/sci/ - Science & Math

>start to write post about how "7" without the line is master race
>sudden realization
>grab pen, write a "7" on a piece of paper
>it has a line

feels bad man; but also interesting - I couldn't recall how I write without actually doing it

If/when we make contact with an intelligent alien species, will we be able to communicate anything? What if there is absolutely no point of relation? What if they don't even use binary, but some other kind of system? What if their math isn't even numerical in the way we understand it?! It sounds impossible, but it isn't. Think about it; every single point of evolution for them, from the very beginning, would be entirely separate from our own. What if it's an entire alien race consisting of only 20 individuals? What if it's just one big organism, like Solaris?

>>1640868

u mad?

An infinite number of mathematictians walk into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second one orders half of a beer. the third one orders a quarter of a beer. The bartender says "You're all morons" and serves two beers.