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Aliens have made contact! You are allowed to ask one question what will it be?


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In order of seriousness.

How do you travel faster than light?

May we have a primer on your language(s) so that we can learn about your culture?

May we have a primer on your biochemistry so that we may welcome you without poisoning you?

What is your opinion of Jebediah Kerman?

Tacos - sandwiches or not?

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What kind of contact? just a radio signal (or any other long range communication method) that will take decades or more to receive a response, or aliens in a ship?

Just a radio signal makes almost any question ok but, "how did you find us?" seems like a good one. Maybe we can learn something about detecting other civs out there.

Aliens on a ship makes a toss up between "how does your ship work?" (so some of us can leave one day) and "Why did you bother coming here instead of some other place?" (because humanity is...well...humanity)

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20 minutes ago, kerbiloid said:

It's an oversimplification of both Earth and aliens.

As well as humans, aliens may have a whole mosaic of beliefs and ideas. And unlikely a simple one.

You are right. I think that representatives of the most developed ideology would contact us, it is natural that they would have the most developed technology. And even if they would allow other ideologies to exist on the same planet, those would be subordinate.

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If they seem like philosophical sorts...

What is the sound of a single manipulatory  appendage executing a manoeuvre normally associated with two such appendages being repeatedly brought into contact?

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In reverse order of seriouness (rips open golden envelope with teeth).

"Do you know where the remote is?"... got shows to watch.

"Cats or dogs?"... of vital importance obviously.

"Are you green with tall heads and a penchant for backyard style rocketry?"... crossing fingers for a yes answer.

"How long has your sprecies been capable of some form of electronic communication?"... seems a reasonable measure of how long they've had technology of a kind they use to contact us.

"What sources of power do you use, with followup of can we have details of how they work please?"... would be good to know.

"Has population level been a problem for you, with followup of how did you solve it if you did?"... has the benefit of practical information of the problem being asked about, but also their chosen solution is rather revealing of whether we'd want to maintain contact.

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