So apparently I’m not the only one that thinks we should think ahead about how to greet the aliens if they ever formally show up.  You can see all the suggestions so far or add your own at SETI’s Earthspeaks site. I particularly like the ones that want to start with  ‘do you speak English’.  [...]

I like people that are confident enough in what they’re predicting to say it’s going to happen within two decades – whether it’s meeting aliens or predicting the end of the world. This time though, it’s the aliens (read the story at the Daily Galaxy.)  So it’s time to start figuring out the appropriate etiquette, [...]