[balakk]

There will be contact with an alien civilization, the kind of which we haven't ever thought about.

[fogihujy]

Care to elaborate?

[brianjunyinchan]

The intended meaning might rely on remaining vague. The book Rendezvous with Rama gives the reader a similar feeling—experiencing something so alien that our brains can’t quite appreciate fundamental dynamics or concepts (separate from technology)

[fogihujy]

Ah, so to rephrase: We'll encounter alien life, so unlike any life that we currently know, that it'll be, well, life as we _don't_ know it?