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How would mankind react if the existence of extraterrestrial life was confirmed?
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skydiver30960, in The Bonfire
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QuoteFear is a greater motivator than fun...I think if nothing else it would centralize out focus & efforts outward instead of inward at each other.
"Fear" of future death, pain, loss of freedom, etc. is what sets us apart from other species. It's also the basis for many of our societal ills as this fear can be exploited and the the most valuable resource on earth, human labor, can be controlled.
We live in times where we are contantly being told about some thing we should fear..... can't say I've seen the human condition improve all that much as a result.
Sure, you hold a gun to someones head and you can change thier behavior. People will respond to fear as a stimulus... but it does not change our nature.
To paraphase a friend of mine on this subject, "the best thing aliens could do for earth upon arrival is to wipe out humans.".... I'm inclined to agree.
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To the original question.... I think responses would be a mixed bag.
rehmwa 2
Quote...we'd have to be pretty conceded to think it didn't happen elsewhere.
I'll just have to give you that one. Not an argument I'd lie down on the tracks to fight. You win.
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Sure, you hold a gun to someones head and you can change thier behavior. People will respond to fear as a stimulus... but it does not change our nature.
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When you change someone's behavior through fear, you do affect their nature...raising kids as an example.
Both personally and culturally, wars have proven that since the beginning of man's time here.
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QuoteQuoteQuoteQuoteI think we would try to kill them off.
Well, I don't think you've thought that through.
If you look at the history of the universe, we're pretty later comers to the game. Odds are any other civilization we could contact are at least as or, far more likely, far more advanced than we are.
Now, look at the history of the Earth and what happens when a more advanced civilization meets a lesser advanced one. Almost without exception, the lesser advanced civilization gets slaughtered.
We have no means whatsoever to travel to any other solar system, yet it's entirely possible (not likely, but possible) they have the means to travel to ours.
How, precisely, do you intend on killing them?
Do you truthfully think we're been visited already?
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Can you explain how primitive humans created the pyramids, stonehenge, and other engineering feats without help?
Slavery...it gets shit done.
QuoteQuoteI think we would try to kill them off.
Well, I don't think you've thought that through.
If you look at the history of the universe, we're pretty later comers to the game. Odds are any other civilization we could contact are at least as or, far more likely, far more advanced than we are.
Now, look at the history of the Earth and what happens when a more advanced civilization meets a lesser advanced one. Almost without exception, the lesser advanced civilization gets slaughtered.
We have no means whatsoever to travel to any other solar system, yet it's entirely possible (not likely, but possible) they have the means to travel to ours.
How, precisely, do you intend on killing them?
With a gun!
If some other life form showed up on earth tomorrow we would probably "try" to kill it off. Not worth the risk of what it might do. It would be better to kill it off and study it than to wait and see what it does. Don't you ever watch movies?
Coreece 190
QuoteSo, y'know, stop whining and grow a pair
Ahhh, that felt good...
I'm not gonna lie Jakee...I miss it.
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Well a) they're different things and b) people who claim they've been visited by aliens have far fewer supporters and more widespread mockery than people who claim to have seen angels. So, y'know, stop whining and grow a pair
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