In the 2016 blockbuster film Arrival, aliens with inscrutable motives descend on Earth—and it is up to a scientist played by Amy Adams to help communicate with them. Were this to occur in real life, ...
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Imagine if, when aliens make first contact with humans, not only do they not speak English, but they don’t even use spoken words. The problem (and the reason why the Army’s own cryptographers are ...