Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIf Aliens came to Earth, would we not have as much of a language chellenge as they would do with us? Also like in Mars Attacks how would we know that we aren't saying lets go to War?message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down12
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareIf Aliens came to Earth, would we not have as much of a language chellenge as they would do with us? Also like in Mars Attacks how would we know that we aren't saying lets go to War?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months ago4: Just talk and learn from us because they’re frickin’ curious. I mean, that would be humanity’s motivation.
minus-squareNotyou@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoI assumed 4 would be some form of sex tourism.
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThat’s implied in “curious”.
minus-squareskulblaka@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoEh. The motivations of the people in charge of humanity would be resources or xenophobia. We can’t even get along with other humans well enough to learn from them properly.
4: Just talk and learn from us because they’re frickin’ curious.
I mean, that would be humanity’s motivation.
I assumed 4 would be some form of sex tourism.
That’s implied in “curious”.
Fair point.
Eh. The motivations of the people in charge of humanity would be resources or xenophobia.
We can’t even get along with other humans well enough to learn from them properly.