There's a popular story, attributed* to Carl Sagan, where, when asked whether the music of Bach should be included on the Voyager Golden Record**, he replied, "No, that would just be showing off."
Well, apparently aliens did get to hear of Bach. And they like him too. Have a listen:
* Actually this little story features in an essay by a guy called Lewis Thomas
** The phonograph records that contained various sights and sounds of Earth and were sent out on the Voyager spacecraft
1 comment:
I like your footnotes :-) ...but why do we think those are aliens they sound more like robots
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