from Diary 2024-04-03 Intent to invade
rootport “We now know the biology of the aliens who invaded Earth.” “Hmm?” “They have a part of their brain that is a backup part, and they apparently exchange information by preying on each other.” “I mean, they eat the brains of the human race…” “…because they want to be friends with us. There is no intention of aggression on their part.”
rootport The beginning of “This is How Language is Born” describes the scene of the first contact between Captain Cook’s party and the Fuegos in 1769… The reason why they can communicate (no hostility) even by gestures is because they have the same architectural brain… https://shinchosha.co.jp/book/507311/
rootport Squid, for example, are said to communicate quite intricately through the patterns on their body surface, but wouldn’t it be as difficult to decipher them? I wonder if it would be as difficult to communicate with aliens as it would be to decipher them.
ein_herjar_0602 “Koralian” by Eureka Seven “ELS” in Gundam 00 There was a “fusion/assimilation” of communication methods…
gelehrte_crest “I see what you mean. No, it turns out that we can’t understand those aliens. All hands prepare for battle.”
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