>We have evolved in a very specific way, such that we are limited in the bandwidth of our transmitted communications, as well as in our ability to memorize larg

>We have evolved in a very specific way, such that we are limited in the bandwidth of our transmitted communications, as well as in our ability to memorize large vocabularies. Maybe one of the reasons we can't quite bridge the communication gap and "do inter-species communication" is that we feel that we are above the target species in question, evolution-wise. Maybe this is a huge mistake to make to think that we have evolved to handle complexity, rather than devolved to avoid simplicity.. I don't know, but if I could talk to a dolphin about it, I really wonder what they'd say. (Seriously, I've thought about this often, since I came to understand Zipfs Law in the 80's and listened to too many Devo lyrics..) Its quite possible that we're surrounded by alien communication, but are too arrogant, as a species, to be able to recognize it. I'm fairly certain we have some significant evolutionary steps to take before we can 'work it out' ..