His Master's Voice by Stanislaw Lem
A multinational team of scientists studies a mysterious high-energy neutrino signal from space, attempting to determine whether it is an intentional message; their painstaking experiments and debates expose immense technical difficulties, political pressures, and deep epistemological doubts. Blending scientific detail, philosophical reflection, and dark satire, the story scrutinizes the limits of interpretation, the militarization of research, and the moral responsibilities of scientists, and leaves the signal’s true origin and meaning unresolved, emphasizing human cognitive and cultural constraints in confronting the alien.
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- 1968
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