+271 If humans did ever get to meet aliens, it would be really hard to communicate. They'd most likely have different languages, landscapes, animals, object, body signs etc. So you couldn't even play charades with them, as they wouldn't know most of the things we'd be acting out. amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I have no doubt that if we found aliens, even if they were pacifists who didn't understand the concept of a weapon, we would declare war on them and just destroy their civilization and take what we want.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

We'd most likely begin communication using mathematics. I don't mean talking with math, but simply showing them some basic understanding of mathematical laws with drawings (if they can process light information) and prove that we aren't a bunch of mindless animals. For example, they won't know who Pythagorus or what was but they'll understand that the sum of the squares of the 2 shortest sides of a right triangle equal the square of the longest side. Here's an interesting infographic: http://blastr.com/assets_c/2010/08/AlienContractInfographic-44678.php

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Watch the "we come in peace" sign in our world meant "f*ck you" in theirs.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If a technologically advanced and intelligent species decided to show up on EarthI'm pretty sure it wouldn't be on a whim, and they probably would've thought about that and will have studied us enough to make at least basic communication possible.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I was just gonna type that.

by Anonymous 12 years ago