Cybo was being his normal Cybo self and sitting quietly, when, suddenly he said, Dos, the light from some of the stars has taken longer to reach earth then humanoids have existed.
Dos said, get away with you, that is a lot of light years away.
Cybo was being unusually chatty and he continued. What grabs my attention is that most transmissions of television, radio, including citizens band radio chatting is heading off into space and who knows where they could be received. Some unfortunate form of intelligence could be getting blasted with constant television advertisements simply because their brain is tuned to a particular frequency. They may not have medication to dull such a painful intrusion into their intelligence.
Dollcee said, if there was such a thing as artificial intelligence in the universe, television transmissions into space would be a good example of it. Junk transmissions are not artificial though.
Dos said, get away with you, how painful that would be. I am sure the universal court for justice of the entire cosmos, would call that torture.
Padoke said, when you think about it like that, machine intelligence could be a great step forward in the evolutionary development of humanoids. Considering how big the universe is, Cybo is probably correct, some poor intelligence is probably suffering from brain intrusion at this very moment.
Dollcee said, can we change the subject please, the futility displayed on television depresses me absolutely. Why do you watch so much television Padoke?
Padoke said, because I lay in front of the television does not mean I am watching it.
Dollcee said, I think it is dangerous to expose yourself to so much audio visual dullcification.
What is dullcification, asked Dos.
Dollcee said, it is what happens when you do not attempt to think or take an interest in the world around you, you become dullcified. The lights are on, but no one is home.