That's where one of the little short stories I wrote yesterday came from. Maybe the most friendly message we can ever hope to receive is a warning. Anything more sophisticated is just as likely to be a trap.
Or maybe I'm dead wrong on that. That's where the other story I wrote came from. Maybe the aliens are more friendly and caring than even we are to each other. Maybe it's all just a big happy family out there, and they would love to meet us.
But we can't assume that's the case.
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