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This one seems very odd. I don't know if you guys ever had a chance to hear the stories someone with severe mental illness can create. I had and they seem a l

This one seems very odd. I don't know if you guys ever had a chance to hear the stories someone with severe mental illness can create. I had and they seem a lot with what this gentleman is saying. It's a blend of real and fantastic facts. They give those things names we already now. Think about it: why would a galactic spanning organisation be called "Galactic Federation"? Why not another name?

jumby 6y ago
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- JohnBooty 6y ago
  Any theoretical galaxy-scale organization welcoming us as a new member is certainly savvy enough to translate things into our language, right? The moment of first contact with a race of nuclear-armed savages is uh, pretty fraught, I'd imagine. If I was in charge of that alien delegation, you best believe I'd have a well-rehearsed slide deck translated into the humans' native dialect(s)! Sincerely, glrorpoepopo pvivinsinoborpo from gleebinimus alpha
  - jumby 6y ago
    Hi glrorpoepopo pvivinsinoborpo, Are the aliens using PowerPoint, now? Oh goodness, not sure I welcome our new galactic overlords.
    - JohnBooty 6y ago
      I can't say we enjoy PowerPoint either, but we watched you guys for quite a while and it seemed to be what you prefer!
    - p2t2p 6y ago
      "slide deck" seems Apple term, so I think they are more into Keynote
TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
A federation is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government. A glactic federation is just one that spans the galaxy. It would make sense.
JohnBooty 6y ago
Not that I believe this Israeli guy in any way whatsoever, but: Think about it: why would a galactic spanning organisation be called "Galactic Federation"? Seems reasonable. Might even be the only reasonable part of the story! Imagine you were in charge of such a galaxy-spanning organization, encompassing multiple worlds, species, and cultures. Needless to say, communication in general and naming things in particular would be quite the challenge. Literal names and clarity are probably the primary things you want to really value there. Particularly if you're in charge of saying "hello" to a new species (humans, in this case) who are likely to find the experience a bit overwhelming. There's more than enough new information for them to absorb, right? Keep things as simple as possible. Yeah, "Galactic Federation" sounds about right.
- motoboi 6y ago
  Yeah, but Galactic Federation is a sci-fi term. The aliens could call it Galactic Brains Network, or even Local Cluster Department of Thinking Devices. Or Very Massive Ensemble of Genetic Transport Devices. Or anything totally new, which could gives us a notion of a galactic point of view, non-human point of view, outside of earthly concepts. But anyways, I want to believe!
gknoy 6y ago
Perhaps that's merely _the closest translation_ into our language? :) I mean, if I were trying to translate the idea of a limited liability corporation into non-English, I'd probably come up with a phrasing that ended up being very similar (if not the same) to whatever they use in Dutch or Japanese or Chinese etc. If you had a multi-star-system government that wasn't an empire, it doesn't seem a stretch that you'd call it something similar to a 'federation'.
Raphmedia 6y ago
> why would a galactic spanning organisation be called "Galactic Federation"? We called the earth beneath our feet "Earth". Our moon "Moon", our star ("our sun" in common language) "Sun". Our military has a force that deals with flying in the air and we called it "Air Force". Our first space force is called "Space Force". Historically, one of the biggest companies that dealt with the east indian area was called "East India Company" despite being British. So, I'd answer back with "why not"?
- Theory5 6y ago
  Our solar system is called Sol. "The Sol System". Our residence and office of the leader of our country is The White House. "Air Force" only sounds more normal than "Space Force" because most of us weren't around when it was the "US Army Air Corp". Admittedly they could've called it something slightly cooler based off other names, like the US Cyber Command.
krapp 6y ago
It's "Federation" due to pop-cultural osmosis from Star Trek. No other reason.

jumby 6y ago

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JohnBooty 6y ago
Any theoretical galaxy-scale organization welcoming us as a new member is certainly savvy enough to translate things into our language, right? The moment of first contact with a race of nuclear-armed savages is uh, pretty fraught, I'd imagine. If I was in charge of that alien delegation, you best believe I'd have a well-rehearsed slide deck translated into the humans' native dialect(s)! Sincerely, glrorpoepopo pvivinsinoborpo from gleebinimus alpha
- jumby 6y ago
  Hi glrorpoepopo pvivinsinoborpo, Are the aliens using PowerPoint, now? Oh goodness, not sure I welcome our new galactic overlords.
  - JohnBooty 6y ago
    I can't say we enjoy PowerPoint either, but we watched you guys for quite a while and it seemed to be what you prefer!
  - p2t2p 6y ago
    "slide deck" seems Apple term, so I think they are more into Keynote

TheAdamAndChe 6y ago

A federation is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government. A glactic federation is just one that spans the galaxy. It would make sense.

JohnBooty 6y ago

Not that I believe this Israeli guy in any way whatsoever, but: Think about it: why would a galactic spanning organisation be called "Galactic Federation"? Seems reasonable. Might even be the only reasonable part of the story! Imagine you were in charge of such a galaxy-spanning organization, encompassing multiple worlds, species, and cultures. Needless to say, communication in general and naming things in particular would be quite the challenge. Literal names and clarity are probably the primary things you want to really value there. Particularly if you're in charge of saying "hello" to a new species (humans, in this case) who are likely to find the experience a bit overwhelming. There's more than enough new information for them to absorb, right? Keep things as simple as possible. Yeah, "Galactic Federation" sounds about right.

motoboi 6y ago
Yeah, but Galactic Federation is a sci-fi term. The aliens could call it Galactic Brains Network, or even Local Cluster Department of Thinking Devices. Or Very Massive Ensemble of Genetic Transport Devices. Or anything totally new, which could gives us a notion of a galactic point of view, non-human point of view, outside of earthly concepts. But anyways, I want to believe!

gknoy 6y ago

Perhaps that's merely _the closest translation_ into our language? :) I mean, if I were trying to translate the idea of a limited liability corporation into non-English, I'd probably come up with a phrasing that ended up being very similar (if not the same) to whatever they use in Dutch or Japanese or Chinese etc. If you had a multi-star-system government that wasn't an empire, it doesn't seem a stretch that you'd call it something similar to a 'federation'.

Raphmedia 6y ago

> why would a galactic spanning organisation be called "Galactic Federation"? We called the earth beneath our feet "Earth". Our moon "Moon", our star ("our sun" in common language) "Sun". Our military has a force that deals with flying in the air and we called it "Air Force". Our first space force is called "Space Force". Historically, one of the biggest companies that dealt with the east indian area was called "East India Company" despite being British. So, I'd answer back with "why not"?

Theory5 6y ago
Our solar system is called Sol. "The Sol System". Our residence and office of the leader of our country is The White House. "Air Force" only sounds more normal than "Space Force" because most of us weren't around when it was the "US Army Air Corp". Admittedly they could've called it something slightly cooler based off other names, like the US Cyber Command.

krapp 6y ago

It's "Federation" due to pop-cultural osmosis from Star Trek. No other reason.