Hey there World, So this video totally happened. It was not what I had originally planned for the moment but I feel that it has its own special place.

And here is the script.

It is perhaps one of the most important questions that we are faced with since learning of our true place in the Universe:

Are we alone?

It is a question that persisted in our ancestors who could only scarcely dream of understanding the true meaning of the lights in the night sky.

And even today we still wonder…

Could the Cosmos be alive with the music of intelligent life?

The billion dollar question: Are we alone in the Universe?

Only recently, in the latter half of the past century have we developed “a means” of truly answering this grandest of questions.

And that method is called Radio.

The search for a common medium of communication: Radio.

 While our ancestors were stuck with mere speculation, modern human civilization has acquired the capacity of tuning into the surrounding noise that fills our universe in an attempt to detect the radio signature of advanced civilizations hidden among the stars.

We do this by listening for radio signals with very unique frequencies. The radio signals we’re interested in exist within a special range of the electromagnetic spectrum which makes them noticeably different from the background noise emitted by the rest of the Universe. The holy grail of this search is the detection of a “narrowband” signal, a signal with a constrained frequency bandwidth. We use similar signals to communicate on Earth and we're hoping that if extraterrestrials exist, that they would do the same.

We've only been listening for a comparatively short period of time, and within a select array of frequencies. Could we actually be in the middle of an intergalactic conversation right now, at a time when we have the chance to listen in?

IS intelligence prominent throughout the Universe ? Or is it a rarity ?

Science, Technology and The Laws of Nature can provide common ground for two very different beings to become aware of each other.  Just as it has connected and unified the billions of human souls on Earth, Radio technology may provide a way for life separated across the vastness of time and space to communicate.

No other means of communication that we can yet derive from the laws of nature is faster. No other means is cheaper and easier to implement. Even civilizations that have yet to fully master interstellar space travel can still afford an extensive radio detection program as evident in our own civilization.

It all depends on where our priorities are. So far our most dedicated program to listen for signals from outer space called SETI (The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) costs less than one predator attack drone a year.

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Where do our priorities lay?

But perhaps a much more interesting notion than just listening for extraterrestrial signals is the possibility that we've made ourselves noticeable to the wider galactic community. For the past 110 years we've been leaking our own radio signals into outer space. Right now there exists a Radio Sphere 200 light-years in diameter surrounding our planet. Although at longer distances the signals would be too weak to carry any significant information, nearby civilizations with the capability of sifting through the static might still be able to learn of our presence granted they have radio technology and a shared curiosity to listen to the Stars.

Endless distances to venture off to, could one one of those horizons contain beings that ponder the same questions as us?

Just as we are now listening for evidence of the existence of extraterrestrial beings, could they also in turn be listening for us? In due time we will finally be able to answer that question and determine whether we truly are alone or whether the Cosmos is alive with signs of life.

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