Future Tense
Conversing with aliens and 'decentering' the human
Feb 18, 2024
Cambridge University has a new institute dedicated to understanding extraterrestrial languages, preparing for the possibility of intelligent life beyond our galaxy. Other topics include the dangers of dramatic climate change communication, the link between indigenous language and health, and challenging anthropocentrism.
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- Xenolinguistics examines the potential languages spoken by intelligent extraterrestrials, highlighting the importance of understanding and communicating with potential extraterrestrial civilizations.
- Speaking and maintaining indigenous languages have significant impacts on the health and well-being of indigenous communities, emphasizing the need for language revitalization to improve emotional, mental, and community health.
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Exploring the Possibility of Alien Languages
Xenolinguistics examines the potential languages spoken by intelligent extraterrestrials. It is highly likely that intelligent extraterrestrial life exists and that they would have some form of language. Xenolinguistics distinguishes between SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) and METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence), which focuses on actively sending messages to potential extraterrestrial civilizations. Communication with extraterrestrials would likely depend on language, and efforts are made to demonstrate our knowledge and intelligence through messages sent to potential exoplanets.
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