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alien

C1
UK /ˈeɪliən/US /ˈeɪliən/
adjective

strange and frightening; different from what you are used to

noun

a person who is not a citizen of the country in which they live or work

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Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson | TED
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If you were to visit education as an alien and say "What's it for, public education?"

Do schools kill creativity?

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And so we have to—you know, people talk about the sort of great filters, the things that perhaps we talk about in the Fermi paradox: Where are the aliens?

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