Question

what evidence from the radio broadcast war of the worlds supports the theme that human vanity can cause problems?
a. phillips: good heavens, somethings wriggling out of the shadow like a gray snake. now its another one, and another. they look like tentacles to me. there, i can see the things body. its large, large as a bear and it glistens like wet leather.
b. phillips: then youre quite convinced as a scientist that living intelligence as we know it does not exist on mars? pierson: id say the chances against it are a thousand to one.
c. phillips: can you tell us the meaning of that scraping noise inside the thing? pierson: possibly the unequal cooling of its surface.
d. pierson: i can give you no authoritative information — either as to their nature, their origin, or their purposes here on earth. of their destructive instrument i might venture some conjectural explanation. for want of a better term, i shall refer to the mysterious weapon as a heat ray.

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B. PHILLIPS: Then you're quite convinced as a scientist that living intelligence as we know it does not exist on Mars? PIERSON: I'd say the chances against it are a thousand to one.