If We Do Eventually Make Contact with Other Civilizations Across

question 59

Multiple Choice

If we do eventually make contact with other civilizations across space,which condition will inevitably hold?

• A) We will not be able to understand the messages.
• B) The civilization is likely to be very much more technologically primitive than ours.
• C) Conversations will take a very long time.
• D) The chemistry and biology of the life-forms are likely to be very different from ours-for example, silicon-based rather than carbon-based.

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