Episode 123 - The Science and Pseudoscience of Communicating with Aliens

Exposing PseudoAstronomy

English - January 01, 2015 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 186 ratings
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Lingust, Dr. Karen Stollznow, discusses some of the communication problems on our own planet and how that translates to the huge potential problems of communicating with any type of intelligent creature who originated off our planet. We used this information to discuss some claimed contactees and how linguists have debunked their claimed communication with aliens.