pH3ra@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 年前What if aliens haven't visited us yet because they keep misspelling "Earth" in the navigator?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down148file-text
arrow-up1-18arrow-down1message-squareWhat if aliens haven't visited us yet because they keep misspelling "Earth" in the navigator?pH3ra@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 年前message-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFelipeFelop@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 年前If they haven’t visited us how will they know what the planet is called and how to spell it?
minus-squarecmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 年前Hey how do we know the name of planets like Kepler 22.
minus-squareFelipeFelop@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 年前That’s our name for it. If there is a planet or planets circling Kepler 22 they won’t call it Kepler 22. Similarly any aliens won’t call Earth by that name. For example, Klingons might have called Earth yoSpu’bogh QongDaq until they made contact. So aliens wouldn’t type Earth into sat nav but whatever they call it. Now that’s a showerthought !
minus-squarecmgvd3lw@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 年前Since the universe changes, you would need at least 4 dimensions to locate earth.
If they haven’t visited us how will they know what the planet is called and how to spell it?
Hey how do we know the name of planets like Kepler 22.
That’s our name for it. If there is a planet or planets circling Kepler 22 they won’t call it Kepler 22.
Similarly any aliens won’t call Earth by that name. For example, Klingons might have called Earth yoSpu’bogh QongDaq until they made contact.
So aliens wouldn’t type Earth into sat nav but whatever they call it. Now that’s a showerthought !
Since the universe changes, you would need at least 4 dimensions to locate earth.