Re:Alien Dreams: The long history of speculation about extra...
by VonGuard on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @11:35AM
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Is that talking to ants, or is that running experiments on them? Because those are two VERY different things. Additionally, talking to an alien race the size of a planet, is probably like speaking Ent: a human's lifespan is likely not long enough to hear an entire phrase of communication, because at the planet scale, shit moves a lot slower, or rather, it should, the way life moves. Hummingbirds move and react way faster than elephants.
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Re:Alien Dreams: The long history of speculation about extra...
by Falling3 on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @01:29PM
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> Is that talking to ants, or is that running experiments on them?
Do you think we wouldn't be trying to actually communicate with ants if we found a viable way of doing so?
Re:Alien Dreams: The long history of speculation about extra...
by VonGuard on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @03:21PM
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I don't think we'd set up an embassy with the ants and sign trade agreements with them...
Re:Alien Dreams: The long history of speculation about extra...
by whatshisface on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @05:13PM
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If that's absurd it's only because ant's cant talk, or comprehend trade agreements, which people can.