{"id":4061,"date":"2017-06-22T23:44:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T23:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=4061"},"modified":"2017-06-23T00:22:08","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T00:22:08","slug":"voyager-1-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=4061","title":{"rendered":"Voyager 1 & 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There was an idea to treat outer space like the ocean it is and in 1977 they launched spaceships Voyager 1 & 2 replete with messages in a bottle ostensibly for aliens to discover and consider.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No paintings, no sculpture, no architecture and no modern dance. What did they include to impress the aliens if either Voyager was successful?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Glen Gould, <\/span><\/div>\n
Beethoven, <\/span><\/div>\n
Mozart, <\/span><\/div>\n
Stravinsky, <\/span><\/div>\n
Azerbaijani folk music, <\/span><\/div>\n
Guan Pinghu, <\/span><\/div>\n
Blind Willie Johnson, <\/span><\/div>\n
Chu<\/span>ck Berry, <\/span><\/div>\n
KesarbiKerkar, <\/span><\/div>\n
Valya Balkanska <\/span>and <\/span><\/div>\n
recordings of people saying hello in 55 different languages.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Music is our species way of showing off\u00a0intelligence.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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