![[O]ne might ask why, in a galaxy of a few hundred billion stars, the aliens are so intent on coming to Earth at all. It would be as if every vertebrate in North America somehow felt drawn to a particular house in Peoria, Illinois. Are we really that interesting?](/assets/img/quote-photos/one-might-ask-why-in-a-galaxy-of-a-few-hundred-billion-stars-the-aliens-are-s.jpg)
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