Could an alien species develop advanced technology and space

>>8720065
No.

The language wouldn’t have to be anything like the languages we use, but you can't have any significant level of technology without some kind of widely shared way of conveying detailed information.

>>8720093

>you can't have any significant level of technology without some kind of widely shared way of conveying detailed information

Doesn't that depend on the assumption the beings involved were limited enough in their senses to not pick up on what others were doing by observation instead of communication? Like if nervous systems were externalized in a way where you could tell what another person was thinking, then them telling you what they were thinking wouldn't be necessary.

>>8720106
Telling what someone was thinking would also require whatever displays they make to be structured in a way that you could understand. Basically, you'll end up with a language.

>>8720213

Is the sight of an apple on a tree language?

>>8720219
If your definition of language allows for that, yes! Otherwise no.

>>8720235

I think counting anything you directly sense as language isn't a very good attempt at having a coherent definition of language.

>>8720219
>>8720257
It would be a covert language. Language and thought reduce to the same structure, the former typically referring to externalizing the latter but they're fundamentally the same thing

>>8720065
A hivemind; able to communicate though some sort of link like chemical communication.

It'd basically be an ant colony with a super intelligent queen. The only reason a species like that would space travel would probably just to get more resources with little or no care for anything or anyone else.

>>8720464
I doubt chemical signals can be complex enough to convey information as complex as language, let alone fulfill the needs for advanced technology.

The only real way to avoid a language is if they have a way of transmitting thoughts directly, perhaps with a specialized physical contact. Brains that communicate though radio is a fair bit more fanciful, but sure why not. Both however would probably be codified enough to be equivalent to a language even if we wouldn't easily recognize it as such.