Not true! RA is very good at multi-tasking ;^)
Yeah, right. I can hear the alien dialogue now:
Ogg: I donno what's wrong with those humans, I keep signalling, but there's no response. Aren't they listening?Goo: It's strange. Surely, their SETI workers wouldn't let anything distract them for a moment.
Ogg: Distractions? But surely they could handle a little multi-tasking, and still keep their minds on the Search.
Goo: Maybe. Maybe not.