| |
KF5JRV > TECH 07.07.19 13:34l 12 Lines 1508 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 10176_KF5JRV
Read: GUEST
Subj: Alien Contact
Path: IW8PGT<IZ3LSV<F1OYP<ON0AR<VE2PKT<N3HYM<KF5JRV
Sent: 190707/1015Z 10176@KF5JRV.#NWAR.AR.USA.NA BPQK6.0.18
Watch enough movies in which aliens contact humans, and you’ll notice atrend: the people deciding how Earth should respond to theextraterrestrial communications are usually politicians or scientists.
But the UK Seti Research Network (UKSRN) thinks the average personshould have a say in how Earth responds if aliens ever decide to say“helloö to humanity.
To that end, the group of UK academics active in the search forextraterrestrial intelligence launched a survey at the Royal Society’ssummer science exhibition on Monday.
The survey’s purpose? Figure out how the public thinks we should respondto alien contact.
“There is absolutely no procedure enshrined in international law on howto respond to a signal from an alien civilization,ö astronomer MartinDominik told The Guardian. “We want to hear people’s views. Theconsequences affect more people than just scientists.ö
The survey, which the UKSRN believes will be the biggest of its kind,includes such questions as “Do you think that it is worth searching forextra-terrestrial intelligence?ö and “Some people think we should sendmessages into space even if we don’t receive a message first. What isyour opinion?ö
It also includes questions focused on the best way for experts to shareinformation on alien contact with the public, asking respondents whothey would consider a “credible sourceö — an importantline ofquestioning if we don’t want the public to dismiss real contact withaliens as fake news.
73, Scott kf5jrv
KF5JRV @ KF5JRV.#NWAR.AR.USA.NA
Read previous mail | Read next mail
| |
