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Anthropology: Animal Intelligence and its Implications for Alien Life Part 4: Alien Math
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We've spent the last three posts talking about why communicating with aliens might be difficult. Now, however, we've got a chance to talk about what we do have going for us when trying to talk to aliens, and our current attempts to prepare ourselves for translating alien languages. This series has gotten a little away from its original intent- examining some of the more alien creatures on Earth for the purposes of examining the possibilities for alien life- but I think it's been a good detour. The first, and possibly best strategy for talking to aliens? Math. Math is nowhere near so variable as language. There are quite a few mathematicians and scientists that consider math a feature of the universe, not just of human thought. An exchange of basic mathematical concepts, like pi for instance, could be an excellent way to begin talking.
Archeology: Ιερον Ακρον
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Claudius Ptolemy's description of Ireland in his Geography comprises a list of sixty items, forty of which are accompanied by latitudes and longitudes. In this article, I begin my study of these items in an attempt to identify them one by one. I am setting out from the south-east corner of the island and proceeding counterclockwise, before moving inland. Traders and explorers coming to Ireland from the continent or from southern Britain would probably have made their first landfall somewhere along this stretch of coast, and they were more likely to have explored the eastern side of the island before venturing west into the Atlantic Ocean.
History: STORY OF NIGERIA #2: MILITARY TAKEOVER (1966)
@tej37Nigerians were once respected globally, but something changed...What went wrong? This series of posts is aimed at the enlightenment on the history of Nigeria. On how various events, from pre-colonization to independence, and post independence, has shaped our country and leadership structure, as well as factors that affect our style, current life, economic standing, and our general image across the globe.
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