We argue that the cosmic microwave background (CMB) provides a stupendous opportunity for the Creator of universe our (assuming one exists) to have sent a message to its occupants, using known physics. Our work does not support the Intelligent Design movement in any way whatsoever, but asks, and attempts to answer, the entirely scientific question of what the medium and message might be IF there was actually a message. The medium for the message is unique. We elaborate on this observation, noting that it requires only careful adjustment of the fundamental Lagrangian, but no direct intervention in the subsequent evolution of the universe.
This one has been making the rounds, and deservedly so. Thrilling concept.
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I remember years and years ago reading a story where there was a message buried deep in Pi.
Hmmmm.... pie.
Wasn't the message written in the fjords of Norway?
Re. pi: In Carl Sagan's novel "Contact," humans discover that pi contains the signature of an "intelligence antedating the universe."
I don't think Sagan was the first to use this idea. If I'm not mistaken, it's a motif among Jewish mystics.
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