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I could imagine a somewhat cynical science fiction story where Earth manages to communicate with an intelligent alien species using fundamental constants and ru
by whatgoodisaroad 5y ago
I could imagine a somewhat cynical science fiction story where Earth manages to communicate with an intelligent alien species using fundamental constants and rules of mathematics. But then, the aliens transmit a prime that the humans have happened to have declared illegal and have no choice but descend into interplanetary copyright war.
- dane-pgp 5y agoSlightly more realistic would be a story about a technocratic nation that changed its flag to something like a "Free Speech Flag" (as mentioned in another comment) containing a representation of an illegal number, with the global media industry then conspiring to generate support amongst the public for regime change in that nation.
- goatcode 5y agoThat's how you deal with trolls from countries with very strict language laws.