> Some people were sufficiently prudish and/or puritanical to make a formal objection about an illustration of our species -- an illustration being sent into the Cosmos -- into the Cosmos where there are _no other humans_ -- an illustration, I say, that was destined to leave our Solar System and likely never be seen again.
It is not exactly correct. This illustration is widely known now. People look at it, not aliens. I'd say the whole idea to send a picture is directed not at aliens but at humans: it is plainly improbable someone will see the original plaque.
I can imagine that someone finds this plaque, but it will be space archaeologists from Earth. Once again: humans.
This plaque was made for humans. They keep saying that it was made for aliens, but they like to daydream.
It is not exactly correct. This illustration is widely known now. People look at it, not aliens. I'd say the whole idea to send a picture is directed not at aliens but at humans: it is plainly improbable someone will see the original plaque.
I can imagine that someone finds this plaque, but it will be space archaeologists from Earth. Once again: humans.
This plaque was made for humans. They keep saying that it was made for aliens, but they like to daydream.