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Taxidermy Robots, Talking to Dolphins (and Aliens), Methuselah the Fish
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week
Communicating with Extraterrestrial Life
The chapter explores the various ways humans have attempted to communicate with potential extraterrestrial life, including the transmission of radio and television signals and the use of math and binary code in messages sent into space. It discusses the challenges of receiving and translating messages from aliens, considering the complexities of language and the potential time delays involved. The chapter also touches on the relationship between language and mathematics, mentioning Zipf's law and the discovery of syntax in humpback whale communication.
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