Originally posted by topsecretombomb
I mean come on, why the hell would the aliens come here just to return the same image we just sent them?! Doesnt make sense maybe if they sent the
image back slightly altered but then again who knows..
I would figure...images speak louder than words, what better way to communicate globally with several areas of the planet that do not speak the same
language, than to use images? They recieved our message, which was encoded in this way, and might have figured it would be easier to mimic what we
sent, as to adknowledge they got it, and to point out what they were replying to.
almost like the quote function on these forums, methinks.
also, if you look, they did indeed change the image. Like a fill in the blanks survey. They replaced population, their image, their "DNA"
strand..etc.
maybe not quote, but a paraphrase.
[edit on 10-3-2008 by Chiiru]