The Eerie Silence: Are We Alone In

If We Knew We Were Not Alone In The Universe It Would Have A Very, Very Deep Impact On Our Worldview, On Our Understanding Of Our Place In The Universe.

Things Changed With The Discovery Of Neutron Stars And Black Holes - Objects With Gravitational Fields So Intense That Dramatic Space And Time-warping Effects Occur.

I Think If We're Going To Send Messages To The Stars Then It Needs A Great Deal Of Thought That It's Something That Should Involve The Entire Not Only Scientific Community, But The Entire World Community. We Need To Think Very Carefully Indeed.

We Will Never Fully Explain The World By Appealing To Something Outside It That Must Simply Be Accepted On Faith, Be It An Unexplained God Or An Unexplained Set Of Mathematical Laws.

I Always Look On The Black Side Of Life. That Way, You Won't Be Disappointed And I'm Cheerful If It Doesn't Work Out. I'm A Cheerful Pessimist.