Contact

UFO's AND ET'S - IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF KNOWING IF THEY EXIST. BUT RATHER THE QUESTION IS WHEN WILL WE MAKE CONTACT OR ARE THEY ALREADY MAKING CONTACT THROUGH THE CROP CIRCLES, PERHAPS?

Making contact with intelligent life in outer space will likely occur sometime during the next century, says a Toronto-based scholar in an article featured in a recently published American book of essays surrounding the next millennium.

Few events in the sweep of human history will be as significant and as far-reaching as contact with intelligent life in outer space, and now is the time for us to begin to prepare for the social and physiological impact, says Allen Tough, a retired education professor from the University of Toronto and an expert in future studies.

Scientists and the public have, in recent years, come to realize there is the distinct possibility that life on other planets exists, says Mr. Tough, and the effect of contact on human civilization will be profound.

"We must keep in mind that some of the intelligent life in our galaxy may be deeply alien to us. Their thinking patterns, knowledge, emotions, bodies, perception and communication may be even stranger than our strangest science-fiction images," he writes.

"Some intelligent beings in our universe could turn out to be silicon-based entities or supercomputers."

Douglas Vakoch, a psychologist with the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Institute in Mountainview, California, agrees. The organization, which has affiliates all over the world, is currently monitoring radio signals in anticipation of any signals from life in outer space.

It is Mr. Vakoch's job to research what the possible social impact will be on Earth.

"I think it is important to focus on this now, because it would happen so quickly and in such a short period of time it is better we prepare for a range of scenarios before the event occurs," he says.

Mr. Vakoch says two of the things that have to be considered when Earth receives a message are whether to respond right away, and what to say in return. One thing SETI has agreed on is that if a message from outer space is discovered, once it is confirmed by scientists from outside of the organization to authenticate the source, the message will be made known to the public right away.

Tannis Toohey
The Ottawa Citizen
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