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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 26 Feb 2017

    In the @ArrivalMovie I’d chose a Cryptographer & Astrobiologist to talk to the aliens, not a Linguist & Theoretical Physicist

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      2. David Lejeune‏ @DKesserich 26 Feb 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson @arrivalmovie

        crypto works with the assumption that the encrypted lang is known. Not useful if lang has no earth connection.

        6 replies 4 retweets 141 likes
      3. David Lejeune‏ @DKesserich 26 Feb 2017
        Replying to @DKesserich @neiltyson @arrivalmovie

        perfect real-world example: codetalkers in WWII. Worked because the languages used were obscure (Navajo, Basque...)

        2 replies 3 retweets 66 likes
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      2. William LeGate‏Verified account @williamlegate 26 Feb 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson @arrivalmovie

        Any recommendations on what you would use to bring logic & reason to Trump supporters?

        26 replies 17 retweets 374 likes
      3. Sue Stroud‏ @suestroud 26 Feb 2017
        Replying to @williamlegate @Mama_Liberal and

        "obliviate!"

        1 reply 0 retweets 26 likes
      4. Vote November 6th!‏Verified account @MingsMusic 26 Feb 2017
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        stupify!

        2 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      5. Vote November 6th!‏Verified account @MingsMusic 26 Feb 2017
        Replying to @MingsMusic @suestroud and

        oh wait that just have already been cast.

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      2. Foggy Brume‏ @foggybrume 26 Feb 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson @arrivalmovie

        a cryptographer seems an odd choice...that person studies intentionally obfuscated communication... 1/2

        2 replies 1 retweet 36 likes
      3. Foggy Brume‏ @foggybrume 26 Feb 2017
        Replying to @foggybrume @neiltyson @arrivalmovie

        ...whereas a linguist studies communication patterns. Latter seems more helpful with alien messages. 2/2

        3 replies 1 retweet 90 likes
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      2. Conor Quinn‏ @teiscinn 26 Feb 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson @arrivalmovie

        Linguists work w/rich models of imaginable human & non-human languages. Cryptographers decode human-language texts.

        1 reply 0 retweets 18 likes
      3. Conor Quinn‏ @teiscinn 26 Feb 2017
        Replying to @teiscinn @neiltyson @arrivalmovie

        Specifically, we often explore possible imaginary languages to test our models of actual known human languages.

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. Conor Quinn‏ @teiscinn 26 Feb 2017
        Replying to @teiscinn @neiltyson @arrivalmovie

        Astrolinguists parallel astrobiologists: they model beyond what's observed on Earth, but are informed by the same.

        1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
      5. Conor Quinn‏ @teiscinn 26 Feb 2017
        Replying to @teiscinn @neiltyson @arrivalmovie

        IRL astro(xeno)linguistics is of course limited; but linguistics does have a massive foundation for addressing it.

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      6. Conor Quinn‏ @teiscinn 26 Feb 2017
        Replying to @teiscinn @neiltyson @arrivalmovie

        There's a ton of linguists who'd be stoked to join you on @StarTalkRadio for an awesome chat about this, too.

        0 replies 1 retweet 10 likes
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      2. Adam S. Pumpkins-Jacobi‏ @Adam_Jacobi 26 Feb 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson @arrivalmovie

        I would have chosen Björk.

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