Alien Languages May Not Be Entirely Alien to Us

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1. There is evidence that some birds can communicate pictures.

Birds have been know to communicate enough detail to identify specific humans that they have issues with. Octopi are not the most social but they have been know to bond and to communicate by changing color.

At one time I heard an organ playing a piece of music. I was unfamiliar but I got an image in my mind of a beautiful city across the river and then the loss of it. I was moved to tears. Later I found out it was by Bach and was his interpretation of Psalm 137, An Wasserflüssen Babylon.

While I have enjoyed many a piece by Bach, and I suspected it was by him or one of his better imitators, I was amazed when I found out the image was one that Bach had managed, over the distance of time, to communicate.

I think it is quite possible that we might be able to easily learn a truly alien language, but I also wonder if bees, birds, octopi, elephants, whales or dolphins demonstrate that we are not wired to comprehend every method of communication well.