Literature
The Arecibo Answer
In Earth Time 1974 A.D. – A collusion of human beings broadcast a description of humankind and its place in the known universe. When received and platted, the pictorial message describes – Our understanding of mathematics. Our general shape. Our molecular composition. And our place in space and time. It was called “The Arecibo Message.” And it was beam-cast toward a cluster of star systems 25,000 light years away. In Earth Time 2001 A.D. – A pictorial crop circle mysteriously appeared in Hampshire, United Kingdom, replicating the visual translation of the Arecibo Message. Almost. The platted-being within the design was shaped…differently. The molecular composition depicted in the design was not of carbon, but of silicon, Suggesting that intelligent life evolved of minerals. Smart rocks. The questing thinkers at SETI denounced the authenticity of the crop image. Like the answering of a door before a knock could ever be heard, The “Arecibo Answer” had arrived thousands of
