Was Sending A Map Into Deep Space The Dumbest Thing We’ve Ever Done?

Why leading unknown interstellar civilizations to our planet could be bad

The Pioneer plaque (Public domain)

Nearly fifty years ago two probes were launched on exciting new missions to survey the solar system. Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 were launched in 1972 and 1973 respectively. They did their jobs admirably and are now hurtling…