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I can't think of an interesting and important question one could ask a non-human, except (if it's an alien) "how to do cold fusion" or "how to live forever", ie
by viach 7y ago
I can't think of an interesting and important question one could ask a non-human, except (if it's an alien) "how to do cold fusion" or "how to live forever", ie specific technological stuff.
Really, what do we expect to hear from monkeys and dolphins deciphering their language? Give them a small talk on the current Bitcoin prices or ask what they think about the next elections? I suspect in the end it'll lead to something like "How are you? I'm fine!"
Maybe it's just me though.
- jatsign 7y agoYou could ask them the same things you ask any human, but get radically different (and perhaps very interesting) answers. You could look at their art, listen to their music, learn their philosophy - assuming they have any of that, and that it's comprehensible to us.
- viach 7y agoAgree, new art, new music, new philosophy (I personally don't expect it to be much different from ours). But will it have any important effect on average human life ever?
- TJSomething 7y agoI would be unsurprised if some other species had oral histories. It seems that elephants and crows are able to communicate about specific locations and people while their referents aren't around.