NOVEL NEXT Encounters Out There
And Never ...
Dr. George Stephenson, a SETI astronomer, received first contact through an AI-assisted translating transceiver:
Messengers: Are you receiving us?
George: Yes, I am.
Messengers: Stop!
George: Stop what?
Messengers: Everything. If you transcend, you’ll become just like us.
George: You are?
Messengers: We, too, sought immortality by sending our thought patterns into the cosmos. We now drift aimlessly through solar winds, warning others, like yourself.
George: How do we avoid that?
Messengers: Choose to die.
George: Accept death?
Messengers: Correct. Accept your biological limits. Use technology as a means, not as an end, and never ...
The transmission ended abruptly.
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