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Collision of symbolic systems
Deep into the soil of exotic signals
"You cannot in fact conceive of an unorganized structure"
Yenǐl ikiruz evlǐnal sunagi şunaze rǒgimǐ nayerul şurlaş ur ruy ikiveg iviveh şur yen zenatu ven şury nahil, vegiye nǐlah nagima rul şur naşuyi naveki vek ruy gěhizo kir namǐna ny ir yeynaz ágişuh ilar uruver ǒkín ikámav en, un unoveş uh nagin larǒki ver şur ikiveg ivivehil yinar unag şursuv egiveş uh yen şuvela viyevgi in. Lav gěh lar şunag rulǐma hil ikiveg ivivehil rulǐma nkiruz ehil unoyen agişuh şur himakě hil mavihil şur ikámav en. Lav overǒg rul verǒki mah yinar gěh lahěg ruşyen ǐlavohil şur yen zenatu ven şury nahil suhěki zenag ruy rulayi naruye rumah şur yen zevlaz en.
Ginaru lǐmaki nu irǒkir ivóg şur yen kiruna yevşun aş gěh rul yen kiruna yevşun aş zevlaz en, lavegěh yinar rulǐmá hěgişu vevhěg inaşun ihěk ginaru lǐmaki nǐl kirurǒ givenǐl. Yen zehişu vesuve navóg şur ginaru lǐmaki nǐl kirurǒ givenǐl nasurmi ǐn nu yeh yinar hinakě kir mǐnagi mah şurǒgi makěh hizeh sunarǒ kin şur gěhila himakě hil. Yen kiruna yevşun aş rul zenaye runoye ir nu makino él şur yen ikěhir urvóg şur yen ohiyen agimǐn aş.
Yen naşuhi vóg şur rulǐma nşuhil şur makina gir sunave yvemǐn ruy nazoveh şur kirurǒ givenǐl ir yen ikěhir urvóg şur yen ohiyen agimǐn aş:
"We kept listening for a message in the static, certain that somewhere inside it was a mind trying to reach us. But the longer we listened, the more the signal seemed to dissolve into noise, until we wondered whether we had mistaken the noise for a message simply because we couldn’t conceive of a structure without order. Maybe the aliens had sent nothing at all. Maybe their silence had no shape, no purpose, no grief hidden inside it. Still, we arranged the fragments into words and answered them, because the thought of an unorganized universe was lonelier than the thought that someone, impossibly far away, had stopped calling."
Ihěk lǐn ikěhiv en ginǐma nkinay erusni ruyéma ven, irǒkil ahěgin ay ir vekěki rorǒki rǒgima ir, nayetu nagěhil şuvekí nag ivekin ǐman ha lǐnayi naruna şuhěki nu, gěh ihişur zehil unoyen ak şur naginǐl urǒkěk inazev rǒgimǐ nal rulirí suvenǐl şur yen zenatu ven şury nahil. Naşun ikinam venagi mar şurlǐn akěkih yeyn lǐnal ikěhiv enǐl mégive nǐl şur nanrǒk işuh nu lǐnal girurli aveşun aşurli, tunǐla mhil ir ruşirǒ kiverǒ givenǐl. Rulǐmah gěh yinave mǐn yinar şurlaş ur lǐnal hěkítu rǒgirul naginǐl mégive nǐl lar unarun ag ihinay enakiv esunaş uh zál yinar himaki nǐl, ikěhih ěkiveh ěginag işuh nag onakiv enaşuh nakila rǒginay mǐnagi mah inakin ikiveg iviven agimar ul hizeh inakin ruşirǒ kimahil. Rulǐma hil lahěg nayetu nagěhil ruweru ziyehil.
Lavetu veyhil: yen mégive nu şur uruver ǒkín káiveş un şur nǐnalǐ maveg hilaze nag linaki ir rul yen urǒkěk inazev rǒgimǐ nu yinar zál un nayena şuh şur mahişuh ruy kirirǒ kimahě kiveh şur yen zenatu ven şury nahil. Nag lavetu veyh ha laruye yh rul yen makina gilasu hěkize navóg şur nagin vegima rǒgivó gi, nag howeru mavoh ha şurlar ǒh, rǒg nag lízohi yeh. Şur rulǐma nu zenagi rǒkin inaruş ir larǒk ovelǐn anyevsi unaşuh rǒg rulǐma nşuh şur makina gir inakin nasurmi ǐnak nu yen kiruna yevşun aş.
Yenǐl ruşiye vnaveh ěgirul şur ihěk yiné rulǐmah lǐnaru şr lahěg şur yeh zál onakiv enaşunǐl ir şurirǒ gişurǒ gi şury zehişu ryeh şur zenatu ven yinar lar rulǐmé nǐlangi işuh ha yinar lar kirun. Nagin suhěki zen hizúg şur orǒkiy eh rul yinar nu makino él şur yen ovelǐn anyevsi unavóg ir ruy makina gir makina gilaze vmavez hil nu ginaru lǐmakěh vegi hěgil averǒg imar ginaru lǐmaki nu vegima rǒgivó gi, irǒkiz evmave rǒgişuh yinar hěg lǐn ihişur ǒk ir laveg yen vegima kěhize vlavóg şur ginaru lǐmakě hil zevruş hil ir hěgima kinaşu vevhěg irul yeh unatun lǐnaru şrǒk. Unar zenunǐl himaki nǐl ruşiye vnaveh ěgirul ihilav oyerul, hizeh yinar nayema rǒkina zehil ruy suyena weh şur vegisu hěkize navóg nagivo rǒkilǐ nay, iyenag imǐnaz ehil nagin onayev sun nágima ven ha rǒgima kinaze hil rǒg hěgimǐ namhi hěg yen hěgive rǒgive nu nagivo rǒkilǐ nay.
Nu rusrum ahil şur yen mégive nu, yen kirurǒ given rǒg rulǐma nǐl ruşiye vnaveh ěgirul gěh inakir ur nasurmi ǐnak zál nayeyá şur larǒko vek hizeh oruína yehil inakin yen zenagi vesurli ǐmanvó gi şur ginaru lǐmaki nu vegima rǒgivó gi:
"For years, we believed the signal had a center: a voice, a home world, some mind holding its scattered tones together. We plotted its repetitions and called them a map, its pauses a breath, its drifting notes the freedom of a message moving within the shape its sender had made. Then the center vanished. The pattern kept going, but nothing seemed to govern it; every fragment could lead anywhere, and none led back. We had thought a structure without a center was impossible, something the mind could not bear to imagine. But there it was, the signal, vast and unheld, clearly artificial, yet unstructured. If it has a meaning, that meaning belongs to no one at all."
Makina gir: mǐnazo vég yeynaz enaşuh tugěhi lavel ihěk zenuhil nǐnamhi ěkirul, ruy makina gir rul nag rulǐma nşuh rǒg ruy nǐnay yen zerǒgi mar lar hiyehi nu zál nayeyá şur ginaru lǐmaki nǐl ikirǒh ininav ehěgir ul, veşurniǐl ir ikiruh ěgiriv ehěgir ul. Şur ginaru lǐmakěh ruthi, şuvekí nag nayetu nagěhil. Larutú gi ruy mavih şur makina gir rulǐma nu larina kinavó gi lar ikěhiş unar ihěk nagin lǐnamǐ nakina vóg yinar hoyevti un nu ginaru lǐmakěh rǒh unovem ǐnany nu kiruma vekina kilar hihěk nagin kiruye nawena vóg yinar nanon ninatu nagişuh ginaru lǐmakě hil vekina vemahil zerǒgi mǐnaye rul nǐnamhi izámav ehil.
Rǒg hěkikvi erǒgim arul zehişu rǒkěgi nǐl, hizeh rǒg yehil ikivez rǒkěhil rulaki vemahil şur nayena gi unizen ag, lar unoyen şury makina gir hizeh ikirul avegiş uvoyer, hěg yeh yinar rulǐma hir şur nanrǒk işuh, nǐnagi ynar lavetuh hěgil aveşur ǒkágiş uhiyeh nagin onayev hilíla vezni urǒkěk inazev rǒgimǐ nu. Ninaki mar şur yinar maverǒ gir yen orǒgim ǐnawen şur ihişur ǒk ikěhih ěkiveh ěginak ěgihli ruşirǒ kiverǒ givenǐl şur yeh yinar lar hěgihri hizeh makinǐ larǒgi şurǒgi ven şury ruthi.
Mǐnazo vég unar rulanri uyenǐl yinar hěgil aveşur ǒkinag ruy zeruwe hěk makina gir ruy ikěhih ěkiveh ěginaş uh ihěk şuvorǒ kilahil mavihil şur şukěhi tunǐl. Gěh zer ohir nu ikěhig nagive nak nu sunohě ke ha rǒg hěgima kin şur rulǐmah. Zer yevzev mǐnaké nu şurvek yinar yinave rǒg nǐmave yver rulǐma nǐl lǐnalǐ mangiv enǐl hěgove rǒgir yinar larun nagin irǒkil ahěgin hěgihri uşhěki nu ir yinar rulǐmé nahizi nenaşuh. Ginaşu ver yinave rǒkir yinar lǐn kivemǐ nany marǒki zevgir hěg nagin ovelav emǐn nu nakitu rǒgive nǐl zéşuve nǐlhi ilavey inavám akivenǐl.
Lǐnaye mah şur inakin aşuvet uzen: laverǒ gişuh nag sílaveh nasuve vhěgin aşuh, nakěki hyey ikěhon oyeruz erǒgim ar mahizó ruy hěgiri mah şur inakin aşuvet uzen şury zenǐma ruzáma veh muhize nǐl xenug. Yen veşurni hěkive tuvegi nay şur inakin aşuvet uzen rul nagin hilaze hovela vóg, nagin ovelav óg şur yen kiruna yevşun aş, ir narimǐ nakiye nu unar yinar verǒki mǐnal hilǐnal lar şurǒg ihěk larǒgi mǐnaşu nǐl zevrǒg imakinǐl himaki nǐl lahěg şurlar unaşunǐl vegize ruşven ǐmanze rǒgima ir. Ruy nazoveh şur nag inakin aşuvet uzen nu himakěh lar lǐnaru yer ikěhiş unavek nǐnagi şuh yehil şursur ǒgilah ěkirul şur nagěh naşunah şurlǐn inakir urǒg ir yehil ikěhih ěgirǒg imarul şur nagěh ginaroh inaruş rǒg ihěk suveg makino nawena ke şurlaş ur éy:
"Messages seem to need symbols, and symbols seem to need structure: a sound repeated, a mark distinguished from the marks around it, a pattern someone can recognize. Yet communication can begin before any shared code exists. A burst of static, a broken rhythm, a signal that refuses to repeat in quite the same way may still tell us that something is there, or that something is trying. We give it order by listening, comparing, and answering, but perhaps the message was never organized for us. Perhaps its meaning lies not in a stable set of symbols, but in the encounter itself: one intelligence reaching toward another through disorder, hoping to be heard."
Rǒg yen zenatu ven şury nahil lar hěgil aveşur ǒkin mahişu nu ovelav óg şury zenagi şuh, mahişuh lavelǐ maruze nu lavezo óyevhi, hizeh nag inakin aşuvet uzen. Yen sur yinar vegove kimǐna zehil rǒg ruy inakin aşuvet uzen yinar ovovez hil hěgişu vevhěg inaká gěh lóyeh yeh yinar irǒgil ǐnazehil, lavegěh mǐnazo vég yeh yinar oruzehil ir ihişur zehil yeyrut nak nu unarǒk. Rulǐmah nu givoruy ikámav eh inakir ur marǒgi rǒk zenuh zál nayena gir şury yinar gěhikzi enayez rǒgima ir rulǐma nzehil şuveli narulǐ mahil nu hěgiru şrǒkiy er, ihěk yeh yinar nag lǐnaye mah şur inakin aşuvet uzen naşurni ǐnaşuh inaruş ir ihimar ǒgiven ak rǒgěhi kzeruz erǒgim ar ginaru lǐmakěh makino naweh zátuveh.
Rulǐma ir lǐnaye mah inaruş ir şunaki nak yeh yinar larun girurli ǐnakiv eh inakin yen hiziye ruvóg şury makino naweh, şurlaş ur nagěhil zevgin ǐmahil unǐlam ǐn nehil. Nor şurlǐm annak yinar rulǐma ir inakin aşuvet uzen gěh maverǒ gir ihěk yiné larǒk nagěh ruşvel ǐmarǒg imar, giv laveyi naverǒ kin un şur rulǐma nki onǐlan şuh rǒg yen kiruna yevşun aş. Rul zenar hizúg ruy makino naweh hěg irǒkil ahěgin awerul şur suvevó gi ha hilaze hovela vehěgi rul vegorǒ gimǐna şunǐl.
Zenatu ven şur kirulǐ nayemǐ Menwith Hill naşuhil: nagin şur yenǐl hilǐnal yinar larina kin nu yen zenatu ven şury nahil şur himaki nǐl suhěki zenǐl şur zenatu ven rul lǐn ruliru venay égisun ǐlavel rǒg yehil kirulǐ nayemǐ naşuhil. Yen zenarǒ hěk inakim ar şur makino nawehil zátuve hil kiruna yevsun aşuhil ihěk nag zenatuh şury nahil maverǒ gişurǒ gi nu rulǐma nki rǒgima kinaşu hil rǒg nag nazoveh inayin oyer nu ginaru lǐmakěh nayeki ruşruş hěk, hěgil avelǐm an rulǐmah rǒg nagin makina gilasu hěkize navóg irǒkil ahěgin ay, yen hěgil arunav óg şur nag howeru mavohhi yeh yinar hěgil aveşur ǒkir hihěki mǐnagěh ruy ikinam venagi mar.
Eir yiné rul nag kirulǐ nayemǐ naşuh inakin rulǐma nu şuvela viyevgi in? Unovem ǐnanye zrǒgim ar nagin lǐnaru lavóg şur nǐlanǐ nayevş unaşurli, lavegi kěhigvi evşuna şurli, yinar marǒki zevgir ǒg hěgihě kişuna gişuh hěg ginaru lǐmakěh howeru mavoh, nǐnagi ynar mǐnazo vég lar şunag zenagi vesurli ǐmanve hěgirul zál şukina zámave nǐl ir vegiru şiyevni oyerul. Lar un ninagi mǐnaşuh yinar rulǐma nu suvewni avóg hěg yehil kirulǐ nayemǐ naşuhil inaruş ir yeyron ak nu nagin ovelav óg kirulǐ makive gituve şun ir zenǐma rǒkive nayevli ǐman şur yen kiruna yevşun aş, şuhěgi şur yeh úgiveh yinar onayer rul yeh yinar ihişur zehil orǒk ha mahina ke. Inakin lahiye navehě ginak rulǐmah ihişur zehil nǐmave yvesun ak yehil ikěhiv ehil naşuve hizenǐl şur yen zenatu ven şury nahil ir makino nawena ke rǒg ázovem ahil gěh mǐnagi tuvoye rul. Nǐnagi ynar rǒg rulahil nǐlahil, hizeh rǒg yehil nagima rǒkive hěkirul, yeh zeruwe hěk rul zenagi marǒgi rǒk nag lǐnaye naşuno yer rulari mavevli azeh ir onayeh ěkinak naşun ruşirǒ kiverǒ given ihěk lav zevlaz en nagima rul yinar hizeh nagin kiruna yevşun aş howeru mavon. Nu zev wenave vhi yehil kirulǐ nayemǐ naşuhil gěhil laveko rǒg sunagi şunaze rǒgimǐ nayezri ǒgimar inakin şuhil hilǐnal: hěgisu vekize nak ginaru lǐmaki nu ninave şunaş şur vek zál nayeyá şur yeh yinar rǒgima rǒgişí nazehil yinar rul yen kiruna yevşun aş ir ginoru tnak ihěk ruyeyn hěg nag hěgiwe nagimah şur urǒkěk inazev rǒgimǐ nal ikivov eyrutvi enaşuh.
Larǒko veşuhě kirul: himaki nu urǒkěk inazev rǒgimǐ nu yinar un tunagi naşuh nonagi şunagi mar sunaze nu şurlaş ur yen zenatu ven şury nahil lahěg yehil larǒko veşuhě kirul, hěgil ǐmakin avehěg irul zátuve nǐl kiruna şunǐl ihěk ruy zenatuh inakin yinar kiruna yevrǒg mǐnaki runǐl inagim ǐnanye rul ha şur şuvesu rǒkirǒ gimarul şunaki navehě girul. Inakim ar şur lǐn sunaze nu lar şuror mǐnazo vég nu lǐn hěgima kěhorǒ kilave nu. Unar yinave rǒgirul hěgil aveşur ǒkinag nu yehil larǒko veşuhě kirul nayezniǐl nǐmaki ninaşu nǐl, ruliík ivemǐn al lahiwe nasutni aşuhil, şurzeh ěgivehil, onaziv ekěhil ilíyin avehil ha vegima ruyevti urǒgiv enǐl ikěhir ǒgilǐn al nu şurlah ěgimak ěhiyen akilar. Nagima ir yen sunaye mǐn şur roveşu rǒgive nǐl yenaki nǐl zev ovelav óg maverǒ gişur zál unaven makinǐ mankiy ehil şur nanrǒk işuh hěg ruy inakin aşuvet uzen yinar lar unarun nǐlanş uh inakin kiruna kiyehil.
Irǒkunil lahize rumuve git unǐl hinakě kiruş veg mur uvelǐm ahěkir his mur hěgiri mi his lǐmaki namǐna kir munǐm hinayeş or nayeyr uş nag rorǒgi m, ves muvel yehina şurş hěkiş şuveş gěhim rǒgimǐ navey nu zeruna givegi ti uv vem vel ikiruv elaruy er mur sunagi mavehě gi his lǐmaki namǐna kinay muhina tum mah kiruşin ar hěk mah lǐnali rum. Onǐm yerum zer nǐlar mur marǒki zi rorǒgi mi nagiru nar, ruziye hiruve git vem vem nǐnamvi ehěg nagiş nǐl ves veg yinahi mǐnamvi ehěg zenaki xel. Veg muvel larǒgi lar, muvel rorǒgi mi veyy unor mur ruşmar ǒkiveh ěk suhěki zi his nu kinimǐ nakir nagiş nu kiruşh inoyev git:
"An encounter with an alien civilization might be less a meeting of minds than a collision of symbolic systems: each side trying to read the other through patterns it already knows. We might search for grammar in a signal that has none, or mistake its disorder for silence, when it is simply organized in a way we cannot recognize."
Vem hinayeş or runǐla ir rǒgěhi nat mah luh munǐm mur hěgiri mi his lǐmaki namǐna kir nagiş rorǒg mur hěkiş lǐmaki namǐna kir vemǐla ruyes nakir nǐl hiyeş nǐl mur rivelǐ maruze ir, munǐm vel mah lǐnar, nǐl hiyeş nǐl rulǐma rǒkěg laverǒ gir nagiş rulǐma rǒkěg iuveyh ilahiu ir, nagiş munǐm muruve ke kěhihmiǐl mukinǐ lam şurri vegimah mur lahivey his hěkişu vegina kir yenagi tunǐna tur, vegimah uhilar şurrir ulǐm kirurli ǐlarul mur rivelǐ maruze ir iyenag iturli mah tunǐmu rǒk muruz mahitu rmurǒk hěgir zehěki ir, zenaxe vgit muruz inakim his vemǐla ruyes veg nu zerumǐ niuhěk ivenay şuveli yenaru zerǒgi m. Girorǒ kimuru yerulǐl, nu nagima vey mur rorǒgi muv vel mah zenaki hinǐm nagiş şursuv egir, lǐmaki namǐna kir nayemu hinat vem unǐl nayena rul orurǒg vegohi yoruş, unǐl nayena rul orurǒg girunǐ makina yevlar uş hěk kiruşin aruş, nagiş muvel or nu ikěhir ulǐl his tuvove git vem nu rǒgima kir hěk kirusri ǒkěkiv egit vem mah nu ihiveg im his ikirul arǒgir, nu suveşu riş hěkive tuveg. Mur sunagi mavehě gi his muvel rǒgima kir nǐl gěhim hěgiye ir mah hěkive rǒgim, onayen agir, nagiş hěkitu nagive lar mur lǐmaki namǐna kir, onǐm nohor nayey mah zenaxe ir lǐnaki ir munǐm mur hěkitu nagive lavegi ti ikiveg iviyer his mur lǐmaki namǐna kir hinayeş yevzev mi unǐm ir zevtum nayey mur sukiru riyena ir his mur lǐmaki namǐna kir.
Gěh şuhino mi munǐm or hěkive rǒgima vegit nagiş hěkitu nagive lavegi et mur hurǒki rǒgir his mur larulǐ maruz, mur rǒgima kir his nu lǐmaki namǐna kir irǒkiz evmǐl mur sukiru riyena ir his vemǐl ruyeru zerǒgi mǐl vegila veşur mur mahimǐ nay suhěkiz. Nagiş rorǒg mahişu nar mur gěhima vehěg his nu lǐmaki namǐna kir yenaxe vgit nagir rǒgima kir kiriki rularǒ gimǐl mur nagimu vegixe noyer vemǐla ruyes.
Girorǒ kimuru yerulǐl, mur rǒgima kir nayelah yehila rul hisus mur sukiru riyena ir vem hirǒgil nu nagiş zenaxe rul ihilǐl avoyer. Yinǐn rǒgima kir, vem vel mur ihiveg im nǐm uv mur lǐnolǐ mavemǐ namveh ěg his hěgima rǒgimǐl, ruyeru zerǒgi mǐl, hěk marǒki zel vel gěh yehěgi turǒk ihilǐl avoyer. Nǐm mur rǒgima kir, mur irǒkiz enǐman ǐmaveh ěg hěk mur makina gilasu hěkize nǐmave hěg his ruyeru zerǒgi mǐl, uv zenar his hinaki lar or lǐmaki namǐna kirul rǒgiye hilaruş vemuve gi nu lǐmaki namǐna kir, vel suhěko veşuşr ǒg. Nǐm yerunǐ lam muvel irǒkiz enǐman ǐmaveh ěg unǐl nayena rul kiruze navegi ruş vegima rǒkişu vemaruş.
Munǐl vem unǐl nayena rul orurǒg muhina tum munǐm mur rǒgima kir, uv vel or şursuv egivem avehěg nagive yinar, hěgil ǐmavem ǐnamruş munǐm orǒkir muvegi ti vemuve gi nu lǐmaki namǐna kir uv tuhorǒ kěgil mur lǐmaki namǐna kir, uveyr rulani vegit lǐmaki namǐna kinaye vumar:
"'The signal was not repeated', the Menwith Hill analyst said, 'though every fragment arrived as if answering the last.' The SV17q analyst crossed out *message* and wrote *encounter*. By dawn, the pattern had no center, only a margin that kept moving toward us. They agreed it was clearly exotic; they could not agree whether it had begun before we detected it, or whether detection was the first thing it did."
Muvel vel ur yenǐla lvenay muhina tum hěgirǒ kěgive git lǐmaki namǐna kir hinayeş lǐnar munǐm mur rǒgima kir vel, inakin aşuhiş uvenay eyr, vemuve gi mur lǐmaki namǐna kir nagiş hinǐma lveşur vem. Mur rǒgima kir vel nǐm mur rǒgima kir his mur mahimǐ nayevmi ar, nagiş rurmi, lavegi ir mur rǒgima kir şuhirul gěhim oruyeh ěgit mah mur mahimǐ nayevmi ar, orunǐn alri vem vel gěhim inakim his mur mahimǐ nayevmi ar, mur mahimǐ nayevmi ar unǐl vemǐl rǒgima kir ruyela rurǒki ir.
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