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Will the aliens that detect & intercept the probe wonder how something as simple as the nematode built & launched the probe.
by euroderf 4y ago
Will the aliens that detect & intercept the probe wonder how something as simple as the nematode built & launched the probe.
- adipginting 4y agoThat is a positive assesment. On the other hand, imagine if the aliens think that the senders of these probes were deliberately sending pathogens to the aliens' worlds. This is a statement of war.
- rapind 4y agoThey'll just assume that the idiot species sending out statements of war have already been taken care of (probably by themselves).
- rrwo 4y agoNematodes manipulated evolution to produce organisms that would send them to other solar systems.
- dclowd9901 4y agoIf they had our level of intelligence, probably.
- usrusr 4y agoAlpha Centauri aliens who'd be able to detect and intercept that probe would have their Twitter flooded with funny memes made from our hn discussions of the mission long before the actual probe arrives. Actual arrival wouldn't even make it into their news.
- SideburnsOfDoom 4y agoWe couldn't intercept ʻOumuamua and it wasn't travelling at a high fraction of light speed. Actually capturing an object with that much velocity would require a high level of sophistication, very fast reactions, and a big energy budget.
- fallingfrog 4y agoThe prospect of aliens trying unsuccessfully to communicate with a nematode is pretty comical