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Posted on 01/12/2026 9:52:47 AM PST by DFG
A group of Australian scientists have revealed how we may be able to learn to speak with aliens, and the answer is found right here on Earth.
If we do make contact with extraterrestrial life, it will likely require sending messages across vast distances of interstellar space.
The question for astronomers looking out for distant civilisations is how this communication would even be possible if we don't share a language.
Now, scientists say we might be able to develop a 'universal language' with an unlikely inspiration: The humble honeybee.
With six legs, five eyes, and a radically different social structure, scientists say that bees are among the closest things we have to aliens here on Earth.
Although humans and bees have wildly different brains, we have both evolved complex methods of communication and cooperation.
More importantly, new research shows that bees also have another very important thing in common with humans, which is the ability to do maths.
Based on this surprising discovery, scientists believe that mathematics could be the basis of a universal language.
One of the big problems for communicating with aliens is the enormous distances involved.
Given that the nearest star to the sun is 4.4 light-years away, it would take an absolute minimum of 10 years to send a message and get a reply.
This makes it impractical to try to learn an alien's language from scratch, like in the sci-fi movie Arrival.
Instead, scientists want to develop a universal language that can be understood by any species, regardless of how they communicate.
To find a solution to this puzzle, the researchers asked how we might communicate with one of the most alien-like species on Earth.
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#1, We must get their pronouns straight and break down any pre-existing biases they may harbor.
Kay: It’s a universal translator. We’re not even supposed to have it. I’ll tell you why. Human thought is so primitive it’s looked upon as an infectious disease in some of the better galaxies. That kind of makes you proud, doesn’t it?
1 Finger Salute - Its Universal
Simple talk loud and slow😂
-PJ
Understood literally everywhere.
👍😂
Remember a movie where aliens landed looked like us and the world got together and signed a peace agreement thinking that is what the aliens wanted
Alien looked at stack of paper and said we want warriors your planet will be destroyed😎
Awesome, baby! How many trillions of tax dollars will this require? You know what. It doesn’t matter. Just do it and don’t even worry about keeping track of where the money actually goes.
One, what makes these dweebs think they would wanna talk to us?
Two, what if they hate honeybees?
“’At a simple level, binary coded information would be a start, then, like we humans learn language through many “baby steps”, we learn with another species to build a commonly understood language framework.’”
Earlier in the article it said that was impractical due to the long times and distances involved.
Yeah, good luck with that.
We cannot even talk to non-human primates, dolphins, whales, or even dogs and cats, let alone trees or fungi
E.T phone home.
“More importantly, new research shows that bees also have another very important thing in common with humans, which is the ability to do maths.” I wish they would have taught me calculus, because I sucked at it.
Show them a pic of a lib woman like Piglosi or Behar then one of a conservative one like Noem or Ivanka or Sarah Palin and see which one they like or vomit at...
What is the conceptual continuity of a honeybee from the queen on down?
So they are saying we can talk to bees using math. Got it.
"Your mom said they'll come back for you when you get some for-real M&Ms!"
Democrats will surly get ballots printed in whatever language this is.
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