How to talk to aliens

[Racoon]

If aliens can/could get here, then I imagine their technology would win a war.
If we 'Nuked" them, then we'd be living with the radioactive consequence..

We cant even fix traffic and crime problems. Let alone international ones.
Aliens arive, We are Dead... Unless they would rather enslave us.

[lindagarrette]

Originally Posted by Racoon

We cant even fix traffic and crime problems. Let alone international ones.
Aliens arive, We are Dead... Unless they would rather enslave us.

I expect they would recognize us a primitive tribal beings without much capacity for welcoming outsiders unless they can serve us. Why would a civilized society want to get involved with such creatures other than put us in a zoo?

[InfiniteNow]

Are ants a civilized society?

They wouldn't be able to interpret our signals... Further, we are only beginning to grasp some basics of their communication.

It's not like aliens are all going to be bipedal humanoid-like creatures... they could be a cloud-like mist... a goo that slides around the ground... a forest....


We hardly understand life on our own planet, and also how it communicates. Even our thoughts (like war, anger, fear, observation, entertainment) are a product of our evolution, and the evolution on any other planet is going to be subject to vastly different pressures.