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Interaction and Intellectual Exchange

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Given the velocity limter C, the majority of our exchanges with ETI are likely to be intellectual. Given this is the case, some examples of the kinds of exchanges--art, mathematics, play, fashion--are discussed here. Such exchanges are unlikely to be straightforward, since they depend on context and on the different understanding of the parties about what is being exchanged. The issue of fashion is particularly important because it ties together cultures and the civilization that they (and we) might be part of.

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Ashkenazi, M. (2017). Interaction and Intellectual Exchange. In: What We Know About Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Space and Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44456-7_12

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