crypto works with the assumption that the encrypted lang is known. Not useful if lang has no earth connection.
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perfect real-world example: codetalkers in WWII. Worked because the languages used were obscure (Navajo, Basque...)
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Any recommendations on what you would use to bring logic & reason to Trump supporters?
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"obliviate!"
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oh wait that just have already been cast.
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a cryptographer seems an odd choice...that person studies intentionally obfuscated communication... 1/2
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...whereas a linguist studies communication patterns. Latter seems more helpful with alien messages. 2/2
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Linguists work w/rich models of imaginable human & non-human languages. Cryptographers decode human-language texts.
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Specifically, we often explore possible imaginary languages to test our models of actual known human languages.
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Astrolinguists parallel astrobiologists: they model beyond what's observed on Earth, but are informed by the same.
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IRL astro(xeno)linguistics is of course limited; but linguistics does have a massive foundation for addressing it.
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There's a ton of linguists who'd be stoked to join you on
@StarTalkRadio for an awesome chat about this, too.
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I would have chosen Björk.
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