pH3ra@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhat if aliens haven't visited us yet because they keep misspelling "Earth" in the navigator?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down147file-text
arrow-up1-16arrow-down1message-squareWhat if aliens haven't visited us yet because they keep misspelling "Earth" in the navigator?pH3ra@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecmgvd3lwlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoHey how do we know the name of planets like Kepler 22.
minus-squareFelipeFelop@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoThat’s our name for it. If there is a planet or planets circling Kepler 22 they won’t call it Kepler 22. Similarly any aliens won’t call Earth by that name. For example, Klingons might have called Earth yoSpu’bogh QongDaq until they made contact. So aliens wouldn’t type Earth into sat nav but whatever they call it. Now that’s a showerthought !
minus-squarecmgvd3lwlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoSince the universe changes, you would need at least 4 dimensions to locate earth.
Hey how do we know the name of planets like Kepler 22.
That’s our name for it. If there is a planet or planets circling Kepler 22 they won’t call it Kepler 22.
Similarly any aliens won’t call Earth by that name. For example, Klingons might have called Earth yoSpu’bogh QongDaq until they made contact.
So aliens wouldn’t type Earth into sat nav but whatever they call it. Now that’s a showerthought !
Since the universe changes, you would need at least 4 dimensions to locate earth.