Mote in God's Eye

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Mote in God's Eye

Nick Hoffman — 1/11/2002 2:48:38 PM (archived)

A classic late Larry Niven novel begins in just such a fashion with detection of abnormal spectral emission from a nearby star.

Being Niven, of course, the story gets MUCH more complicated than that, but also covers some basic and simple issues of humanity.

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We are alone in the universe - Success_Machine - 1/8/2002 5:08:42 PM
- SETI misunderstandings - phil - 1/9/2002 3:52:25 PM
  - Beams don't need to be aimed at us. - Mark Eby - 1/10/2002 3:40:03 PM
    - Re: Beams don't need to be aimed at us. - phil - 1/10/2002 4:53:55 PM
      - Again - Mark Eby - 1/10/2002 8:03:43 PM
        
        Re: Again - phil - 1/11/2002 7:58:47 PM
- A beamed transmission implies a deliberate attempt to communicate - Larry J - 1/9/2002 3:16:20 PM
  - Not necessarily - Robt Clements - 1/10/2002 1:48:56 PM
    - Mote in God's Eye - Nick Hoffman - 1/11/2002 2:48:38 PM
- Your logic is flawless - Gary - 1/8/2002 7:49:21 PM
- Re: We are alone in the universe? - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2002 6:16:50 PM
  - Re: We are alone in the universe? - Marcia - 1/10/2002 1:14:14 PM
  - But if they were that smart - Lee - 1/9/2002 8:55:29 PM
    - That assumes they're trying to communicate with us - Larry J - 1/9/2002 2:24:41 PM
  - Re: Here is another possibility - Success_Machine - 1/8/2002 6:27:44 PM
    - Re: Annual Blips - Success_Machine - 1/8/2002 6:40:10 PM
      - Re: Annual Blips - Success_Machine - 1/8/2002 6:49:29 PM

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