Afrojones66 t1_j1zt3hv wrote on December 28, 2022 at 5:01 PM

A philologist to decipher the language, an astrophysicist to pinpoint where they came from, an epidemiologist to prevent the spread of unknown diseases, a cinematographer to display Earth culture through media to help the aliens understand us, and a stand-up comedian because it would be funny.

Yesberry OP t1_j1zu9vu wrote on December 28, 2022 at 5:09 PM

I agree with the first three, but the last two would be a bit tricky. We don't know about their biology to make the assumption that they will appreciate sight based cues, or at least that in the visible spectrum. Without a common language humor becomes meaningless. (Think about going to a stand-up in a language you have no clue about, let alone any cultural overlap.) It's first contact, so we don't know most things about them.