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gosub on Dec 27, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Voyager 1 Speeds Toward The Brink Of Interstellar ...

Or they are in a "medieval" stage, and the message is interpreted as god speaking. And we become someone else's religion.

skore on Dec 27, 2011 [–]

I prefer the "desperate for gold" hypothesis in which the probe manages to safely crash in the backyard of an alien scientist who is in quick need of some gold to finish an experiment and in possession of a perfectly fine smelting pot.

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