I have no idea what the machine is doing. I don’t even have a hypothesis as to what it’s doing. Yet I have recognized the machine as the product of an alien intelligence.
Are beaches the product of an alien intelligence? Some of them are—the ones artificially constructed and maintained by humans. What about the ‘naturally-occurring’ ones, constructed and maintained by entropy? Are they evidence for intelligence? Those grains of sand don’t wear down, and they’re often close to spherical. Would a visiting UFO pause in awe to recognize beaches as machines with unknown purposes?
Are beaches the product of an alien intelligence? Some of them are—the ones artificially constructed and maintained by humans. What about the ‘naturally-occurring’ ones, constructed and maintained by entropy? Are they evidence for intelligence? Those grains of sand don’t wear down, and they’re often close to spherical. Would a visiting UFO pause in awe to recognize beaches as machines with unknown purposes?