The Linguistic Challenges in Making First Contact With Aliens

Wendover Productions explains the linguistic challenges in making first contact with aliens. The video compares the problem to trying to communicate with animals using the specific example of trying to tell a lion that you are taking an Uber to buy coffee at Starbucks.

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