20
advanced equipment that will eventually lead us to get back=20
home - the center of the universe which was were we all lived=20
until that annoying big bang threw us out all over the place...=20
Has anybody else noticed that '42' is a star (*) in the ASCII=20
chart, whatever that may mean...

/Ruben





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