Extrapolate out about a million years (just a blink on an evolutionary timescale and therefore a realistic estimate of how far advanced ETIs will be), and we get a gut-wrenching, mind-warping feel for how godlike these creatures would seem.

• 再向未来推算约100万年（在演化的时间尺度上只不过是一眨眼，也因而算是对ETI先进程度的合理估算），我们不得不万般痛苦地承认：那些生物的形象，就如同上帝一般。