What if we encounter an alien civilization whose intentions are completely baffling?

问题是，如果完全无法判明我们所遭遇的外星文明的来访意图，该怎么办？

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Surely if an alien civilization is advanced enough to master space travel, it can devise more effective ways of communicating with us.

自然地，如果有外星人文明已先进到可以掌控太空旅行，它可以通过更有效的途径与我们交流。

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Unfortunately we have no clue where an alien civilization might be located, and what distances its transmissions must cover before being received on Earth.

但是不幸的是我们对于外星文明到底住在什么地方毫无概念，当然也不知道他们的信号到达我们这里要走过多少距离。

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Or maybe,instead of a radio signal, an alien civilization sent us something physical.

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Fifty years ago this week, a young Cornell University scientist named Frank Drake pointed a radio telescope at a distant star, hoping to hear transmissions from an alien civilization.

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Besides, it doesn't make sense to tease an alien civilization with just a "hello, " considering that it could take millennia before we hear back from them.

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