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For more than a century, Gaudí’s controversial Basílica de la Sagrada Família had been under construction, relying solely on private donations from the faithful. Criticized by traditionalists for its eerie organic shape and use of “biomimetic design,” the church was hailed by modernists for its structural fluidity and use of “hyperboloid” forms to reflect the natural world. === He could still recall when “breaking news” was printed on paper and delivered to his doorstep the following morning. === Any life-form with the technology to travel to earth would require no subterfuge or subtlety to dominate us instantaneously.” === Personally, I believe that it would be perfectly feasible to seal these ‘seeds of life’ in radiation-proof, protective pods and shoot them into space with the intent of populating the cosmos in a kind of technology-assisted panspermia. === “Any advanced life-form ... would not send a recipe for humans any more than they would send a recipe for chimpanzees.”