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I would imagine that if an alien species is making first contact, they have a reason to want to communicate and would have prepared based on our broadcasts or would bring along a specialist to study our language quickly.

The other options would be an accidental contact, in which case they might not be as prepared, or a contact that they are indifferent about communicating with us, in which case we are likely fucked.”

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