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Universal Translator Might be Needed to Understand ET
space.com ^ | 01/27/05 | Douglas Vakoch

Posted on 01/27/2005 8:03:58 PM PST by KevinDavis

Will we ever find a primer for decoding messages from extraterrestrials? Last month, anthropologists who gathered for a major conference in Atlanta, Georgia heard some news that will be sobering for SETI enthusiasts: it may be much more difficult to understand extraterrestrials than many scientists have thought before.

Among the sessions held during December’s annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association was one called "Anthropology, Archaeology, and Interstellar Communication: Science and the Knowledge of Distant Worlds." The session included papers by scholars from such diverse fields as astronomy, archaeology, anthropology, and psychology. Is there a Cosmic Rosetta Stone, they asked, drawing parallels to Earth’s own Rosetta Stone, which provided the key to decoding Egyptian hieroglyphics? Will we ever find a comparable primer for decrypting any messages we might receive some day from extraterrestrials?

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To: RadioAstronomer

BTTT

Thanks,


181 posted on 01/28/2005 9:15:20 PM PST by 2ndreconmarine
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To: RadioAstronomer
Not yet but it is on my list!

It is the most upper-minded science fiction I have EVER read. I have two favors to ask before you read it: One, get through the first 45-50 pages; Two, do NOT look at the copyright until you are done. You will fall on your ass when you do.

182 posted on 01/28/2005 10:15:08 PM PST by Shryke (My Beeb-o-meter goes all the way to eleven.)
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To: Brett66

Ping test.


183 posted on 01/29/2005 4:08:40 PM PST by Brett66 (W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1 W1)
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To: Alamo-Girl
" the geometry (Pi, etc.) would the first Rosetta Stone because it would be the easiest to communicate."

Wouldn't it be easier to use The Monolith (the swiss army knife) of the aliens?

184 posted on 01/29/2005 4:41:51 PM PST by TYVets (God so loved the world he didn't send a committee)
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To: KevinDavis

Marking to read later.


185 posted on 02/08/2005 4:21:41 PM PST by BenLurkin (Big government is still a big problem.)
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To: KevinDavis

Why wouldn't they?


186 posted on 02/08/2005 6:19:26 PM PST by BenLurkin (Big government is still a big problem.)
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