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| NASA LEDA 89996, spiral galaxy |
Universal Life
The prospect is exciting, alluring
intriguing, quite beyond our
feeble imagination: What if? The
issue is one that has teased the
awareness of cosmologists and
laypeople alike from ancient
times to the present. Is there,
could there possibly be, there
should really exist, intelligent life
in the Universe. Heaven knows,
there is scant little here on Earth.
So we train great and powerful
radio telescopes and the minds
of astronomical genius to that
eager discovery, awaiting signals.
Galactic wisdom could be useful
to we Earthlings. We could use
the benevolent mentoring of an
advanced extraterrestrial race.
Of course, there is this also to
consider: If they are a brilliantly
advanced intelligence with
technology to match, they are
likely well aware of our presence
and our desperate search for theirs.
Their distant solitude may very
well be considered risk-aversion.
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