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The tiny "sphere" showing the tiny extent of our 1st radio signals profoundly affected me.




It is funny that you mentioned that, since that is where this really started many convoluted paths ago.

I think it was the movie "Contact" with Jodie Foster that starts off with a scene moving away from the earth in space (and therefore in time) and playing sound bite clips from relevant radio and television transmissions associated with specific distances in space decade by decade as the camera moves away from earth. It was the attempt to explain what was going on to my girlfriend at the time that stuck in my mind. I was repelled by her inability to understand this. That was a few years ago. I was reminded of this recently in a very similar conversation and it broke my heart. High standards make for lonely nights.




The opening scene of "Contact".



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