From Top of Mind:
Guest: Donald Hoffman, PhD, professor of cognitive sciences at the University of California, Irvine. Almost 40 years ago, NASA launched a message into space aboard the Voyager spacecraft for any extraterrestrial beings who may happen upon it. Called the Golden Record,  it’s a gold-plated phonograph record …. Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman says even if extraterrestrials found the Golden Record, they probably couldn’t make out the messages on it.
 
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