It is not so much what we think about ETIs in general, but what we think about ETIs that find those golden records. Any such entity must be space-faring and must be looking hard for signs of other entities. The Voyagers are not going to land in some alien park and say “Hi!”. They are whizzing very quietly through space at relatively high speed and they are very tiny. Anyone who finds them must be looking hard for such a sign. So, yes I think that any entity that finds one of the Voyagers will be more than smart enough to decode the golden records.
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Reply to do we really believe aliens can decode the golden records by Calm-Confidence8429
It is not so much what we think about ETIs in general, but what we think about ETIs that find those golden records. Any such entity must be space-faring and must be looking hard for signs of other entities. The Voyagers are not going to land in some alien park and say “Hi!”. They are whizzing very quietly through space at relatively high speed and they are very tiny. Anyone who finds them must be looking hard for such a sign. So, yes I think that any entity that finds one of the Voyagers will be more than smart enough to decode the golden records.