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0 pointscheckyoursudo5y ago0 comments

Gotta be something like "(but it's probably not aliens)", right?

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rob745y ago· 3 in thread

Could you use "non-biogenic" (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/biogenic) for a thing like radio emissions?

DaiPlusPlus5y ago

That still suggests a _machine race_ could have sent it.

cercatrova5y ago

We could define intelligent life as being any of a sapient species, regardless of physical composition. That's helps do away with only carbon-based lifeforms.

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kjs35y ago

Perhaps "naturally occurring" would be more clear to the layman. Until proven otherwise.

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