How would you communicate with another human-like being from another planet if we discovered them?

Question

This is a very bizarre question, but just bare with my weirdness. :)

Say for instance, if it didn't take x amount of light years to travel to another distant galaxy. We then later discover a planet with human-like creatures on there that look identical to us. If a few of us decided to land on their planet given there is oxygen and powerful technology, what do you think their reaction would be? Do you think they would kill us and disect us in a science lab? Or do you think we would be welcomed and that they would want to try and establish some communication? If so, how would you communicate to them that you're from another planet? Would you use body language?

I think I may draw a picture on a piece of paper or something to demonstrate, but who knows? Maybe they wouldn't even know what a pencil is. Or maybe we have no idea what their way of demonstrating is. Any thoughts?

Answer 1

Throw them down and make sweet love to them...lol

Answer 2

" The Theory Of Everything" - Stephen Hawking explans that by chance if you meet any alien you should never shake hands/touch it..as it may have a time machine in it..which will take you till his world..

if you touch it..you will be goin' to his world..and then you will soon learn to communicate with them..

Answer 3

If they were just like us then they would pretend that we didn't exist.  Their media would not give us any credibility.  And their government would lie about (or hide) our existence.

Answer 4

Well, if there human-like like you said than we can expect them to act human correct? Since we would be the visitors we would probably be the advanced ones. So, the real question would be what would we do if aliens came down. Apart from individuals taking it into there own hands to establish contact (like aliens landing in a ranch in Texas and some farmer taking on the role as ambassador) I think America and every other government would act as graciously as possible to forgo the technologically advanced wrath of said visitors. We could expect the same if we were the visitors.

If they are human like than they most likely rely on sight most of all since being bipedal means being high up for good sight. So, drawing pictures would work. Maybe bring a TV to show them what humans were like, what it took to get there, and what our intentions were. If none of that worked than communication through action might work... like giving them something shiny. If they were so primitive that they did not realize that I was a visitor from space I would definitely give them something as a peace offering as I think an individual cave man would be far more likely to tear me apart than the average joe of the 21st century.

If they weren't humanoid I would than I would rather not meat them in person. Sending a probe or message first would be preferable. Who knows. Maybe the sent of humans is there equivalent to "I want to rape, pillage, burn your civilization then say nasty things about you behind your back to other alien species".

Answer 5

Maybe we can comunicate telepatic.

Answer 6

there would have to be some way to overcome the communication barrier. There is no reason to expect that aliens would communicate as we do. They might use telepathy, musical sounds, gestures, direct stimulation of the mind, or a number of other methods.

Answer 7

First things first, demonstrate the prime numbers through a series of beeps, to let them know that we're intelligent.  Then wait for them to reciprocate with the same numbers, to show they understand and that they too have intelligence.

From there, we'd have to show them star charts designed to indicate where our planet is located.  We'd also have to search for commonalities, to base the initial understanding on.

It would be incredibly difficult to communicate with an extraterrestrial race... more so than I think most of us realize.

Answer 8

We have no idea.  That's like asking what could an alien's name be.  They could be absolutely any personalities at all

Answer 9

if we got there, it seems logical that they chose not to visit earth, or they could not or they were looking in the wrong direction.  i might try to figure that out and then make a decision.

Answer 10

WOOW,do you think that could really happen?

Who knows what's out there?

We earth people have gone only a short way into the universe comparing to how big it is. So who knows, it could be possible.

If it does happen, the only way to communicate is for us to teach them our way of communication and for them to teach us their way of communication.

We probably have another kind of specie under the sea, that we haven't discovered.

I wonder what's out there.?

When I think of the universe, my brain hurts cuz of thinking and wondering about the undiscovered things out there.