r/spaceporn • u/feeling_impossible • Feb 07 '18

Surreal, absurd, outlandish, preposterous... But there it is. The entire earth clearly reflected off the side of a car. [1920x1080]

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u/luger718 Feb 07 '18

Is this thing just floating in space on it's own?

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u/FatesInMyShoes Feb 07 '18

And it says "made by humans on it" in case we are not alone out here. Which is a much better debate then arguing that the Earth is flat.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

Does it really? I don't see why we don't show the entire alphabet before writing our words to show that there's a limit to the symbols and to hint at their meaning.

It bothered me in Arrival that the linguist couldn't figure this out.

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u/BlackDragon17 Feb 07 '18

Writing down the alphabet wouldn't really help with the meaning at all. Also, SpaceX didn't bother too much since the car isn't even leaving the solar system for the next few billion years.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '18

Yes it would. It would show there's a limit to the symbols and together they form a meaning. It's less overwhelming when you realize there are only 26 letters.