As we stand on the precipice of analyzing exoplanet atmospheres for biosignatures, a small but growing contingent of information theorists and linguists are proposing a radical new infrastructure. We call it —a hypothetical, open-source framework designed not just to listen to aliens, but to perceive them.
They argue we cannot use a single byte until we understand the alien's religion, diet, and social structure. They want to spend 100 years building a "cultural Rosetta Stone." Their danger: Analysis paralysis. They will debate the color of the alien’s soul while the hard drive corrodes. xenolib