are you the type who always says hi to the neighbors maybe share a little
the neighbors maybe share a little
the neighbors maybe share a little harmless gossip over the back fence
or perhaps you need to borrow their
or perhaps you need to borrow their lawnmower
or some other tool but what if you
or some other tool but what if you wanted to get to know potential
wanted to get to know potential
wanted to get to know potential neighbors in outer space
neighbors in outer space
neighbors in outer space well planets across our galaxy are far
well planets across our galaxy are far
well planets across our galaxy are far far away so getting to a possibly
far away so getting to a possibly
far away so getting to a possibly inhabited planet they take a long time
inhabited planet they take a long time
inhabited planet they take a long time if we wanted to pop over and borrow a
if we wanted to pop over and borrow a
if we wanted to pop over and borrow a cup of sugar it would take some 700,000
cup of sugar it would take some 700,000
cup of sugar it would take some 700,000 years for us to bring the sugar home so
years for us to bring the sugar home so
years for us to bring the sugar home so that’s a very big problem okay
that’s a very big problem okay
that’s a very big problem okay traveling to an alien civilization
traveling to an alien civilization
traveling to an alien civilization clearly isn’t going to work
clearly isn’t going to work
clearly isn’t going to work but perhaps when you just give them a
but perhaps when you just give them a
but perhaps when you just give them a call after all radio signals travel at
call after all radio signals travel at
call after all radio signals travel at the speed of light if we are going to
the speed of light if we are going to
the speed of light if we are going to communicate with aliens that’s gonna be
communicate with aliens that’s gonna be
communicate with aliens that’s gonna be the most boring conversation we’ve ever
the most boring conversation we’ve ever
the most boring conversation we’ve ever had because if they’re beaming radio
had because if they’re beaming radio
had because if they’re beaming radio waves at us and they’re a hundred
waves at us and they’re a hundred
waves at us and they’re a hundred light-years away and they say hey how’s
light-years away and they say hey how’s
light-years away and they say hey how’s the weather down there on earth it takes
the weather down there on earth it takes
the weather down there on earth it takes a hundred years to get here and then we
a hundred years to get here and then we
a hundred years to get here and then we say it’s fine how are things there on
say it’s fine how are things there on
say it’s fine how are things there on glog narf another hundred years and then
glog narf another hundred years and then
glog narf another hundred years and then they in a back-and-forth it’s a century
they in a back-and-forth it’s a century
they in a back-and-forth it’s a century travel time myth that’s a boring
travel time myth that’s a boring
travel time myth that’s a boring conversation in other words
conversation in other words
conversation in other words communication between two possibly
communication between two possibly
communication between two possibly intelligent civilizations is a long shot
intelligent civilizations is a long shot
intelligent civilizations is a long shot so if you need sugar best to ask someone
so if you need sugar best to ask someone
so if you need sugar best to ask someone closer to home the universe now you know
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