| How will mankind cope with knowledge that there | | | | then I would sure like to recommend a very |
| are other intelligent life forms in the Universe, | | | | excellent book to you. |
| many that are vastly more powerful in the mind | | | | "Probability 1; Why There Must Be Intelligent Life |
| than mere human beings? Will religion allow this | | | | in the Universe" by AmirD. Aczel; 1998. |
| these findings or deny them, how might they go | | | | This author also wrote another interesting book |
| about explaining the truth or concealing it? | | | | called; "Fermat's Last Theorem," which was |
| Scientists know it is only a matter of time; if not | | | | extremely good. Even if the reader is stuck in |
| in this generation the next or the next one after | | | | religious dogma, it would be very hard to refute |
| that. | | | | the evidence put forth in this book. |
| With our latest technology at Seti and the | | | | The math behind the probability is so compelling |
| advanced systems replacing the Hubble Telescope | | | | that trying to argue the point after completing |
| we are on the verge of discovery. Mankind will | | | | this work and really putting some serious thought |
| move out and seek the stars and it will change all | | | | behind the data; well, it just makes no sense for |
| we are and all we think in the process. Are we | | | | anyone to say that there is no other intelligent life |
| ready, some of us are, but are you? | | | | out there, that is to say, assuming that human |
| Well, if you would like to explore this topic to its | | | | beings are indeed, intelligence and that of course, |
| fullest and the reality of the probability behind it, | | | | is another debate, which we won't go into here. |