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By your comment it seems like you didn't watch Arrival. Maybe I'm misinterpreting that, if so please ignore. The whole point of Arrival was that we had to lear
by artimaeis 10y ago
By your comment it seems like you didn't watch Arrival. Maybe I'm misinterpreting that, if so please ignore.
The whole point of Arrival was that we had to learn the alien language. The purpose of their arrival was to teach us their language so we could help them in the future.
Had the purpose of the aliens been to spread the knowledge of their culture then it may have made sense for them to analyze and learn our language, but since that wasn't their goal it wouldn't have made much sense.
- stickfigure 10y agoI think the OP's point still stands. If aliens are traveling the universe teaching their language, you'd think they would have developed a curriculum, no? In pretty much every alien encounter movie it's the humans working out a plan for communication from scratch. You'd think the aliens would put a little more effort into it, especially if they've been spacefaring for years. And if they haven't, wouldn't they be a lot more curious about us? I would love to see a cinematization of Robert Forward's Dragon's Egg, which I think gets this right.
- bane 10y agoThe best part of the story is that the Aliens already know that humans will learn their language. There's no need to try to optimize when they already know the outcome and that outcome is the one they desire.
- remarkEon 10y agoNo no I've seen it (twice...second time was even better). I'm merely noting that it's, imo, likely that the aliens would have the ability to decipher our language and communicate with us. Should they choose not to, then they must have a reason, which like you noted was the point of the story in Arrival.