Life and death on the third rock from the sun

Donald DeMarco: G. K. Chesterton suggested that an extraterrestrial explorer will find proof of intelligence on some distant planet when he discovers a tablet on which is inscribed the injunction, “Thou shall not kill.” Chesterton was not so much impressed with technological accomplishments as expressions of intelligence. He was inferring that the ultimate expression of intelligence among a people is that they […]

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