What If SETI Finds Something, Then What? - Centauri Dreams

Everybody's talking about aliens, but does anyone really know what to do if humanity makes first contact? After all, we don't want to end up like Wile E. Coyote. Well Paul Glister asked Brian McConnell to give his two cents on what we could be looking for and how to make sense of those alien transmissions. Keeping with the theme, Adam Mann reckons if we want to talk to aliens, we should Try Changing The Technological Channel Beyond Radio. For years scientists have urged humanity to gather around the water hole while Adam Mann discovers others argue with the potential diversity of extraterrestrial life, humanity needs to reckon those aliens may not use the same methods we'd use to reach out and touch some... thing? (CS)

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