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So? Whales are (relative to humans) quite dumb. Communicating with an intelligent alien species isn't the same--in any way.

• ironmagma 5y ago
  That’s going to need a citation, because it’s not what a lot of researchers say. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16270270 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16270270 [2] https://www.orcanation.org/2019/10/10/the-social-intelligence-of-orcas/ https://www.orcanation.org/2019/10/10/the-social-intelligenc...
  • sidlls 5y ago
    It's a bit of a stretch to go from basic imitation of simple words to intelligence on par with homo sapiens.
    • ironmagma 5y ago
      It’s not basic imitation if they can communicate using the language of another species [1] nor is it that big of a stretch when they have larger brains than us. [1] https://www.zmescience.com/science/biology/killer-whale-dolphin-24102014/ https://www.zmescience.com/science/biology/killer-whale-dolp...