Seth Shostak: "[O] ne mungkin bertanya mengapa, di galaksi beberapa ra...

"[O] ne mungkin bertanya mengapa, di galaksi beberapa ratus miliar bintang, alien begitu ingin datang ke Bumi sama sekali. Seolah-olah setiap vertebrata di Amerika Utara entah bagaimana merasa tertarik pada rumah tertentu di Peoria, Illinois. Apakah kita benar-benar menarik?"

--- Seth Shostak

Versi Bahasa Inggris

[O]ne might ask why, in a galaxy of a few hundred billion stars, the aliens are so intent on coming to Earth at all. It would be as if every vertebrate in North America somehow felt drawn to a particular house in Peoria, Illinois. Are we really that interesting?