alien EBE communication and human society (Encountering Otherness as a Waveform)
Encountering Otherness as a Waveform In the light of a wave theory of being Introduction Images of the other and the paradoxical mirroring implied Varieties of encounter susceptible to meaningful framing through wave language Comprehension of wave reality as "experientially otherwise" Wave theory of being? Metaphorical articulation of wave-language bonding through science Wave-language potentially implied in encodings elaborated by cultures Experiencing otherness as wave-like globality Engaging with illness and death as otherness Emergence of Homo undulans -- through a "grokking" dynamic? Dancing with the reality of otherness References Introduction Human civilization has a serious "otherness problem" -- as indicated by the media on a daily basis. The problem is evident in the relationships between the principles and the adherents of the Abrahamic religions in particular. It is also evident in the relations between science and alternative per