Or, as Terry Bison put it in "They're Made of Meat" -
http://www.terrybisson.com/page6/page6.html :
> ... "They use the radio waves to talk, but the signals don't come from them. The signals come from machines."
> "So who made the machines? That's who we want to contact."
> "They made the machines. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Meat made the machines."
> "That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're asking me to believe in sentient meat." ...
> "Omigod. So what does this meat have in mind?"
> "First it wants to talk to us. Then I imagine it wants to explore the Universe, contact other sentiences, swap ideas and information. The usual."
> "We're supposed to talk to meat." ...
> ... Unofficially, I advise that we erase the records and forget the whole thing."
> "I was hoping you would say that."
> "It seems harsh, but there is a limit. Do we really want to make contact with meat?"
> "I agree one hundred percent. What's there to say? 'Hello, meat. How's it going?' ...
> ... "They use the radio waves to talk, but the signals don't come from them. The signals come from machines."
> "So who made the machines? That's who we want to contact."
> "They made the machines. That's what I'm trying to tell you. Meat made the machines."
> "That's ridiculous. How can meat make a machine? You're asking me to believe in sentient meat." ...
> "Omigod. So what does this meat have in mind?"
> "First it wants to talk to us. Then I imagine it wants to explore the Universe, contact other sentiences, swap ideas and information. The usual."
> "We're supposed to talk to meat." ...
> ... Unofficially, I advise that we erase the records and forget the whole thing."
> "I was hoping you would say that."
> "It seems harsh, but there is a limit. Do we really want to make contact with meat?"
> "I agree one hundred percent. What's there to say? 'Hello, meat. How's it going?' ...