# Ground Zero Rewind: Exolinguistics: In The Beginning Was The Word

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- Published: 2026-07-22T19:41:53+00:00
- Modified: 2026-07-22T19:42:57+00:00
- Author: Clyde Lewis

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Several sci-fi movies show us how advanced communication can help us speak to an alien race, but also how listening and avoiding emotional judgments about speech and meaning can keep us from being destroyed. That is why, if anything, these films teach us we must be careful with words and that sometimes words and metaphors […]

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