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by AlexSW 1288 days ago
Glad it made a bit of sense! But that's a fair point about whether it really constitutes 'understanding'.

I suppose it's equivalent here to whether knowing the meaning of a particular sentence in the alien language qualifies as understanding it, vs being able to meaningfully speak about it in this alien language, and use the sentence in a conversation. Seems like just semantics to me.