地特四等
111年
[一般行政] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
第 46 題
📖 題組：
Scientists say it could take at least 1,500 years before humans make contact with species of aliens, or for them to communicate with or find us. Astronomers from Cornell University in the USA combined two existing theories about the possibility of life existing on other planets to form a new equation. One of these theories is the Fermi Paradox described by physicist Enrico Fermi in 1950. This states that while billions of Earth-like planets exist in our galaxy, not one has made contact with Earth yet. The other is the mediocrity principle, which suggests that because there is life on Earth, it will typically exist on Earth-like planets throughout the universe. Study author Evan Solomonides will soon present a research paper on his theory. He said, “We haven’t heard from aliens yet, as space is a big place, but that doesn’t mean no one is out there.” According to Solomonides, extraterrestrials could have received signals from Earth. However, he proposes that ET would not have been able to decipher them. He said they would need to decode the light waves into sounds and analyze 3,000 human languages to understand any messages. He said that signals from Earth have only reached about 8,500 stars and that the Milky Way galaxy alone contains 200 billion stars. He added, “If we stop listening or looking, we may miss the signals. So we should keep looking.”
Scientists say it could take at least 1,500 years before humans make contact with species of aliens, or for them to communicate with or find us. Astronomers from Cornell University in the USA combined two existing theories about the possibility of life existing on other planets to form a new equation. One of these theories is the Fermi Paradox described by physicist Enrico Fermi in 1950. This states that while billions of Earth-like planets exist in our galaxy, not one has made contact with Earth yet. The other is the mediocrity principle, which suggests that because there is life on Earth, it will typically exist on Earth-like planets throughout the universe. Study author Evan Solomonides will soon present a research paper on his theory. He said, “We haven’t heard from aliens yet, as space is a big place, but that doesn’t mean no one is out there.” According to Solomonides, extraterrestrials could have received signals from Earth. However, he proposes that ET would not have been able to decipher them. He said they would need to decode the light waves into sounds and analyze 3,000 human languages to understand any messages. He said that signals from Earth have only reached about 8,500 stars and that the Milky Way galaxy alone contains 200 billion stars. He added, “If we stop listening or looking, we may miss the signals. So we should keep looking.”
According to the passage, what might be preventing extraterrestrials from approaching Earth any time soon?
- A The difficulty in deciphering human languages.
- B The long histories of 200 billion stars.
- C The similarity among human and alien species.
- D The number of planets in the Milky Way galaxy.
思路引導 VIP
若要與一個完全陌生的文明溝通，除了要『收到』對方的訊息（距離問題）外，在決定是否回報或前往之前，接收者在『解讀內容』上會面臨什麼樣的技術障礙？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你精準地掌握了這段閱讀測驗的核心細節！這題你選 (A) 是非常正確的判斷。這類題目在地方特考中屬於「細節判斷題」，測驗考生是否能在長篇論述中，迅速排除干擾資訊並找出核心因果關係。
語言解碼的技術門檻
文章第二段明確提到研究者 Evan Solomonides 的觀點：即便外星生物（ET）接收到了地球發出的訊號，他們也可能因為無法 decipher（解密/解讀）而無法回應。作者具體指出，外星人需要將光波轉化為聲音，並分析地球上多達 3,000 種人類語言 才能理解訊息。這正是選項 (A) 所描述的「解讀人類語言的困難」，也是阻礙雙方近期內建立聯繫的關鍵技術障礙。
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