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TOM THE DANCING BUG: What Message Did We Receive From Outer Space??

Ruben Bolling at 9:10 am Wed, Dec 28, 2011

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  • Steve Miller

    Remember to drink your Ovaltine.

  • ElfSternberg

    Charlie Stross’s short story, “MAXOS,” which was published in a 2005 issue of Nature, covered this material far, far better. 

    • jerwin

      Here’s the story PDF

      I wonder– would Amazon class the phrase “untranslatable entity signifier” as a “statistically improbable phrase” strongly associated with Charles Stross?

  • http://echofox3.blogspot.com efergus3

    But will it help me build strong, sharp mandibles and make me attractive to the other sexes?

  • Rah El

    Please, oh PLEASE read “Space Merchants” if you haven’t already done so.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Space_Merchants 

    • jerwin

      Kornbluth had a short but brilliant career.

    • http://avarana.blogspot.com MarlboroTestMonkey7

      I will.  Thanks