First Contact Without a Universal Translator

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Discussion Panels

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7:00 PM, Sunday 1 Sep 2013 ADT (1 hour)

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San Antonio Convention Center - 007B

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PopulatedScience

How do we establish a common conceptual base to communicate with another species? Sure, we have numbers and the hydrogen atom in common, but how far would that get us in a world of beings who share none of our sensory apparatus?

Lawrence M. Schoen

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Paige E. Ewing

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Karl Schroeder

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First Contact Without a Universal Translator

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