The Search for Aliens
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The Pythagorean Theorem
It's a fascinating sort of geopolitical question what happens if aliens visit us first it means they're more advanced than us. We've been trying to send signals out there and we radio signals are one of them but we're not the first to have thought up a way to communicate. 200 years ago 200 years ago one of the most brilliant mathematicians of them all. Carl Gouse. He remembered his Pythagorean theorem from like oh my you just pulled out the Pythagorean geometry honestly. Neil sometimes you really cure my insomnia. Thank you so much.
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