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Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

If 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?

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If 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 days ago
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    Can’t remember the author or title.

    Old short story where humans land on a planet where the advanced species has gone extinct.

    The Terrans have no way of translating the language until someone finds a classroom and figures out what they used for the periodic table.

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      This was a stargate episode also im pretty sure.

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        the 4 great races uses periodic table elements to universally communicate.

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      A Fire Upon the Deep maybe? I think they found what amounted to a preschool?

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        No idea. Read it in high school and that’s a while back.

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