Kangaroo

T-minus minutes to shell access. T-minus minutes to shell access. T-minus minutes to shell access. T-minus minutes to shell access. What's that for? A visual aid. Look, I'm never gonna be able to speak their words, if they are talking, but they might have some sort of written language or basis for visual communication. Okay. Let's get started. Human. "Human." I'm human. What are you? Human. Oh my god! Are you getting this? Yes, sir! It's uploading back to base camp. Louise, that's incredible. Human. Human. Human. Okay, slow down now. Slow down. I don't wanna take away from your success in there, but Dr. Banks, is this really the right approach? Trying to teach them how to speak and read? That's gotta take longer. You're wrong. It's faster. Everything you do in there, I have to explain to a room full of men whose first and last question is... How can this be used against us? So you're gonna have to give me more than that. Kangaroo. What is that? In 1770 , Captain James Cook's ship ran aground off the coast of Australia, and he led a party into the country, and they met the aboriginal people. One of the sailors pointed at the animals that hop around and put their babies in their pouch, and he asked what they were, and the aborigine said, kangaroo. And the point is? It wasn't till later that they learned that kangaroo means i don't understand. So, I need this so that we don't misinterpret things in there. Otherwise, this is gonna take ten times as long. I can sell that for now. But I need you to submit your vocabulary words before the next session. Fair. And remember what happened to the aborigines. A more advanced race nearly wiped them out. It's a good story. Thanks. It's not true. But it proves my point.