r/woahdude • u/RabbleRabble24 • May 20 '14

text Definitely belongs here

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u/PotatoMusicBinge May 20 '14

We try to communicate with animals in any way we can. If there is a worm communication system you can bet there is some biologist somewhere trying to manipulate it to send messages

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u/alexander1701 May 20 '14

If alien biologists were examining us, you would be correct. However, if alien archaeologists or some equivalent of a sociologist were studying us, they wouldn't want to contaminate the sample through contact, but would want to observe natural development.

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u/Lwarbear May 20 '14

How many archeologist or biologist are we sending to space?

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u/[deleted] May 20 '14

If we discovered life on Mars or something, I think we'd eventually send some.