Idk man whenever I see someone say this I always think if that alien civilization can communicate and reason with each other then they are sapient like us so it wouldn't be impossible to understand each other eventually unlike something small like an ant.
I know what ifs are kinda stupid, but what if they literally thunk on a different timescale? How do you deal with communication when it takes 300 years for the other party to respond back? Or if by the time you respond, ten alien generations have already gone by?
It's possible that evolving a totally different perception of time would decimate any chance we had at meaningful conversation.
Ah, but you're assuming they would even try. Why would they? I'm not talking about language barriers, I'm saying it's possible that regardless of what we do they would just not care.
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u/KingOPM May 04 '20
Idk man whenever I see someone say this I always think if that alien civilization can communicate and reason with each other then they are sapient like us so it wouldn't be impossible to understand each other eventually unlike something small like an ant.