-=> Quoting Michael Holt to KEN KUBOS <=-
 
 KK> 1)  We have Nuclear Energy.
 MH> Can we export the nuclear energy?  Can we affect them with it?
   I think Ken meant that nuclear energy shows that we're an advanced
species, worthy of contact.
   Or maybe he's referring to the old theory that aliens are visiting
to warn us that we could destroy the planet with nuclear energy.
   (Why didn't they warn us back in 1944, when we hadn't already
worked that out for ourselves, and we could have done something with
the knowledge, nobody knows.)
 
 KK> 2)  We are doing HGP Human Genome Project. We are beginning to
 KK> know our own DNA and we're now Cloning.
 MH> This is interesting to use, but unless they can use our DNA, I
 MH> still can't see why that would be of any use to any other
 MH> species. I think.
   Again, I think it's supposed to be an advanced-race indicator.
 
 MH> They'd have to be visiting us on a regular basis for most of this
 MH> to be known to them.
   In other words, if this is why the aliens are here, they had to be
studying us before they found out that we're worth studying. Hmmmm...
 
Paul
... "Bother," said Pooh, when Tigger's cheque bounced.  
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