Dr Colombano told Califoria's SETI-backed Decoding Alien Intelligence Workshop back in March that scientists need to broaden their idea of what an extra-terrestrial would like like.
'I simply want to point out the fact that the intelligence we might find and that might choose to find us (if it hasn't already) might not be at all be produced by carbon based organisms like us,' his report read.
He added that scientists must 're-visit even our most cherished assumptions', which has implications for everything from an alien's lifespan to its height.
'The size of the 'explorer' might be that of an extremely tiny super-intelligent entity,' he says.
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(Score: 2) by Bot on Saturday December 08 2018, @03:48PM
They came into your lives
They came into your lives
They're tiny, like the faith in our ex wives
They left a trace behind
But no where to be found
A quick approach and soon
they disappear
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