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jakevol2 • 8 days ago No one seems to be talking about the motivation of the heptapods. They will need us to help them in the future, but they need to help us so that we are able to help them. I think recognizing potential and the inherent good in what seems irrational, reactive and often brutally violent is as much about why God exists, or needs to exist or why God made people to exist. Its why Louise had a child although she knew the tragedy that would come of it. Potential (and not to add to my thesis statement in my closing argument but about gratefulness in the moment--or as it is faddishly called right now Mindfulness)

Yumzux Noncommutative • 7 days ago Yes. Both of those statements are incorrect. They may, to some extent, be able to understand human languages, but they think differently from us and need us to learn their language for their plans to work, and because their language is a gift that reshapes how we think. They don't communicate in English because forcing us to learn their language is the main point of their mission. Also, they don't have a 3000-year head start, that number just comes up because that is when they will need our help.

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