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Chapter 30

           ONCOMMUNICATIONWITHOTHERWORLDSToarriveateventheneareststarsmanwouldhavetotravelformillionsofyearsatthespeedoflight.Evenifwehadthemeanstotravelatthespeedoflightwecouldnotgoto,andreturnfrom,anyotherinhabitedareaoftheuniverseinanyonelifetime;norcanwecommunicatebyotherscientificmeans,suchassomegiganticheliographorbyradiowaves.Weareforeverisolated,orsoitappears,inourlittlebubbleoftime.Howfutileallourexcitementoverairplanes!HowstupidthisfictionalliteraturebywriterslikeVerneandWellsaboutthepeculiarbeingsthatinhabitotherplanets!Butitiswithoutdoubtthatthereareotherplanetsroundotherstars,thatlifeobeysuniversalnorms,andthatinthecosmostherearebeingswhohaveevolvedinthesamewayandwiththesameaspirationsasourselves.Arewethencondemnednevertocommunicatewiththem?Onlyonemethodofcommunicationisnotdependentontime.Somedenythatitexists.Buttherearemanycases,reliablyguaranteedbyreputableandscientificwitnesses,ofthoughtsbeingcommunicatedatPRECISELYTHEMOMENTtheywereconceived.Amongcertainprimitivecultures,suchastheLapp,thisphenomenonissofrequent,soaccepted,thatitisusedasamatterofeverydayconvenience,asweinFranceusethetelegraphortelephone.Notallpowershavetobediscovered;somehavetoberegained.Thisistheonlymeansweshalleverhaveofcommunicatingwithmankindinotherworlds.Sicituradastra.

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