Posted by HH on January 05, 2012 at 14:44:37:
In Reply to: I will communicate with you earthlings using this science fiction forum posted by C/D on January 05, 2012 at 14:25:33:
Yes, I am a scientist. And that makes me wonder how you responded so quickly. It takes light, and therefore communications, about an hour to get from Saturn to Earth.
: The sentient beings of your planet that are identified as scientists have recently begun to investigate reality. The first steps in this investigation are known to you as quantum physics. It will eventually lead you to understanding.
: Therefore, I have been authorized to communicate with you earthlings. I will use this FictionWeek Science Fiction Forum because it is the only completely anonymous forum on what you refer to as the internet. It will be my only medium of communication with you.
: I will identify myself as C/D. You earthlings use this equation to indicate circumference of a circle divided by its diameter which is a mathematical concept known to all species.
: Although I am a member of a collective consciousness that is still here on our home planet, I have been allowed to make contact you as if I were a unique individual.
: Because you have not yet learned to communicate directly, I will use one of your written languages, English. We have learned is it the primary language of communication in the virtual reality you refer to as the internet.
: Information about us:
: - We are primarily physically located here on a planet you earthlings refer to as a moon named Enceladus. Our small planet is very near our beloved energy provider that you refer to as Saturn.
: - We exist beneath the ice surface of our planet, in water, but we no longer make physical contact with the water. It may be hard for you to understand, but we do not make contact with anything that you would refer to as physical. From observing your transmissions, including your very recently begun type of transmission known as television, we have learned you are very curious about the physical characteristics of beings who do not live on your planet. I regret to inform you that we do not have observable physical characteristics. Because you live in a reality of physical presence, this is not easy to explain, but you will understand as soon as the scientists of your planet discover the sub-atomic particulate nature of consciousness.
: We reach out to you as the only fellow inhabitants of this solar system. May we learn from each other.
: You may now ask me questions.