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minus-squareScrof@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI’d say if there’s a will there’s a way. Establish common points of reference and go from there, it probably wouldn’t even be THAT hard is my guess.
minus-squareAggressivelyPassive@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoSure, concepts like dignity, time and hygge are super easy to translate once you can show that you know how hydrogen vibrates. We don’t even know, what form of communication aliens might use. What timeframe they live in, what concept of reality, space, time, objects.
I’d say if there’s a will there’s a way. Establish common points of reference and go from there, it probably wouldn’t even be THAT hard is my guess.
Sure, concepts like dignity, time and hygge are super easy to translate once you can show that you know how hydrogen vibrates.
We don’t even know, what form of communication aliens might use. What timeframe they live in, what concept of reality, space, time, objects.