Interstellar communication. IX. Message decontamination is impossible [IMA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1802.02180


A complex message from space may require the use of computers to display, analyze and understand. Such a message cannot be decontaminated with certainty, and technical risks remain which can pose an existential threat. Complex messages would need to be destroyed in the risk averse case.

Read this paper on arXiv…

M. Hippke and J. Learned
Thu, 8 Feb 18
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