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On 2002-06-14 00:38, Jigsaw wrote:
So the part in Contact about the aliens receiving Hitler's broadcasts was actually plausible...
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Well, Yes and No.
Yes, because that was, as quite Clearly Stated in the Book, as well as The Movie, The First Signal, that We Sent, that was of Sufficient Power, to be Noticed, Above the Interstellar Background.
No, because we couldn't, at least at the Current Time, Perform a Similar Feat; in fact, a Modern Civilization, could be Orbiting One of the Stars of Alpha Cent, (Rigil Kent) Right Now, and we couldn't know about them, Unless, of course, They Wanted us To!
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