We always imagine first contact with aliens as a conversation. But what if talking is the problem? How could we ever prepare for the awkward opening lines of interstellar diplomacy? Well, here on Earth, we might already have a clue: the octopus. They learn, play, and can even recognise human faces. So could our eight-tentacled friends help us understand intelligence beyond our own planet?
This week I talk to mollusc expert Dr. Tim Pearce, curator and the head of the Section of Mollusks at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, to find out how we might one day communicate with life from the stars.
You can listen to the full episode here: https://listen.podmasters.uk/whylinktree?c=EM_5OUBg_fmyPuatpkz_4A&h=23ef65b9bc0fe2c8b
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