Alien language: If we met extraterrestrials, could we talk to them?
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Alien lifeforms are likely to have evolved their own unique ways of communicating, so how might humanity communicate with them if ever make contact?
  • 667@kbin.social
    6·
    11 months ago

    Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir does a great job at hypothesizing a first interaction like this.

    • bloopernovaEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      Good lord I love that book.

      I really like that he recognized that you’ll have 2 beings both motivated to understand each other. The back and forth communication, along with some coding skills, made good progress pretty quick.

      • 667@kbin.social
        3·
        11 months ago

        Did you do the paperback, or the audiobook? The audiobook was enhanced with some neat audio tricks for Rocky. It was a fabulous read.

        • bloopernovaEnglish
          3·
          11 months ago

          Just the Kindle version, although now I want to make my wife listen to the audiobook version lol.

          • 667@kbin.social
            3·
            11 months ago

            You’ll love it even the second time around. It’s a great production.