The arts would be the most important, self expression. I'd love to hear what kind of music aliens have created, what they're great stories and history are like. That's what would make us unique, anything we know that is science based would be primitive to them, but our stories and music would  impress them.,(reply>), Dude youre an idiot. They could easily not have ears. They wouldnt think shit about our music. They could easily have other senses and not hearing.,(reply>), If I were an alien I think it would be interesting to dissect a living human. And then perhaps to do genetic experiments on them to combine them with other animals. Just to see how their genome works. Like mutate a person with a spider or other creatures. The movie Fire in the Sky is a good example of experimentation on humans. Aliens may not have a concept of anesthesia like we do. But they could design ways of preventing humans from screaming during the surgery. And there could be some humans can work as intermediaries to give subjects to the aliens. Which is what I would want to do if they were to invade.,(reply>), I have no interest in hearing the stories of a moth or a worm. Even if we spoke the same language we wouldn't understand each other the great stories and art make it easier for humans to relate to each other, but not to other species.,(reply>), Exactly. While it's science that may physically unite us and grant us the ability to be in proximity with each other, and other than language that would allow us to communicate, it's art that would actually create a meaningful kind of bond.<br>While I think I understand a way he could be misinterpreted, in that "Across the universe, an alien has different art, but science and math remains static" and I find that interesting, I often think about.. Idk, for lack of better wording, art in general or its value to create relationships, and particularly encountering extraterrestrial beings and how, of course, after the language hurdle, and just like how now, every guy has that stereotypical friend that "only dates Asian chicks" you'd have one guy friend that only dates alien chicks, anyway.. Joking aside, I think experiencing an alien version or equivalent of their internet would be beyond fascinating. Or just YouTube, Soundcloud, Wikipedia etc.<br>Or even going through their history, things like the hippie movement and Woodstock/Burning Man vs various wars we've been in are pretty drastically different and how we even think about or view ourselves, I'm not sure if that would be intensified or lessened if viewing another species going through cultural changes.