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Interstellar communication. IX. Message decontamination is impossible

Michael Hippke, John G. Learned

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Abstract

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.

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astro-ph.IMInstrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics physics.pop-phPopular Physics

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