“Coming Attractions” –Alien Intelligence as Physics
“Imagination is everything,” observed Albert Einstein. “It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.
“One day we shall meet our equals, or our masters, among the stars” wrote Arthur C. Clark in 2001. “But men,” he added, “have been slow to face this prospect; some still hope that it may never become reality. Increasing numbers, however, are asking: ‘Why have such meetings not occurred already, since we ourselves are about to venture into space?” The truth we eventually discover, Clarke suggests, will be far stranger.