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Space travel could create language unintelligible to people on Earth
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2357" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/space-travel-could-create-language-unintelligible-to-people-on-earth" target="_blank"><strong>Space travel could create language unintelligible to people on Earth - Big Think</strong></a></p><p></p><p><strong>A new study looks at what would happen to human language on a long journey to other star systems.</strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Researchers proposes that language could change dramatically on long space voyages.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Spacefaring people might lose the ability to understand the people of Earth.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">This scenario is of particular concern for potential "generation ships."</li> </ul><p>Given the mounting crises of 2020, wouldn't it be nice to just get on a giant spaceship and leave this troubled planet behind? While we don't yet have a surefire candidate for the new Earth, and our tech is probably still decades if not centuries behind, proposals and achievements in interstellar travel are stacking up. A new study makes the fascinating case that if a group of humans were to venture out on a space journey that lasted generations, their language would likely change. It could evolve into something the people of the original Earth would not understand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2357, member: 1"] [URL='https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/space-travel-could-create-language-unintelligible-to-people-on-earth'][B]Space travel could create language unintelligible to people on Earth - Big Think[/B][/URL] [B]A new study looks at what would happen to human language on a long journey to other star systems.[/B] [LIST] [*]Researchers proposes that language could change dramatically on long space voyages. [*]Spacefaring people might lose the ability to understand the people of Earth. [*]This scenario is of particular concern for potential "generation ships." [/LIST] Given the mounting crises of 2020, wouldn't it be nice to just get on a giant spaceship and leave this troubled planet behind? While we don't yet have a surefire candidate for the new Earth, and our tech is probably still decades if not centuries behind, proposals and achievements in interstellar travel are stacking up. A new study makes the fascinating case that if a group of humans were to venture out on a space journey that lasted generations, their language would likely change. It could evolve into something the people of the original Earth would not understand. [/QUOTE]
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