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,?Thetemptationistodeducethatthereareatmostafewadvancedextraterrestrialcivilizations--

,?IsoursituationnotclosertothatofmembersofanisolatedsocietyintheAmazonbasin,say,wholackthetoolstodetectthepowerfulinternationalradioandtelevisiontrafficthatisallaroundthem?Also,,forexample,haveatechnologicalorigin?,soastogiveusafairopportunitytodestroyourselvesfirst,,whichmay,forallweknow,"perhapses,"

,Ithinkitfarmoredifficulttounderstandauniverseinwhichwearetheonlytechnologicalcivilization,oroneofaveryfew,,fortunately,,seeksimpleformsoflifeonsuchnearbyplanetsasMars,-term,open-minded,systematicsearch,withnatureastheonlyarbitorofwhatisorisnotlikely

NewWords

quest

extraterrestrial

(comingfrom)outsidetheearth

ponder

muse

,forgettingabouttheworldaroundone

contemplate

;haveinmindasapossibilityorplan

exotic

;fascinatingbecausestrangeordifferent外国的；异国情调的

biology

;animalandplantlife,asofagivenarea生物学；一个地区的生物

cosmic

,宇宙的

exquisite

,

acceptable

;satisfactory

extraordinary

;exceptional

unimaginably

;inconceivably

astronomy

,planets,andothernaturalobjectsinspace天文学

array

;animpressivedisplayofnumerouspersonsorobjects列阵

detector

dedicated

dedicate

operationally