which all goes to illustrate that science moves on with better and better questions, Lighter.

think anyone was in a position to ask that question 40 years ago?

be interesting to see how they test for answers to this one... the cosmic background noise was found by Bell engineers looking for answers to a totally different question/problem.

and back to science fiction... Arthur C. Clarke had some "fun" with "The Nine Billions Name of God" & "The Sun"...   again, not to be taken literally...