The S in SETI stands for Scam.
I believe that, if prepared correctly ... we taste like Chicken.
If evolution is true AND not directed in any way but completely follows chance mutations, there is no reason to believe that, even though there may be life on other planets, that life has evolved in the same direction as life on earth. There seems to be an assumption out there that evolution of life will always lead to human-like life or an advanced form of it. If that is true then “chance” evolution is NOT true, rather it must be directed by some outside intelligent force.
“”They” may send us a downloadable trojan horse, an intelligent computer virus, which could infect our entire planet’s computerized infrastructure.”
They already did that. It’s called “Windows.”
What is it with these nutty people who claim to be so smart? First Hawking claims that gravity can create matter out of nothing, now this guy believes that robots/computers form by themselves? Good grief.
Klatu, Barada, Nikto
This is laughable. The idea that the hyper-intelligent AI posited would be able to figure out our operating systems and computer architecture from our transmissions is the stuff of SciFi (Jeff Goldblum in 'Independence Day').
Seth doesn't understand the nature of consciousness. ONLY a living organism will ever be conscious, by design. Life flows from a non-four-dimensional physical dimensionality to the physical universe we currently conceive of as 'four dimensional' reality, though whatever that dimensional realm is fashioned as, it still exists in space and time, by desgin--with a different expression of dimension Time hallamrking that realm, probably. The manufactured machines of calculation will always be limited to the four dimensional reality of their components.
For a better understanding of consciousness than Seth has acquired, I can reccommend Part One of even parts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmSyV9pscyI
If humankind ever learn how to add that 'other' dimensionality to their calculating machines, those machines will no longer be machines, they will be living organisms of some sort.
Read the paper!
It's already happened!
It's in yer computer; searchin' for LIFE!
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