Found embedded in the radio signature of almost every star that had a sapient species evolve in orbit around it:
Couldn’t solve the heat death problem in this version. By the time we figured that out, life had evolved. Sorry about that. Good luck.
-The Creators
“It’s the same message. Encoded into every star that evolved life over sixteen billion years ago.”
“It’s taken two thousand years of research and decoding to decipher the message into Standard.”
“The good news is, it’s relatively brief. The bad news is… it doesn’t make sense.”
“The message reads as follows: Couldn’t solve the heat death problem in this version. By the time we figured that out, life had evolved. Sorry about that. Good luck. -The Creators.”
Murmuring filled the auditorium.
Someone put up their hand.
“Yes?”
“So… they could patch the universe to leave a note, but they couldn’t patch it to fix the stars? Why?”
“That’s what we’re working on now.”
“Sorry.”
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