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I was thinking about communication the other day and came up with an aphorism: “We can’t even understand other people when we speak the same language - what ho
by sjclemmy 8y ago
I was thinking about communication the other day and came up with an aphorism:
“We can’t even understand other people when we speak the same language - what hope do we have of communicating with an alien life?”
By which I mean we wouldn’t even recognise the nature of the intelligence presented to us, never mind work out how to exchange information.
- kulu2002 8y agoThats why we think something like this; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17389842 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17389842
- vinchuco 8y ago"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" -GBS It's a bit sad we can't yet fully communicate with other life here effectively. I wonder what ethical implications it would have if we ever got there. An analogy to the current state may be that of a man from another language trying to ask for directions to an autistic kid. What does it mean to understand?