How to Make First Contact

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[@vladutcornel]

We actually sent nudes to Aliens

[@John77Doe]

Hope Hurteau And afterward, they are coming to harvest the Earth for heavy metals like iron. 😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖

[@nubitynub1757]

why our planet?

[@vakusdrake3224]

Asteroids are a much better source of basically every element, since you don't have to break apart an entire planet to get access to most of it. People always fail to realize that the earth is a worse source of minerals, water, etc than other objects.

[@vladutcornel]

John Doe There are better ways to harvest any material, like other planets, nuclear fusion or things we may not even have thought about. If anything, they would come to observe us, the same way some people observe wild animals. At most, if they consider us harmless, they might use us as pets.

[@charliecrome207]

they left us on read

[@cameronburke8002]

Imagine being an Alien scientist listening for radio waves and out of nowhere you hear an angry man shouting in weird language about this thing called a 'third reich'

[@jackalottadigawff7560]

I never though about that.

[@zachjollimore4339]

What if we inadvertently created a fascist alien state lmfao.

[@dimik3855]

It's already been done with the movie Contact. A-hole.

[@facepalmdaily4404]

Any aliens hearing that broadcast who also have the technology to travel to us will understand that those signals are coming from our past. They'd know they are hearing history and wouldn't come here expecting to confront Hitler. Just like if we pick up radio signals from an alien race 100 light years away. We'd be hearing signals from 100 years in their past.

[@EFT_GrimReApEr]

@@facepalmdaily4404 "Any aliens hearing that broadcast who also have the technology to travel to us" I don't think you have grasped the distances needed to travel and at what speed. Look into then come back to me.

[@kevray]

Alien: *Holds pioneer plaque upside down* Alien: “Damn these guys are ugly”

[@The_Fordster]

Ok that is a great question

[@user-cx4ic6he9k]

That's one less loose end

[@catalindeluxus8545]

Aliens know planets have gravities, so they would recognize that we would use the two parallel-ish limbs to suport and move ourselves, rather than that oddly-looking ovoid.

[@isaaceadweard8355]

Lol

[@sipsofhell9018]

How dare you, thats not historically correct

[@aldionsylkaj9654]

"Do you live in peace? If so, please teach us how" - Hans Peter. That shit was deep.

[@LeLaidbackLauncher]

I think we do know how, we just can't work together long enough and make the sacrifices needed to get there.

[@grandking8338]

you're just soft

[@siyacer]

@@grandking8338 and you are the problem in this world

[@grandking8338]

I’m already Sans Undertale Aww. Little child is triggered.

[@siyacer]

Look at little @@grandking8338 boy Jr. Gonna cry?

[@Porglit]

There's a major flaw in saying that aliens might assume cars and buildings were natural phenomena. The law of entropy wouldn't allow it, and I'd bet the aliens mastering interstellar travel would have a concept of recognizing engineering.

[@randomcontrol]

Porglit, I think they also wouldn't accomplish higher mathematics and manage interstellar travel if they would communicate only by changing the color of their skin 😉

[@John77Doe]

Porglit Cars and buildings could be like coral reefs or termite hills or tropical rain forests. Definitely a form of biological activity, but not proof of intelligence. 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃

[@RocaSeba]

PhilfreezeCH I think that he means that a super advanced civilisation would see our buildings of the same way that we se an anthill or a honeycomb, they are fairly complex but not enough to think that they were made by an intelligent being...

[@R3DSH1FT196]

+Alexander Rusa But imagine if a species with an even more advanced form of communication learned that humans could accomplish higher mathematics and space travel (potentially at least), just by making sounds out of our mouth? It's all a matter of perspective.

[@gordontang9640]

what if those colors could form pictures and words or whatever they need to efficiently display what needs to be said and done. (never thought of it this way, sounds cool and slightly unrealistic to my human brain)

[@JonathanDahlq]

"The only obvious proof that intelligent aliens exist, is the fact that they haven't tried to contact us."

[@lynictimelapses4598]

Fuck your smart

[@JonathanDahlq]

Lynic Timelapses That's not a quote of mine..

[@emiliamarsh7259]

JonathanDahlq Notice using "of mine" instead of "my quote" to still sound smart.

[@annana1705]

to that quote I have a question: "then what makes that us?".

[@JonathanDahlq]

builder unity Well, less intelligent. Listen to some of the most intelligent people on the planet, they want us to leave aliens alone. But, we're a too curious species.

[@emmettfroese1855]

Just send Never Gonna Give You Up into space and Rickroll an entire species.

[@spectrfox7661]

Pretty sure we can rickroll an entire other planet if we're courageous enough

[@Nugcon]

the funniest thing is that they'll be utterly confused

[@itzsatom9367]

*WOW*

[@jaidengabriel1675]

Lol

[@bpuppin]

Gen Z energy

[@scouttrooper3123]

Human: *Goes to sleep.* Aliens who don't know what sleep is: "Did he die?"

[@chillaxo9863]

I mean no even we know what sleeping is for

[@medexamtoolsdotcom]

Alternatively, perhaps they commonly go into a super-hibernation mode and would think he's just asleep if he's actually dead.

[@normanwei529]

u stoopid, that would presuppose that they have a concept of death, life and death is just something we humans made up, they might just look at us as an ongoing chemical reaction or something like that.

[@normanwei529]

@@n.m.8802 yeah, and ?

[@normanwei529]

@Don Huynh23 bro what ur talking about just because ur function cease to work doesn't mean the reaction stops ur still decaying and rotting away where is the difference between that and the living reaction that you have when alive when you dont draw the arbitrary line that us humans have drawn ?

[@namegoeshere2418]

We would have to explain a LOT of alien movies.

[@jshepard152]

Trevor Philips I bet it would turn out just like Mars Attacks.

[@joeymcm04]

Trevor Phillips Yes we would. ( *please don't hurt me* )

[@Error404UA]

Don't forget about this song: Bill Sutton - Xenophobia Let's be xenophobic! It's really in this year Let's find a nasty, slimy, ugly alien to fear There's no more cutesy stories 'bout E.T. phoning home Let's learn to love our neighbors, like the Christians learned in Rome! We know we ought to hate 'em; they're different, you see We've seen they're mean and ugly on movies and TV The folks that ought to know have told us how it's got to be The gospel truth is found in scenes from Alien and V Let's wipe out any lifeform that seems to be a threat We'll serve 'em up a genocide they never will forget 'Cause if we miss a couple, they'll breed a couple more! And soon we'll all be hating twice as many as before You see, aliens can never be as good as humankind A more delightful race than us you'll never, ever find So step aside, you star slime, we're ready for your worst! We know you want to beat us, enslave us and defeat us Oppress us and browbeat us, unless we get you first!

[@ihung5471]

@@Error404UA can you don't?

[@Error404UA]

kellis7 "Don't" what?

[@fidenemini4413]

Its year 2050, a massive alien fleet just warped into our orbit. humans: hi, how did you find us aliens: you constantly spam my inbox telling us where you live

[@massineben7198]

bold of you to assume someone will respond to spam mail.

[@Zivlix]

@@massineben7198 if they are advanced enough they could just wipe us out like bugs because we are so annoying to them

[@ozzni1]

@Dragon Dimosthenis they can literally just drone stike us to hell in 2 seconds if they want us dead if they had the technology to cross between stars.

[@ronherzog4557]

Want some starbucks? Aliens:_@@¥×&#/€$;₩!&@ homan:oh ok

[@richardsheehy7250]

Just stop dude

[@nevertouchedgrass2341]

*Are aliens out there* Short answer : Maybe Long answer : Maybe

[@CountingStars333]

definitely.

[@scavenger141]

DID YOU NOTICE SOMETHING??? ????? SHORT IS LONG AND LONG IS SHORT

[@lwdrd]

@@scavenger141 h a h a h a f u n n y

[@durururururururu]

Long answer: Perhaps

[@peeyoudeepeeyoudee6269]

Short answer ,maybe Long answer, maaayybbeee

[@gamertimefriend1286]

“Yall got space weed?”

[@RHYMANTV]

they do bro, I heard it's out of this world

[@cameronmcgerr1084]

Lol

[@alekxu]

Plot twist: this video was made by an alien explaining how to communicate with them.

[@dragonlightanimates2279]

DUN, DUN , DDDUUUNNNNN!!!

[@kornbread5359]

One link you should look into, its Berkeley and vodafone.. bUnited.com/invite/BCXD-2767/35/

[@charonferryman2183]

akx "we built the ship like you instructed" (gets rick and morty 'd into an intergalactic hamster cage).....

[@salty8202]

akx and I oop..

[@thatonealien9812]

lol

[@ryanphipps5698]

This has just put like 5 Vsauce videos in 1 😂

[@noblehazards9713]

Ryan Phipps I don't like vsauce anymore. It used to be fun and educational but now it's just these ambiguous philosophical questions that almost never make sense and plus the vsauce creators release like one video every 2 or 3 months now smh. Wendover productions is actually fun, educational, and more frequent.

[@brandonhernandez371]

Ryan Phipps yea true but this guy has nothing on vsauce

[@zacevan9335]

I agree with parts of this. I Enjoy Vsauce, but Michael goes off on so many tangents that it's hard to take away anything meaningful from the soup of information. Wendover is very professional, frequent, and covers interesting topics in depth in a very coherent manner. I learn a lot more thanks to WendoverPro.

[@ifacro]

Wow it's almost as if Vsauce and Wendover were completely different channels in style.

[@TheJosephReyes]

I was thinking the same thing while watching

[@vladherasymenko543]

If I were an ambassador to aliens, my first sentence would be: “This contact is brought to you by Raid:Shadow legends”

[@AIM7_sparrow]

bruh

[@ojcmaboloc2658]

bruh

[@Fullmetal_Gacha]

Bruh

[@anothergermanmapper7754]

bruh

[@just_some_dude019]

bruh

[@goodname67]

That one american: Do youuuu speeakkkk Englishhhhh Alien *doesn't understand* American *speak english louder*

[@v.sandrone4268]

Criticizes alien for not speaking English even on the Alien planet.

[@johnben93]

no hablo ingles

[@goodname67]

@@johnben93 Do you speak english?

[@JohnDoe-re4qy]

Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?!?!?!

[@goodname67]

@@JohnDoe-re4qy Do you speak Englishhhhh

[@HandsomeMushy]

human: m or f? alien: *user has disconnected*

[@Kev376]

Human: what would you like to identify as today? Alien: Anal doctor

[@Baleur]

Jokes aside, that would probably be the most depressing moment of human history.. Even more than just being alone. If we actually somehow attain communication with an advanced ET civilization, like regular contact, and they suddenly just say the equivalent of "y'know, we've had enough of this, bye forever, BLOCKED" I mean fuck, talk about the worst break-up in human history.

[@BeingOfLight-gq4fm]

Aliens coming down here with their gray alien privilege, So racist and bigoted.

[@kriismuss]

@@BeingOfLight-gq4fm Gay alien privilege*

[@psicogames5509]

Next?

[@str3aks468]

*Human:* "How many wins you got on Fortnite?" *Alien:* "εψδ@ηφ&rμξχ0ηψtπ" *Human:* "Damn"

[@batatat]

LUL

[@Nootathotep]

ooooooh do you think the aliens would speak Proto Indo European?

[@iluvkew2xd14]

AKLife and we thought ninja was good

[@Costpap]

Thelatestmeme Short answer from Greeks: The rest of the world is aliens, we are actual human

[@mortyjr2334]

AKLife Fortnite is trash, actually all battle royale games are trash LOL.

[@underruze8725]

2:19 "From our perspective it will look like the sun is twinkling. Something completely unnatural." Me in the kindergarten: Twinkle Twinkle little star, how i wonder what you are.

[@redronapt8741]

says in motherly tone: the twinkle twinkle is a big death star coming to eath child

[@R9A9V2]

Alien: recieves the signal and sent it back Humans: they sent back a signal, but we cant understand it. The signal: *YoU pIcKeD ThE WrOnG HOuSe FoOL!*

[@SilverGamingFI]

Alien: receives a message and sent it back Humans: they sent us a signal, but we can't understand it The signal: *I'M GONNA SAY THE N-WORD*

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

Or they say, “you’re in my way. Get off my new planet”

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

Darkened Shadow so you went racist with it? Don’t you think with more brown and yellow people on earth that they’d think the pale ones were strange or sickly?

[@kirbi7336]

@@twilightgardenspresentatio6384 woosh

[@grahampaisley6995]

who else loves Wendover productions? like if you agree

[@Wendoverproductions]

i guess i kinda do...

[@bankid5567]

Wendover Productions same here

[@swayko9633]

Wendover Productions the earth is flat, get over it

[@MA-ux3oy]

Graham Paisley more like bendover productions AM I RIGHT GUYSS HEHE no ? k

[@bkbj8282]

Begging for likes by asking obvious questions is the most pathetic and thirstiest thing imaginable. Fuck off.

[@matthiaswang]

What if aliens found these images and have something like the internet and these images are on a 'Top 10 strangest images'

[@sephvernon5786]

Aliens are like "We've been getting earth radio signals for centuries, we funnel them all into a network of websites, and make memes out of them. Look at this one, 'I only have 4 apendages!'" And they laugh at us.

[@pentirin]

@@sephvernon5786 they did surgery on eachother

[@axiezimmah]

And the aliens would just laugh at those “conspiracy nutters and tinfoil hatters”

[@doctorlucasp9113]

XD

[@inferno9924]

5. The golden frisbe

[@thomask4978]

How to make first contact, American version: Looks like the aliens need some freedom.

[@Cracker_Smacker]

When america find out alien planet have oil

[@85windows78]

Just hand over the oil and we will make you democratic.

[@CarlosGuzman-dp2ui]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dhillongurisingh6510]

Thomas K more like a gun and a burger

[@liberator101]

Ah, Democracy

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

Aliens: *Lands* Florida man: *Gets the shotgun*

[@anormalname6498]

Men*

[@jaafarzaidi3390]

@@anormalname6498 na it's man

[@anormalname6498]

@@jaafarzaidi3390 na it's men

[@jaafarzaidi3390]

Oh wait i just realized its aliens and not alien XD...Hmm maybe ur right..

[@jameslf1233]

@@anormalname6498 there is only one florida man, (or maybe more, because of florida man's ancestors). Idk I think florida Man is a more popular sentence

[@fombocombo]

What if we found an Alien race but they are way more primitive than us.

[@Wendoverproductions]

It's actually pretty likely that when/if we find extraterrestrial life it'll be less advanced than us. It almost certainly won't be just as advanced as us since the universe has existed for some 14 billion years. The chances that they basically started at the exact same time as us and are therefore just as advanced as us is minuscule. They'll either be vastly more or less advanced than us, except in the case of an extraordinary coincidence.

[@Fede_uyz]

Neo-Nuclearcrazed then WE colonize them... dont even give them a chance!

[@nntflow7058]

Probably rape them.

[@akumabito2008]

We follow the Prime Directive and do not interfere.

[@noblehazards9713]

I'd ask them where the bitches at

[@popfizz55]

"Can computers over there run Crysis?"

[@RexGalilae]

Bet they still can't run Dragon Age Inquisition on 60 fps ultra

[@terminalterry8628]

call LTT up for some benchmarks

[@mariya_tortilla]

lmfao

[@GottaGat]

I don't think they'll wanna run crysis, i mean literally a game where human kill aliens.... not a good first contact :/

[@prestonang8216]

Oi it aint running Skyrim, i’ll tell ya that much

[@agrobabb4943]

Alien space craft: Lands close to the Pyramids of Giza Aliens: ⊑⍜⌰⎅ ⍜⋏ ⎅⟟⎅⋏'⏁ ⟊⟒⍀⍀⊬ ⏚⎍⟟⌰⎅ ⏁⊑⟟⌇

[@pimptom8704]

Whatever you say mates. Btw I’m charging you guys rent to park there.

[@davesouls3370]

@@pimptom8704 😂

[@rankovasek1987]

Where the fuck did you learn to write in alien???

[@davesouls3370]

@@rankovasek1987 use Google translate :version space.

[@pimptom8704]

Ranko Vašek took a Rosetta Stone course on Klingon and universal alien language.

[@asianthanos7551]

Humans: *kills every other human species* Also Humans: 0:41

[@auritro3903]

Love how your pic is Genghis khan

[@barritooooo]

Aliens: Are my boys still locked up in Area 51???

[@minepose98]

Yeah man, come help us get them out

[@zivjesla8804]

Haha funny area 51 so original

[@suzainhaque7951]

Hahah

[@angelmediadorentrenosotros7579]

... os querubins com os quais esses navios são construídos também possuem suas virtudes; e seu corpo de carne; até seus suspiros e excrementos; e tudo o que sua mente pode imaginar em toda a sua existência é composto dos querubins do Pai Jeová; o conhecimento desta lei universal marcará uma nova época na Terra; um tempo anunciado por séculos e séculos nas escrituras; um tempo que anulará tudo o que os homens fizeram; porque o Novo Mundo começa enviando amorosamente os querubins da natureza. Sim filhinho; Este desenho celeste mostra que um infinito livre arbítrio entra na construção dos discos voadores; cada pai solar tenta impor uma geometria pensante; o pensamento solar se materializa como o pensamento humano; o que está acima é igual ao que está abaixo; a diferença é que as criaturas humanas, sendo microscópicas, usam baixa velocidade em seus pensamentos; ao contrário, os pais solares têm tanta velocidade que se tornam criadores instantâneos; a transformação neles é uma das maravilhas da criação; assim como meu Filho Solar Cristo; que ele foi transfigurado para os homens do mundo; ele fez isso com uma mentalidade solar; foi uma transformação que tem seu universo normal no universo dos sóis gigantes; no macrocosmo; e que minhas escrituras ensinam como o Reino dos Céus; .- Alfa e Ômega UFOS; METAL PRATA; CRIAÇÃO DE FOGO EM DIMENSÃO SOLAR; COMO AS PREPARAÇÕES SÃO FEITAS; NAVIOS ALFA E OMEGA; PRINCÍPIO DE UMA HIERARQUIA SOLAR.- 23 😊😍⚖💯🖖🏼 CienciaCeleste.com AlfayOmega.com .pe 7 Seals=REVOLUTION ⚖💯😔

[@nagyszab8207]

Not- not exist alien bodies on Earth

[@tboytom1]

“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” - Arthur C. Clarke

[@Alexander_Kale]

A man that is given the prospect of unlimited free real estate to build on, with no one to compete for it, would rejoice, not cry.

[@PenguinzAreAwesome]

@@Alexander_Kale eh tomato potato

[@vincenchildersburg]

The possibility that we are alone is highly improbable. What with as many galaxies in the Universe and planets which could sustain life ( as we know it understand it. )! Love could have developed and evolved differently elsewhere in the Universe than it has here in Earth!

[@Alexander_Kale]

​@@vincenchildersburg It does not matter how many stars, how many planets, how many galaxies or superclusters there are - because we do not know how probable intelligent life actually is. Unless you can look at the drake equation and get a convincing number for every factor, the only thing we can be relatively sure of is that the Milky Way at least is empty...

[@shawnmartin8485]

Very well read for a Punk Bitch.. Salute:)

[@benjamincrew1949]

"What would you ask?" *Surfer dude voice* "So dude, did you like... bring any hot alien chicks?"

[@randomname5585]

2/10 not enough "brah"

[@vibovitold]

"Do you build safe homes? If so, please teach us how" - wolves to termites. "No problem. Instructions attached. Gee, look at us cooperating! What do you guys recommend the best diet would be?" - termites to wolves. "Oh hi folks! Couldn't help but overhear your conversation. Awesome lifehacks from both, we're sooo gonna use them. Thanks, keep it up. Wanna trade tips on the optimal social structure? We don't wanna brag, but our ways work like a charm." - snails to termites and wolves.

[@KrushaPatell]

Me to my math teacher: "When is it actually important to use math tho..." Wendover: "You can use math to communicate to aliens"

[@brianstabile165]

Krusha Patel But only basics

[@markanimsulix]

*Arrives at another planet and sees an Alien* Man: *ITS AN ALIEN!!* Alien: You are actually the Alien here.

[@angrynpc5477]

right back at ya, buckaroo

[@milksteak9213]

Someones needs to record when Aliens call us the aliens

[@MarloSoBalJr]

Marclark

[@henryofskalitz4879]

*surprised pikachu*

[@Satmaran998]

aliens are fake

[@MidnightSt]

0:25 "it's the civilization that makes contact that destroys the other one" that's an incorrect angle of analysis. the point is that more advanced civilization destroys the other one. the fact that the most advanced civilization, naturally, is the one MAKING contact, as their means of transportation are (naturally) most advanced, is the root cause of both.

[@franchufranchu119]

@@nemo-x Agree, in Paraguay, the native language is still more common than Spanish

[@vibovitold]

Initiating contact doesn't necessarily imply the civilization is technologically more advanced. For example Mongols initiated (violent) contact with the Chinese civilization, even though they were technologically and civilizationally inferior at the time. Allien civilizations A and B may both be advanced enough to be capable of interstellar communication, but not equally inclined to do so. The more advanced one may be simply less interested in pursuing contact to begin with. There may be "seeking" civilisations and "contemplating" civilisations for all we know, the distinction not necessarily correlated with technological level.

[@vibovitold]

@@nemo-x these analogies are also weak because we're talking about human civilizations. There's a strong overlap in the resources they're both after (even if they can figure out cooperation to be more fruitful than confrontation). Allen civilizations may be as different from eachother as elephants and ants, which have nothing to compete or cooperate about (and they don't). The "this town isn't big enough for both of us" effect doesn't apply.

[@manillametro9952]

"2+2=4" me: minus 1 thats 3 qui- *talks about pi* Oh.

[@papillonvu]

First question: Sex/Age/Location...

[@MrHornsammy]

The greatest comment ever

[@pinhe1350]

Sex: Attack Helicopter Age: 1.3 Billion Location: Uranus

[@sydneyt9057]

“Hi A/s/l”

[@gamernihad]

ASL 🤣🤣

[@stjerneskruetraekker]

Sex: Do you asume I identify as a gender!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 Age: Thats it, I dont feel like I have an age!!!!!!! Can I talk to your manager. Right now! 🤣

[@TheKrzysiek]

-"Do you have Half-Life 3?"

[@jerryhernandez3089]

Krzysztof Bajorski Or WHEN is it coming out?

[@Kriae]

alien Lord Gaben confirmed

[@jerrycoolmanio1]

Further proof Gaben is a lizard person cloned from alien DNA.

[@bkbj8282]

Do you have a better joke?

[@PathsUnwritten]

Valve doesn't know how to count to 3

[@fajlip0008]

2:24 Ok, this theory makes sense, but we have to consider the fact, that most of these stars are enormously far away. That means that it takes thousands or even millions of years for light to get to us. If we noticed that, it could potentially mean that the civilization harvested sun energy way before we even came to existance.

[@marxiusivanadolfdenniellom2162]

If i were given a chance to ask them first I would say "What Are you?" Because, yeah theyre aliens to us, but what are they to them??

[@Madcat1331]

Aliens: *_"oh fuck"_*

[@DarkLight-sz1vp]

a thing

[@videogamescausentviolence5717]

an object? well at least in physics, I mean humans are objects :/

[@TheDutchMitchell]

" Do you have memes? "

[@depressedayrab7626]

Do you have any intelligent life forms?

[@noigunason8137]

Mitchell I agree, if they don't have memes then they are probably not as technologically advanced as us. Cuz we know that memes=internet and internet=communication, games, knowledge etc.

[@Sara3346]

You realize in a general way memes are just mutating ideas right? We have had memes ever since the invention OF WRITING

[@isunlloaoll]

+Noah Peter , Nah memes will measure the most important thing, do they have good humor.

[@AholeAtheist]

Certainly. Biological, cultural, and language memes are the basis of our existence.

[@ceciliacorbett8313]

What would I ask? . . . "So, um, how was your flight?"

[@aliencreature8475]

It was fine thank you.

[@tiskolin]

Seriously dude?

[@agungpriambodo1674]

If it was bad they'll get angry and declare war If it was good they'll ask about earth

[@just_some_dude019]

@@agungpriambodo1674 if it was hella good, they might wanna smash

[@videogamescausentviolence5717]

If they are really advanced, they should be fine

[@VelvetCondoms]

I guess the first thing I'd say is "Do not go to these parts of this planet. They are dangerous.". The logic here is that any civilization that can send 1 alien can probably send a second. The first one disappearing may be cause for curiosity, which would result in a second one being sent. And we don't want the second one to find the dead body of the first, because that would go horribly. Keeping the first alien alive is wise. As for areas which are dangerous, I'd specify parts of the planet known to be have destructive phenomenon such as volcanoes, abnormal levels of violence, or have large amounts of dangerous wildlife. As a bonus, this shows that we, as a species, are at least aware enough of our environment to know what parts are not safe, and that we have achieved a level of sentience enough to try to communicate that important information to other species.

[@N3K0553]

Hell why would they send 1 being on a foreign planet and region? We wouldn’t either aren’t we?

[@Artaka1987]

The first question is actually quite easy. It's so easy because we ask that almost every day, every time we meet someone, or when we hear, see, smell, taste or touch anything for the first time. It's the question that our brain asks constantly: "Are you a threat?" Every signal we get from our senses first passes through the region in our brain who's sole purpose is to determine if we are in danger. Even when we great each other, we say universally use a common phrase that is familiar to everyone around us to indicate that we are not hostile, so this is a logical first question.

[@BarelyFunctionalTK]

if we can learn anything from superhero movies, it's that english is the universal language!

[@RexGalilae]

The Brits went out of control and ended up colonizing the entire universe. Fucking imperialism

[@Malassaf97]

Maybe Murica found oil there

[@mrducky6322]

BarelyFunctional lol

[@agungpriambodo1674]

@@Malassaf97 they already found Natural Gas there (on Titan : Saturn's moon)

[@amythistarira8727]

You mean all sci-fi movies?(exept for the ones that just say "everyone has a translator in them" or something like that)

[@thesunilrock20]

I clicked on this thinking it was a dating tutorial.

[@BillAnt]

"How to date an alien" ... head south xD

[@molrat]

Instead you got a deep af video about aliens lmao

[@mary-clarecarder3709]

Ha ha, good one!

[@brianstabile165]

Sunil Ram you don’t know this channel

[@iseeghost]

it worked as a dating tutorial for me

[@therobotics1rthegreat157]

RIP Freeman Dyson. A giant in his field of expertise.

[@SwordAndScabbard]

Why do we always gotta be the less advanced ones? Maybe we're some high rollin' bitches.

[@dennischen8646]

If they traveled to us, they have the technological prowess to do so. We cannot accomplish interstellar travel (sending a human over) because we don't know the consequences and we can't go real fast. If we, on the other hand, are the first to discover, they or we could be more technologically advanced, because in the first comparison we see their achievement eclipse ours but in this case we have no achievements of theirs to compare to

[@PTSDSquirrel]

we are both, if you really think about it. Its all about perspective and point of view. To one we are merely hairless decedents of apes that have learned to make base elements into various shapes to suit our needs. TO another we could be gods flying to and fro with powers to make the very world we live on bend to our will.

[@ionlymadethistoleavecoment1723]

Centurion right? What if aliens are cave aliens?

[@DarthBiomech]

If _they_ come to _us_, then they done a feat that is currently impossible for us. Therefore they are more advanced, at least technologically.

[@DarthBiomech]

Tactical Strategist That is impossible. It's like if somebody could read fantasy novels, but detectives were incomprehensible to him.

[@h96573]

They asked Stephen Hawking if he believes that intelligent life exists outside Earth, and he responded: "Is there intelligent life on Earth?!"

[@FirstLast-vv6lv]

Ak Ak Big talk from a man who cant walk

[@dankduck]

@@FirstLast-vv6lv big talk to a man WHO'S DEAD

[@nathalyvillagra6124]

"In earth" ??? Does he mean ON earth

[@lovelight5294]

Hahahaaaa

[@unlink1649]

Always loved this guys sense of humor

[@pikenation9841]

Alien 1:”looks like we’ve landed in a place called America” alien 2: “I thought this was a mission to find intelligent life”

[@just_some_dude019]

Alien 3: "I think I found a florida man"

[@DarkLight-sz1vp]

Alien 2: “AHHH back up!!!!” * shoots the Florida man with laser gun *

[@DarkLight-sz1vp]

Alien 3: “why was he naked?”

[@georgetzi7160]

Alien: who's the alien now? *Loads gun* *B I T C H*

[@anormalname6498]

More like laser gun

[@georgetzi7160]

@@anormalname6498 same energy

[@alanmaclaren4118]

They would’ve probably been more intelligent than us meaning they wouldn’t kill each other for dumb reasons such as killing each other because of skin color, thus they wouldn’t have thought about inventing weapons

[@georgetzi7160]

@@alanmaclaren4118 that's why it's a joke

[@erictalkington5674]

We shouldn't! If they ever show up, let's turn off all the lights and pretend we aren't home lol.

[@hop6649]

Eric Talkington yeah omg everybody is so dumb, just dont make any sound

[@rumsss1379]

@star spotter is giggling a sound ?

[@hop6649]

rumsss no

[@CHURCHISAWESUM]

That.. Wouldn't work. If they are tech advanced enough to get here, they can detect us in a million different ways regardless of if we turn the power off. We would just appear insanely idiotic

[@CHURCHISAWESUM]

@JanoschNr1 Entertaining an idea is different from actually thinking the guy was serious. I entertained it because some people are dumb enough to think that is a real idea and would work, lol

[@MewxPro]

I would say "ayy lmao?"

[@toucaninterieur8011]

O shit waddup !! (oh wait...)

[@abhishekrao1525]

+HugoH here come DAT alienboi

[@Amy-tf2dz]

This was really, so well done. Fascinating topic! I learned a lot. Thanks!

[@furn2313]

No one: Aliens : That mountain with four circles moving is pretty neat

[@Rahul-ey1oq]

Tony Stark: The Earth is closed today.

[@argentuuuum]

*Elon Musk

[@hexaltheninjawow9531]

SilverM *Ooloon Tusk: The Planet of Yeetman is closed today.

[@Shadow77999]

So go back to wherever you came from..

[@sarcasm-83]

I would say to the aliens; Welcome to Earth, how may I help you?

[@richlee808]

By harvesting your adrenal glands?

[@ecogreen123]

huh... thanks for welcoming us.... give us all your water and woman... we need them...

[@danielyoung_]

As they will definitely understand English.

[@Royal.2556]

Hi welcome to chili’s

[@peteth3yeet987]

Can I get an uh.... Uhhhhhhhh

[@aborawk4154]

Just rewatched this video, I liked it so I must have seen it before at some point and just not remembered it. It's so cool to see the incredible quality of your videos back then and how it provided me with now multiple intentive viewings. Back in another couple years

[@agentpr24]

For me, this is one of the best video you have made so far. I did not found anyone that I dislike but this one is in my "Top 3"! Thanks and continue the great work/job!

[@Lucas-jm1cq]

Do aliens have memes?

[@sharonishere]

Vladimir Putin They'll have deep ass memes Mr. Putin

[@matrix07012]

If they have a culture.

[@minoreror9961]

I hope

[@MrHav1k]

This, this is the right question to ask.

[@iddoshavit3225]

Memes are by defenition a means of transferring information, shared common knowledge shared between a species.

[@dogbreedsareamyth9409]

"Do you have uncensord hentai?"

[@dogbreedsareamyth9409]

NO, THAT IS WAY TO LEWD!!!

[@thegamer5367]

Pietro Smusi Then get a other source

[@testname4464]

No Anime I'm positive it's just illegal to distribute pornography on Japanese soil, which is why Japanese citizens tend to get their hentai from the U.S. and even Europe, if they can find it. So, creating it and sending it to the Western world isn't illegal, neither is getting it from the West. I'm not a lawyer so don't hold me accountable.

[@christianwurlitzer209]

"Do you have loli traps?"

[@alexevanspoppsychedelicren4158]

Ravioli ravioli, do not lewd the reptile loli.

[@seralthia]

I get goosebumps when you say mathematics is the language of the universe. I have been stressing this fact out: syntactically, of course alien maths would be very different, but semantically, the underlying principles would be the same. Thank you!

[@SophiaAstatine]

Lets just hope they do their maths just slightly similar to us. It'd be really hard to compare notes if all their mathematics is done in song and all their knowledge is stored as mixtapes, while we have our blackboards and chalk.

[@seralthia]

@@SophiaAstatine Arduous, yes. But not impossible 😉

[@SophiaAstatine]

@@seralthia Maybe they're like bees, and they communicate by secreting chemicals combined with butt wiggles.

[@seralthia]

@@SophiaAstatine as long as we understand how the information is encoded, there is always a chance of decoding. For instance, say the aliens wiggle their butts left and right to convey information. It turns out, left means 0 and right means 1 in binary. So we can technically decode and translate it to our version of information encoding. When you think about it, writren language is a form of information encoding through vocabulary and grammar rules.

[@evolved326]

Your classics are so good.

[@leowong8777]

How do I make first contact? "HELLO! " "Shit. I forgot what to say."

[@Bikad]

great, now you declared war -_-

[@erikito6092]

"send noods"

[@TheDutchMitchell]

"IS IT ME YOUR'E LOOKING FOR?"

[@royjonesrampage6684]

POINTLESS GUY is this a reference?

[@MirekHeikkila]

Don't yell :(.. RUDE! SAD!

[@aaronmarks9366]

As a professional linguist, I want to give you insane props for your section on linguistics. It's a topic that non-specialists often mess up when trying to present to lay audiences (and even linguists themselves often mess it up too), but you presented the linguistics of First Contact in an extremely clear, accessible, accurate, and engaging way. I'm really impressed. You've got a new subscriber :)

[@FlyLeah]

This is one of the greatest videos you have made. Really deep about how we would act if something on a cosmological fenomenon struck us. Wish the best of luck to humanity for that

[@unboxingworld2220]

World: If we find aliens what do we do next Chinese: I Wonder how it tastes.

[@glendanyoung2148]

Aliens: "Sup?" Humans: "Nothin B, just watchin the game, havin a Bud."

[@vanover]

Wazaaaaaahhhhhhhh!

[@scottwilly86]

@@vanover WWWUUUUZZZZZZ AAAAGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MegazoneMusic23]

"Sup Witchoo?"

[@brianstabile165]

Glendan Young Alien:Guy where are your real people Human:what? Alien: This man *pulls out the sign with nudes* Human:Dang

[@dXXPacmanXXb]

yess, refreshing paid off

[@shinydewott]

Adolf Shitler dat name though

[@themoddingprodigy577]

Great content! Learned a lot! Thanks and keep making these informative and educational videos!

[@HGBfilmsYT]

Alien: *first one to see pioneer plaque* Alien: *eats it*

[@nas1479]

"You got games on yo phone?"

[@uhmuhwha]

"Yo, you guys have the B O N E L E S S pizza we've been lookin for?"

[@sythlorde]

I speak about the laziness of the universe and how to use it in order to break out of the matrix, in my latest video. it is a dark lecture. please come enjoy it, and I thank you.

[@spicypeppers2019]

Literally every 10 year old.

[@DontreadPimpBoy]

Amount of likes is 420 = weed day. Do not like the comment, keep it as it is. I repeat DO NOT LIKE THE COMMENT.

[@spicypeppers2019]

Steven Bullefer okay. 👍

[@DarkRival31]

"You like jazz?"

[@CrazyKraut20]

your "jazz" offends our globnarbs, prepare for destruction

[@Bobelponge123]

Jazz music stops

[@alandouglas2789]

Shifty good luck finding anything in the universe that would say yes

[@TerminatorZXY]

"Do you djent?"

[@ML-xp1kp]

"Yes, we found your Voyager, and we must say Chuck Berry kicks ass. Didn't understand a single word, but the riffs were fucking sick bro."

[@ecrusch]

This video was interesting and well thought out. Thank you.

[@robertkimmel2256]

What question fascinates me the most is, "Do they have music? If so, what would it sound like?" Just like math, I personally believe that music is also a universal language.😊❤

[@HalNordmann]

In a s-f book I'm writing about first contact, there is a great focus on music.

[@lelaviation9869]

we should build a wall around the aliens and make the aliens pay for it

[@p.bamygdala2139]

Frank Minecraft6 EPIC!

[@kris030]

**mind blown**

[@agungpriambodo1674]

a spherical wall around their planet or a normal border wall

[@octolask3575]

"no matter where you go or who you ask, 2+2 is four" MINUS 1 THATS 3 QUICK MAFFFHS

[@octolask3575]

@@arwn2264 😂

[@JV-fz5zl]

@@arwn2264 me2

[@werewolf4358]

SKRRRRRA!

[@martincamilleri7444]

They had us in the first half,not gonna lie

[@luisg.15yearsago18]

Ok

[@LoboVR07]

what if aliens found the dinosaurs and were like: ''Nope this isn't intelligent enough''

[@just_some_dude019]

*In the distance* ᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ᵈᶦⁿᵒˢᵃᵘʳˢ ᵃʳᵉ ᵍᵒⁿᵉ..

[@LoboVR07]

@@just_some_dude019 Lol yes

[@newspaperbin6763]

Everyone: Alien technology is much more advanced than ours. Their technology: 📀🎞📽📰🚣‍♂️

[@Dyldayas24]

"when will half life 3 be released"

[@kennyl215]

Currently Earth civilization is around 0.74% to reach stage one on the Kardashev scale. If an advance alien civilization that have the technology to transfer light speed across the galaxy that mean they are at high stage two or three according the Kardashev scale.Even if the advance alien know we exist they will not even stop and bother with us because we are way to low compare to them. An example I can think of how and a stage three civilization will interacts with a stage zero: Imagine you driving on a country road and you pass over a mound of ants hill. Since the ants are to low compare to you. You will not stop and give them your iphone or start a conversation with them; you simply just move on and don't even give the ants a second thought. That how an advance alien civilization in stage three will see Earth at it current stage zero, we are merely ants compare to them.

[@kennyl215]

@Epp Yea, but the difference between a type 0.7 (us) versus a type 3 civilization is so far apart and knowledge and technology comparison is vast. In your ants communicating with smoke signal example it like saying the ant need to be at the upper type 1 and closing into type 2 civilization. I think for human being to able to contact with other advance type 3 civilization, we need to be at around the upper type 1 or at type 2 civilization. Currently most expert are saying we will be at type 1 in the next 100-200 years; and in order to reach type 2 we need at least another 1000 years. Right now we are merely ants to any alien ship that may pass us by.

[@proton8689]

Humans are capable of learning and innovating, while ants only really change through the process of evolution by natural selection, That's the major difference people seem to always forget for some weird reason. Even if aliens were that much more advanced then humans, they'll be able to recognize that fact that humans can innovate and learn. That's important because that means that we'll have the potential to rise to that level eventually, and they'll likely know that more then we do. In other words, aliens finding interest in humans isn't the same as humans finding interest in ants. It would be like Americas finding interest in Sentinelese tribe.

[@kennyl215]

@@proton8689 Right now without any proof we are both speculating to form our own opinion. In your opinion, you think that and advance alien race will recognize human intelligence and see us as like a human see a community of apes and monkey. For me, I think an level 3 civilization (alien) see us human level zero civilization like a Human seeing a ants mold community. I think the gap between a stage zero civilization versus a stage three civilization is close to ants and human. I'm not saying my opinion is correct and your is wrong. We clearly have different view, hopefully human being can advance further in the future and progress from a stage zero to a stage two or three civilization before we end up destroying this blue world.

[@combativeThinker]

That's not a good analogy. Ants don't possess the potential for intelligence. They don't communicate with creatures other than ants, and even then their communication can't even be called a language. It's simply a set of behavioral responses to chemicals perceived in the environment, some of which are produced by fellow ants to modify their own behaviors and the behaviors of the ants surrounding them in response to external stimuli.

[@kennyl215]

@@combativeThinker I guess using ants if not a good analogy, but my point is that if an advance race at stage 3 civilization see us human a stage zero civilization they will not give use a glance if they happen to pass by our planet. I think the difference between a stage zero civilization and a stage 3 civilization is so vast that I guess instead of ants we can use dolphin for the analogy.

[@turbosaiyan6322]

When you realize the aliens who place crop circles and symbols in farms across America are just teenage alien pranksters committing shenanigans.

[@dl6704]

*"ohhhh shit, it's an alien"* _proceeds to jump around_

[@aliozanerbektas]

I would ask; "Do you come in peace?"

[@foxdagamer1061]

Ali Ozan "No"

[@Scarletraven87]

Considering humanity has a tradition of hostile expanding for solely economic reasons, I'm not sure the answer would depend on them.

[@toucaninterieur8011]

"Do you believe in God ?"

[@viggipedia]

"Peace among worlds, Rick"

[@toucaninterieur8011]

"Either the car battery is broken, and i have to get a new one, OR the battery is NOT broken." That was the most amazing ending ever.

[@arandompenguin4489]

"People are lazy" -Wendover Productions

[@submarineinthesky8946]

Now it's official, folks!

[@theworldoverheavan560]

@@submarineinthesky8946 lol

[@joshpeach6]

as a people i wholeheartedly agree

[@asherpeter2371]

"Big ting" - ginger joe

[@jhayz0717]

NO.. it is called the Least Effort Principle..

[@raquele6470]

Whenever I watch videos like this, I get chills thinking that it is very much possible (though unlikely) that we are all alone.

[@Pugboy35Man]

Alien: Receive radiowaves Alien: hears fortnite ad and guns Alien: THIS IS WARR

[@privatenumber9672]

If aliens see that plaque before they come to earth they are going to be disappointed, most of the people on this planet are much fatter than the images shown.

[@privatenumber9672]

Akeel Ally I was thinking more like we are the fat girl on Facebook who uses a flattering photo from 7 years ago..

[@Kalidor99]

no they will be happy, more food.

[@gorkyrojas3446]

"most"? Because USA is the entire planet...

[@privatenumber9672]

Gorky Rojas no because the US isn't the only country with fat people, not even in the top 5 fattest countries. They do have a lot of fat people though.

[@Kalidor99]

USA is #10, most of the fattest countries are in the middle east.

[@Nothingreallyexists]

This video is your best work yet. I'm not in a position to donate right now, but I have shared this video with my friends, liked, and commented! Hope that helps and keep it up!

[@4shCZ]

Bryan Shannon absolutely agreed! Unbeliavable how well he managed to look at a "simple thing" in such depth and make you realize how complex the whole problem is.. one of the best videos i saw on youtube (if not the best)

[@MURD3R3D]

You should watch the vsauces he ripped off. Its much better. Vsauce zipf Vsauce messages for the future

[@adamthomas4924]

I wonder what their reaction would be to all the films and tv shows about aliens.

[@colours005]

Awesome video !

[@alanhowitzer]

I heard somewhere that radio signals after a couple years would become unintelligible. Maybe by the time it gets to another planet's radio it just sounds like more background static?

[@adelaalomerovic1620]

Unfortunately, yes, at a couple of hundred light years away, it would be indistinguishable from background noise. That's one of the reasons I think we shouldn't be trying to communicate just with radio signals.

[@pepehimovic3135]

first comment i see is "Yep, we sent nudes" and second comment i see is "first comment i see is 'Yep, we sent nudes'. Lol". Lol

[@ibeleaf]

btw a quay (pronounced key) is like an area around a harbour i think... for example in downtown toronto there's a street called queens quay, and it is the closet street to the lake at a certain point, running paralell, through the area where all of the ferries dock

[@rebeccalougee4908]

Wow thx for the great knowledge!!

[@ashtonrantilla792]

First question: “Do you have any updog?”

[@epicgamer747]

immediately teleports back to Andromeda

[@rndmzr153]

first statement: spell icup

[@Fish_152]

Fish

[@dericmcnish]

Do you like fish sticks?

[@Fish_152]

Fish

[@dweller6065]

Well the aliens could well ask "Take me to your leader?" Now that's a dilemma right there....

[@caturviriyananda9586]

wow. woooow. 👍

[@dp0813]

How do you take someone to greed? 🤔

[@RedVynil]

Why? Hitlary's not President.

[@lordexohunter558]

Who's saying that you can't declare your self as the leader of humanity to the alien?

[@zachjollimore4339]

"Nawh bro, you don't wanna meet him, fuckin, can we leave? Nawh seriously fuck this ball of dirt. Can we just.... go?"

[@samleen]

Alien: "I've come to bail out my child for interstellar flight. Do you know where area 51 is?"

[@veganchaatparty]

Super Awesome!! Super thanks!!!

[@imilliterate4812]

I would say to a green alien: " once you go green you never go back."

[@imilliterate4812]

Not really though, I would say " I propose a peaceful relationship."

[@adotfal7565]

Neigh Inator Yeah, but humans always mess things up. It would just be a matter of time before one slays the other

[@golddoraemon]

"Once you go green you never go black."

[@petervozdolsky9256]

it's not easy being green

[@XxXNOSCOPEURASSXxX]

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