In just a few days, deciphering the seemingly regular flare signals was already one of the major projects of the Global Council.
Every radio wave contained countless information. In fact, the aerospace field would receive all kinds of radio signals from countless celestial bodies in the universe every year.
These radio signals were natural, and they were naturally emitted by celestial bodies.
There was no pattern to the content. Even if there was a pattern, it was a natural pattern, and there were no traces of human activity.
However, the sun's abnormal activity in the past few days made countless scientists focus on every wave and whether there was any meaning in their combination.
The deciphering of the sun's radiation signals was practically from scratch. The scientists quickly tried all the deciphering methods in human history, but they were all meaningless.
However, the scientists were not discouraged, and they did not think that this was just ordinary astronomical data.
They felt that the reason they could not decipher it was because of the huge generation gap between them and the extraterrestrial civilization. In theory, the difference between aliens and Earthlings might very well exceed the 'door' or even the 'world'.
Their culture, habits, and communication methods would definitely be vastly different.
"It stopped! The flare is over! There haven't been any flares in the last three hours! "
After 123 consecutive flares, the sun fell into silence, and the magnetic field interference on Earth gradually disappeared.
Countless scientists excitedly recorded the last flare and named it the tail number.
The entire communication started from the first outburst five days ago and ended with a total of 123 flares.
They believed that this communication was a complete set of information conveyed, and the meaning of the Star Missile's message was contained in it.
A strange beginning, a strange process, and a strange end.
The obvious signs of human activity caused countless scientists to enter a state of excitement.
Information from the alien civilization was of great significance to mankind. It meant that mankind was not alone.
"Compared to the radiation spectra and radio signals of the many stars in the Milky Way that the scientific community has captured over the past hundred years, our own sun's signal at least has obvious signs of human activity."
"That's right. We still have to start from the frequency and summarize the duration of each flare in detail, as well as the total amount of energy released, as well as the interval between the flares."
"No, no, no. I don't think it's a good idea. There must be a huge generation gap between us and the Star Throwers. The units of time between us must be very different. The duration and interval that we record are definitely not mathematically meaningful."
They didn't even know about the culture of the Star Missile, nor did they know about the Scientific Unit.
Without being able to determine the other party's measurements, these signals could not be mathematically meaningful no matter how humans converted them.
In the midst of the dispute, the Global Council approved the allocation of resources and allowed efforts under any viewpoint.
Don't look at this information dissemination with the eyes of Earthlings. Even if it is an absurd idea, you have to try it out.
Therefore, the Board of Governors established dozens of scientific teams specialized in deciphering, using dozens of methods and angles to decipher the code.
Among them, one of the most bizarre methods was the 'Heart Connection'.
That was to record the rhythm of the entire communication and then simulate the rhythm with all possible musical instruments on Earth in an attempt to feel the 'thoughts and feelings' in it.
This team believes that it is impossible for human technology to decipher such information. Since the Star Missile also has something like rhythm, perhaps we can understand the Star Missile's intentions.
Such a concept was simply unfathomable. They believed that all human music had emotional attachments, and perhaps aliens were the same.
They did not think that humans would be able to decipher the content in detail. It was already good enough that they knew the 'central idea' of the message.
If he could sense friendliness or malice from the rhythm, it would be a major breakthrough.
Unfortunately, Earthlings did not seem to be the Star Missile's' soulmate '.
Until now, the scientific research team had used more than 300 musical instruments or things that could be considered musical instruments to simulate the rhythm.
The answer was …
"There is no artistic sense to speak of! The sense of music is simply terrible to the extreme! Even if I were to become an idiot, I would never be able to 'invent' such a rhythm! "a scientist commented on this.
The scientific team was very disappointed. If the rhythm was meaningless, then this direction might be wrong.
However, they soon calmed down.
"This rhythm is too uncomfortable. Even the sound of Uranus is better," the scientist said.
In fact, every planet, even the sun, had its own sound. Because gas elements were the most abundant elements in the universe, planets often had atmospheres.
Every planet in the solar system had its own unique sound. Although these sounds were rejected by space, they could still be received by Earth through electromagnetic waves. After some transformation, the sounds in the atmospheres of other planets could be reproduced on Earth.
Everyone present had heard these sounds before. They were either frightening and strange, ethereal like heaven, explosive and restless, or cold like ghosts.
The sounds of nature, even if they did not conform to the rhythm, often sounded meaningful. Humans could always subjectively attach some special value to them.
But what about the message of this solar flare? After the rhythm was simulated as a sound, it was extremely terrible. First of all, there was no natural beauty. It was neither frightening nor pleasant. It was neither restless nor peaceful.
No one could use any perceptual words to describe it. This extremely terrible rhythm seemed to be a kind of art, because it was as if no one could appreciate it.
"No one can create such a terrible rhythm. It is also a kind of art in itself."
"Unfortunately, we are unable to understand the deeper meaning."
"Every rhythm of the Star Missile seems to avoid beauty. To be able to do this, what does it mean?"
"Is this rhythm kind or malicious?"
One scientist raised a question, and soon, another scientist proposed a possible answer.
"Everyone, think carefully. Is this information being transmitted to us by the Star Missile on our sun?"
"Let's first assume that it is being transmitted to us. Then, can we assume that the Star Missile thinks that the receiver will understand the meaning of this message? Otherwise, why would the message be transmitted? "
A scientist said, "That's right. Right now, all the large groups are basically holding on to this assumption. If this message is not intended for us to understand, then our deciphering is meaningless. There is absolutely no chance of success. We don't know the culture of the Star Missile, nor do we understand the culture of the receiver. This message is simply impossible for us to decipher. "
Another scientist said, "That's right. Therefore, we have to combine our own culture to understand this message. There has to be a possibility for us to understand it, right? Otherwise, the transmission of the message is meaningless. The Star Missile would not do such a meaningless thing. It's just that we still don't know from which angle the Star Missile created this message. This angle must be something common to all life in the universe. "
This was a logical deduction. First of all, the source of the signal was the sun, so this message was most likely transmitted to Earth.
Earth was at least one of the targets of the transmission!
The Global Council cut in from countless angles. Every group had their own special assumptions for the topic they chose.
The "intention" group's assumption was that the Star Missile had chosen beauty.
For example, Earth had sent electromagnetic waves to the universe dozens of times to announce its existence. These electromagnetic waves were filled with the unique culture of Earthlings, and they were often accompanied by a specific melody that matched the beauty of Earthlings.
The Star Missile might have received an extraterrestrial civilization and replied in a way that they could not understand.
What the team had to evaluate was whether the reply was a kind or malicious one.
"I have a terrible conclusion. This kind of reply is, to a large extent, malicious," a scientist said in a low voice.
"Why do you say that?" someone asked.
"Because this rhythm perfectly avoids human beauty. In fact, every node is challenging the limits of human appreciation," the scientist said.
However, someone else said, "That's too biased. You can't think that the other party is malicious just because it sounds bad, right? If they are really malicious, why don't they just attack us directly? You have to know that disturbing the sunspots has a huge destructive force on our network. But in fact, this incident has an unknown power that allowed our network to survive. "
Although the group wanted to evaluate whether the reply was kind or malicious, they were actually biased towards the theory that the Star Missile was kind.
However, the scientist shook his head and said, "No, the malicious intent I'm referring to is not offensive malice. It's that the Star Missile belongs to the 'camp' that has malicious intent towards us. I think that this message was compiled by the Star Missile according to their own culture, just like the message we send to the universe. It also comes with our own language and music rhythm. "
"However, the Star Missile's music seems to have bypassed all of our aesthetics, which is equivalent to telling us that? It's shockingly different from us in terms of culture. When two civilizations are so different in terms of culture that their perception of beauty is completely different, their basic values will definitely be in conflict! There will be no basis for communication or common development between these two civilizations. "
"Do you understand what I mean? Beauty is one of the unique characteristics of life. Life can feel beauty, but rocks can't. Feeling is the biggest difference between carbon like us and the carbon like rocks. The Star Missile's beauty is the opposite of ours, so what does that mean? It's the opposite of our basic psychological feelings. It's equivalent to telling humans that 'there is no basis for peaceful coexistence between us.' "
The others were shocked. "If that's the case, then? Why are you telling us? "
The scientist said, "No, it's not telling us. It's a kind of declaration, an announcement. This is one of the meanings that are objectively passively expressed in communication. It's the same as the electromagnetic waves that we use to ask if we are lonely. "
"The Star Missile might be using this method to send messages to many stars. High-level civilizations might be able to analyze the details, but low-level civilizations can only 'experience' it on the surface."
"The way to experience it is for the receiver to judge for themselves which aesthetic camp they belong to."
Everyone was shocked. "I understand what you mean. You're saying that among the various life forms in the universe, aesthetics are naturally divided into two camps, which are 'natural aesthetics' and 'anti-natural aesthetics'. Life forms that belong to the same aesthetic naturally have the basic conditions for peaceful coexistence to a certain extent. "
The scientist nodded and said, "That's right. Some life forms feel that nature is beautiful, so they view all unnatural things as ugly. However, is this really the only feeling life forms have? Perhaps there is a type of life form that naturally judges nature as ugly, then all unnatural things will be beautiful. "
"This does not hinder the development of science and technology. Science and technology are natural, but art is unnatural beauty. The two are naturally contradictory, and this sense of contradiction is' unnatural beauty '. Those who like unnatural beauty will pursue this sense of contradiction and seek to coexist between science and culture. The two will develop together and form a social structure that we can't understand at all. "
The scientist's point of view was that this was a universal declaration, at least to a certain extent.
It is to express our position to all the civilizations in the Sky Region: Our cultural form is unnatural.
Civilizations that were as unnatural as the Star Missile would understand this message and think that this message was too beautiful. Because their values were similar, this type of civilization had the right to decipher it.
However, civilizations like Earth that were natural could only realize from this sense of contradiction that the other party was not 'the same kind of person' as them. As for the details, because even the most basic values were different, there was no way to decipher it at all.
To a certain extent, this could be considered a natural isolation of information. The understanding of beauty determined the basic values of life …
The scientist said, "Perhaps the Star Missile did not mean this. There might be other content, but that is not something that we Earthlings have the right to know. At the very least, this message objectively expresses what I mean. It means that there are life forms in the universe that are completely different from us humans and have no basis for coexistence. "
"Our major observatories used to broadcast to search for other life forms in the universe. In fact, we also unknowingly expressed this layer of meaning. If our broadcast was more technical, it would spread further and be received by other life forms. It would also express the same meaning: I am from the school of natural beauty."
"This is one of the universal laws of the universe. All forms of communication through broadcast are equivalent to passively expressing one's position. Regardless of whether others understand the real content, they will know what kind of beauty the sender's social foundation is. Is it the school of natural beauty or the school of natural ugliness? "
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