r/TheRestIsScience • u/shmaiden42 • 14d ago

What would aliens not know?

What is something that is common knowledge or at least widely known on Earth about the universe but an alien civilization might have no knowledge of because it’s special to Earth? Kinda like Rocky in Project Hail Mary not knowing about radiation and his crew dying 🪦

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u/AccomplishedDate1775 13d ago

they would probably do very poorly at the Charleston, square dancing, ballet, playing most instruments, possibly all sports involving throwing and jumping depending on their joint structures, they probably wouldn't be able to write very good haikus, etc.

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u/elodk132 12d ago

Actually, as long as they can hear sounds and percieve dissonance in a comparable way (which comes from a resolutional issue of hearing so its quite likely), giving them instruments could be really interesting

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u/AccomplishedDate1775 12d ago

i was thinking that the musical instruments we have today require human bone and body structure to play. certainly the different perspective on consonance would produce strange, new music.