Post #2867287
2026-05-18 18:10 UTC
Bloody speed of light is just so slow…
We cannot even have meaningful conversations with our closest genetic relatives, the chimps. We studied the songs of the whales for decades and haven’t deciphered a single word (AFAIK). There is a lot of work to do, before we can even dream of talking to someone from outer space.
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@phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-18 18:31
We have interpreted some stuff in broad strokes at least. Arguably whales and chimps also aren’t trying to help our studies much and may not have the same capability of communication depth we take for granted. But a picture dictionary along with audio/visual stuff made by a friendly civilization would certainly be possible and speed things up. The harder part for an alien would presumably be the multiple different languages from a single planet…would be very interesting if alien life also had that.