Say What?

According to Stephen Hawking and Yahoo! News, efforts have been made to contact potential extra-terrestrial life, and such lifeforms are statistically likely to exist.  To send a message of peace, "Across the Universe" by the Beatles was beamed into space.  This was a necessary precaution, as in recalling Columbus' "discovery" of America, we recall how wars were waged against the Native Americans there for ages, and the scenarios would be similar.  You can read the piece that made me feel gullible for even considering its apparent validity here, and Across the Universe can be heard, once again, in the music player gadget at the bottom of this page.