“If we received an extraterrestrial message, how would we interpret it? What would it mean for humanity? What meaning might we attribute to a message from an alien civilization?”
And if it does look like it will remain closed for that long, expect to see the Australian population decline as migrant families leave permanently. Living in Australia should not mean living in exile.
I have mixed feelings about this. My first reaction is one of horror, but the article does make a thoughtful case for retiring the apostrophe from most of its current duties.
