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Hey guys, what are your thoughts on the existence of extraterrestrial life and the potential involvement of governments in concealing or studying such entities.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If aliens had the tech to travel a million light years to visit us, they'd have taken over the planet in an hour.

Lol Too long, 10 minutes?

TBF, it took 2 minutes for aliens to be worshiped as "eye in the sky" in 3bp

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

And that's assuming they're even interested in Earth. They'll probably start by strip-mining Jupiter and/or building a Dyson swarm around the sun.