I realize you can just answer, “mysterious aliens beyond our understanding,” but why would a space probe have a mandate of either talk to a whale for 30 seconds or destroy Earth and disable everything in its path on the way to Earth?

Why? What does that achieve?

  • Flying SquidOP
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    16 months ago

    The problem here is that it wants to talk to the whales but it is also destroying the ocean. That doesn’t really match your scenario.

      • Flying SquidOP
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        16 months ago

        It’s doing something it thinks is harmless that would directly harm the thing it’s wants to talk to?

        Are its programmers morons?