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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] 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I need this to happen

What would happen?

New racism unlocked,
All porn videos titles become "my alien step-[relative] catches me watching alien porn"
"In other news: NASA, brought to you by McWhopper, stated that this new subhuman intelligent species also lives under capitalism, obviously. Coming up: ¿Is China sabotaging our efforts to communicate with the aliens?",
A gazillion new NewAge cults and scams popping up everywhere,
Evangelicals become even more blood-thirst, [I know this is always true no matter what]
Elon do some new stupid scams and cameos in the most racist slop movies ever [also always true]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

kiryu-pain