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

submitted 10 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] 31 points 10 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] 18 points 10 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] 20 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hot shrimps in your local solar system

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

spicy shrimp!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

i want to fuck the silicate lifeform

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

buddy, they wont even let me fuck it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

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

Until then, we'll have to improvise.