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One would think that if an alien race were to contact us, it would want to talk about Albert Einstein's theory of relativity or Stephen Hawking's idea of quantum gravity. Not so, says a panel of scientists who recently met to discuss the search for extraterrestrial life. These experts say that any space travelers would be so far ahead of us in technology that our musings would be of little interest to them. Instead, as Space.com reports, aliens would be much more interested in our art and music.
Not all experts agree that alien contact would be so pleasant. Astrophysicist Hawking has famously pointed out that alien contact would be too risky. According to Hawking, aliens landing on Earth would be like Christopher Columbus arriving in the Americas--a meeting that went horribly wrong for Native Americans.
Originally posted by misinformational
Ok, so who is the "panel of scientists" and why aren't they curing AIDS
Originally posted by MrAndy
On Hawking:
I really do not believe there is enough justification for such cynicism.
Originally posted by davespanners
Well if Voyager 1 ever got picked up by any extra terrestrials then here is a list of the music that was sent into space with it.
Interesting to see Chuck berry on there
Well if Voyager 1 ever got picked up by any extra terrestrials then here is a list of the music that was sent into space with it.
# Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F. First Movement, Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter, conductor. 4:40
# Java, court gamelan, "Kinds of Flowers," recorded by Robert Brown. 4:43
# Senegal, percussion, recorded by Charles Duvelle. 2:08
# Zaire, Pygmy girls' initiation song, recorded by Colin Turnbull. 0:56
# Australia, Aborigine songs, "Morning Star" and "Devil Bird," recorded by Sandra LeBrun Holmes. 1:26
# Mexico, "El Cascabel," performed by Lorenzo Barcelata and the Mariachi México. 3:14
# "Johnny B. Goode," written and performed by Chuck Berry. 2:38
# New Guinea, men's house song, recorded by Robert MacLennan. 1:20
# Japan, shakuhachi, "Tsuru No Sugomori" ("Crane's Nest,") performed by Goro Yamaguchi. 4:51
# Bach, "Gavotte en rondeaux" from the Partita No. 3 in E major for Violin, performed by Arthur Grumiaux. 2:55
# Mozart, The Magic Flute, Queen of the Night aria, no. 14. Edda Moser, soprano. Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor. 2:55
# Georgian S.S.R., chorus, "Tchakrulo," collected by Radio Moscow. 2:18
# Peru, panpipes and drum, collected by Casa de la Cultura, Lima. 0:52
# "Melancholy Blues," performed by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven. 3:05