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The Next Millenium (r)

(written by iearn@iearn.org, 03/22/1996)

/* Written 10:16 AM  Nov 15, 1995 by coldspring in igc:iearn.tc */
TO: peg:sthildas
FROM: coldspring@igc.apc.org
DATE: 11/15
SUBJECT: next millenia

Dear Prue,
Sorry about misinterpreting you there.  The problem is
that now I agree with you, so there's not much more to say.
I've got another question for you to think about though;
I read an article in POPULAR SCIENCE which talked about the
probability of extraterrestrials.  It said that there are
probably about one-hundred thousand to one million
technologically advanced civilizations other than our own,
and that given the relative age of the Earth we are probably
among the least advanced. Do you see this as being something
to consider in the future? Are we likely to make contact
with one of these civilizations in the next millenium?  If
so, what implications might this have for us?

Dan London