Are you afraid? Maybe you should be. Some "scientists" think that this week's outer space transmission of the Beatles song "Across the Universe" might get some of those little green men out in space mad enough to where they might invade us.
No, I'm not making this up. It's right here.
In fact, we'll reprint part of it.
Fears that malevolent aliens will tune into this week's broadcast of The Beatles' song "Across the Universe" have been voiced by scientists.
NASA started to beam the song towards the North Star, 431 light years from Earth at midnight GMT on Monday, drawing congratulations from former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney and John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, who mused that it marked "the beginning of the new age in which we will communicate with billions of planets across the universe."
But today's New Scientist asks whether such signals could expose us to the risk of attack from mean spirited aliens.
Scientists considered this question at the "Sound of Silence" meeting at Arizona State University in Tempe this week.
"Before sending out even symbolic messages, we need an open discussion about the potential risks," says Douglas Vakoch of the Seti (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) Institute, Mountain View, California.
Risks? Over an Beatle song? Over these lyrics??
Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup,
They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my open mind,
Possessing and caressing me.
Jai guru de va om
Nothing's gonna change my world,
Nothing's gonna change my world.
Nothing's gonna change my world
Nothing's gonna change my world.
Those are destined to provoke violence, aren't they?
Thank goodness NASA didn't send the Rolling Stones song "I Can't Get No Satisfaction."
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