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Gauss's plan to signal aliens with vast Siberian clearings
Original: Carl Friedrich # Gauss schlug 1820 vor, gigantische Quadrate durch Abholzung sibirischer Wälder zu “zeichnen”. Ziel war
In 1820, mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss reportedly proposed carving gigantic right-angled triangles or squares into Siberian forests by clearing trees, planting wheat in between, hoping the geometric shapes would be visible from space and signal intelligent life. The anecdote is circulating again on social media, drawing amused and fascinated reactions as an early example of communication with extraterrestrial intelligence, long before modern SETI efforts.
Why now: The colourful historical anecdote about Gauss's early alien-signalling idea is recirculating amid ongoing public interest in SETI.
Carl Friedrich GaussSiberiaSETI
Evidence
- Carl Friedrich # Gauss schlug 1820 vor, gigantische Quadrate durch Abholzung sibirischer Wälder zu “zeichnen”. Ziel war es, mit # Aliens zu kommunizieren. # Geschichte # SETI # CETI # Space https:// en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commun ication_with_extraterrestrial_intelligence · EurekaKreuzwort@mastodon.online · 6
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