To Confine Our Attention To

If A Superior Alien Civilization Sent Us A Message Saying, 'we'll Arrive In A Few Decades', Would We Just Reply, 'ok, Call Us When You Get Here - We'll Leave The Lights On'? Probably Not - But This Is More Or Less What Is Happening With Ai.

Government Works Best Under The Glare Of Public Scrutiny. Absent Such Scrutiny, Abuses Occur.

If The Government Is Covering Up Knowledge Of Aliens, They Are Doing A Better Job Of It Than They Do At Anything Else.

The Media Need Superheroes In Science Just As In Every Sphere Of Life, But There Is Really A Continuous Range Of Abilities With No Clear Dividing Line.

Mankind's Greatest Achievements Have Come About By Talking And Its Greatest Failures By Not Talking. It Doesn’t Have To Be Like This.