If we can't have "close encounters" with out fellow earth creatures, some quite intelligent, how will we ever relate to space aliens when and if we meet them? Everybody knows about successful attempts to teach sign language to our primate cousins, and unsuccessful attempts to communicate with dolphins. But what about large-brained cephalopods' intricate communications with one another through changing, glowing colors? We know that these creatures are smart and curious, and their DNA corresponds remarkably with ours. I think communicating with them would probably be easier than communicating with space aliens which, if they exist, evolved or were created entirely separately and have different DNA or analogous "life chemicals" than ours. It could prove useful to be able to communicate with our fellow earth creatures, and possibly a first step toward extraterrestial communication.
2007-04-10
08:25:40
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John (Thurb) McVey
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