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Re-watching Contact, I just feel that the three-body description of the listener's life is very accurate
Amani 2022-04-23 07:01:17
This is the loneliest moment, in the silent midnight, when the universe shows its listeners the vast desolation. The last thing listener 1379 wanted to see was the slowly moving curve on the monitor, which was the waveform of the cosmic radio waves received by the monitoring system, meaningless noise. He felt that this infinitely long line was the abstraction of the universe. One end was connected to the infinite past, the other end was connected to the infinite future, and there were only random fluctuations that were irregular and lifeless. The crests that are scattered up and down are like grains of sand of varying sizes, and the entire line is like a one-dimensional desert formed by all the sand grains lined up in rows. It is desolate and unbearable. You can go forward and backward along it infinitely, but you will never find your destination.
Extended Reading
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Voice of NASA: [When the first Machine starts on] We have begun the full scale test of Earth's first system built by the sharing of knowledge with a neighbour in our Universe.
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Palmer Joss: [during the IMC's candidates selection] Do you believe in God, Dr. Arroway?