Noam Chomsky and Douglas Vakoch are in the business of universal communication. In the case of Doug Vakoch, it's literally Universal as he seeks to communicate with potential alien life out there among the stars.
Doug talks to the Cosmic Shed in this special episode about the language and forms of communication that might enable us to speak with aliens.
Douglas Vakoch is the President of METI - Messaging Extra Terresttrial Intelligence
Noam Chomsky is co-author on a paper that argues that the universality of language that he identified decades ago might just extend out into the Cosmos.
Noam Chomsky - A Universal Language
Doug Vakoch was talking to Andrew ahead of a workshop organized by METI called “Language in the Cosmos,” held on Saturday, May 26, 2018, at the International Space Development Conference (ISDC) in Los Angeles.
Is Klingon more human than alien? Would aliens sing? Would aliens speak Dothraki? None of these questions are answered but don't let that stop you listening to this brand new episode of the Cosmic Shed.
show notes
Douglas Vakoch joined us previously to discuss Star Trek Discovery
Andrew mentions our episode on Lost in Space
Planet Earth Three
The World’s First Science Fiction Cinema?
Wildlife Filmmaking with Daniel Huertas
Lizzie Daly
Lightyear with Tim Peake
Mary Anning Rocks
Ilan Eshkeri - Space Station Earth
Those BBC Winter Watch Hedgehogs
Bristol Con with Adrian Tchaikovsky
Robin Ince - The Importance of being interested
Rosie Miles - Girl of the Wild
Jim Al-Khalili‘s Guide to Life, The Universe and Everything
Science Fiction - A Guide for the Perplexed
Samantha Baines - The Night the Moon Went Out
Meet me in Another Life - Catriona Silvey
Ammonite
Andy Weir - Project Hail Mary Interview
Chaos Walking
Seaspiracy
ESA Astronaut Selection with Jennifer Ngo-Anh
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