Scientists still don't know the answer to this infamous question - Charles Wallace & Dan Kwartler
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DownloadAfter waking up alone in a locked room,
two documents are slipped under your door:
a note in an alien language and a detailed instruction manual in your language.
The manual explains that for each alien character in the note,
you should write an indicated corresponding symbol.
Following this chart, you write a response that you slip out the door.
And for the next several days, this exchange continues.
Outside the room,
alien scientists are thrilled because they believe you’re conversing with them.
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Key Vocabulary (14)
Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.
To know the meaning of what someone is saying or how something works. It involves grasping an idea, a language, or a situation clearly in your mind.
To act like a normal person or to function properly in daily life. It is often used humorously when someone feels too tired, stressed, or unmotivated to deal with social or work tasks.
A creature from another planet or outer space. It can also mean a person who lives in a country but is not a citizen of that country.
"Science fiction often features aliens."
labor
"I work hard."
A sophisticated electronic device designed to store, retrieve, and process data through programmed instructions. In modern discourse, it encompasses everything from microprocessors in appliances to high-performance servers facilitating global networks.
Grammar in This Video
"two documents are slipped under your door"
"...researchers still don’t know how various firing neurons bring about this expe..."
"In other words, if a computer looks like it understands something, does that mea..."
"After waking up alone in a locked room, two documents are slipped under your doo..."
"AI could have a mind like ours."
"...how can we possibly test for these states in computers?"
"Theorists generally agree that concepts like understanding, sentience, and consc..."
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