I realize you can just answer, “mysterious aliens beyond our understanding,” but why would a space probe have a mandate of either talk to a whale for 30 seconds or destroy Earth and disable everything in its path on the way to Earth?
Why? What does that achieve?
Swearing they’re aware of, but it’s more of correct colloquial context for the time. It’s been like me going back 40 years and calling someone a fucktard.