If aliens arrived tomorrow, what’s the first thing you’d ask them?
Well, after getting over my shock, I would ask them a simple question: How am I talking to you?
How do extraterrestrials know my language? Did you parse through the World Wide Web? Did you steal cable? Did you take Duolingo lessons?
What hyper-advanced technology let you decipher a language you’ve never encountered? Did you kidnap Earthlings to teach you? Are you telepathic? I’m no musician, I can’t communicate in mathematical music.
Never mind the tech and science, I have important questions. I’m a writer, and these plot holes cannot stand. How do you know what I’m saying?
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