• Question: do u think that there are a diffrent speces on a nother planet who can speak english

    Asked by wilkycfc to Joe on 17 Mar 2010 in Categories: .
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      Joseph Devlin answered on 17 Mar 2010:

      Nope, not until we put them there. Other species almost certainly exist elsewhere and some will no doubt be intelligent and also develop language, but it won’t be English. Probably Klingon or that crazy one from Enemy Mine.

Comments

  • modshamini commented on :

    Or they might not speak at all and will communicate through a series of carefully modified farts…

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    Carolyn commented on :

    Crudely put, modshamini, but yes, language isn’t always spoken on Earth (sign language, written language), so it might appear in all sorts of expected forms elsewhere…

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    Carolyn commented on :

    I meant ‘unexpected’.

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    Joe commented on :

    Language may not be that common even out in the wide cosmos. I suspect — although certainly could not prove — that language will be the primary hallmark of ‘intelligence’ and that without some form of language, most species will not develop sufficient technology to be detectable by us hear on Earth.