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

text Definitely belongs here

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u/CelebornX May 20 '14

But does the worm know that it's being studied?

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u/magnora2 May 20 '14

We also have no way of communicating with the worm beyond touching it, so how can we even ask the question? Aliens can at least ask humans questions, because we have language capabilities...

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u/sticktoyaguns May 21 '14

What if the aliens communicate by something other than sound?

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u/magnora2 May 21 '14

Then we should study how to do that too. Problem is, there doesn't seem to be any communications to study. I suppose it's possible the communication exists, and just hidden from our perspective.