Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1978
Keywords
Visual communication; Extraterrestrial beings
Abstract
If we want to communicate with extraterrestrial intelligences, we must encode information we wish to transmit. I have designed some messages which could be sent to other intelligences. There are three possible message types: linguistic, formalized (like computer languages) and pictorial. I chose to study pictorial. I limited my investigation to two-dimensional messages. By using a square format with prime numbers as the lengths of sides, the decoding process would be made easier. Like the prime number, square format, the use of a group of pulses as a name for the object shown in the picture had previously been suggested. I developed this idea further to include adjectives, verbs and adverbs. I believe that sequence is of prime importance. By interrelating pictographs, I designed a short sequence depicting motion. I also made use of isolation .
First Page
23
Last Page
25
Recommended Citation
Vakoch, D.
(1978).
Possible Pictorial Messages For Communication With Extraterrestrial Intelligences.
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science, Vol. 44 No.1, 23-25.
Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/jmas/vol44/iss1/12
Primo Type
Article