Why Math May Be the Best Language to Talk to E.T.
Leonard David, Space.com
Communication between Earthlings and intelligent aliens should be based on mathematics exo-arithmetic greetings that form a shared lingo, some researchers say.The idea is that mathematics is as much a part of our humanity as music and art. And it is mathematics that might be understandable even familiar to extraterrestrial civilizations, allowing us to strike up star-speak repartee.
Communication between Earthlings and intelligent aliens should be based on mathematics exo-arithmetic greetings that form a shared lingo, some researchers say.The idea is that mathematics is as much a part of our humanity as music and art. And it is mathematics that might be understandable even familiar to extraterrestrial civilizations, allowing us to strike up star-speak repartee.