“Looking more closely at Earth’s atmospheric fingerprints, human biomarkers will also include sulfuric, carbonic, and nitric acids, and other components of smog from the burning of fossil fuels. If the curious aliens happen to be socially, culturally, and technologically more advanced than we are, then they will surely interpret these biomarkers as convincing evidence for the absence of intelligent life on Earth.”
― Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
― Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
“Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.”
― Lady Knight
― Lady Knight
“Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation”
― The Prophet
― The Prophet
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