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How would the world react if (when?) we discover incontrovertible evidence of intelligent life on other planets? (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For this hypothetical, let’s say it’s not aliens actually visiting earth. But let’s say JWST finds a planet maybe a few hundred light years away, and we can see lights and cities and maybe spaceships or stuff like that around it. So no contact, but 100% proof there’s intelligent life out there. How would humans (and different groups of humans, like conservative Christians) react to this?

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Lots and lots of agitation about them being a threat. A little bit of discourse on whether they would make good livestock. Most of the progressive currents being driven by people who want to fuck the aliens.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Most of the progressive currents being driven by people who want to fuck the aliens

thats gonna be me, assuming they are hot of course.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hot shrimps in your local solar system

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

spicy shrimp!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

whomst among us wouldn't go for a transplanetary tryst?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

i want to fuck the silicate lifeform

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

buddy, they wont even let me fuck it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Most of the progressive currents being driven by people who want to fuck the aliens.

Until then, we'll have to improvise.