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IH4v3Nothing2Say t1_ivh0ref wrote

Reply to comment by ilaissezfaire in Scientists are working on an official 'alien contact protocol' for when ET phones Earth by Gari_305

That’s just Hollywood, folklore and other imaginative story tellers. I believe that we hope to at least get a signal back from some location that lets us know we’re not alone. Similar to being stuck out in the ocean all by ourselves with no sight of shore or life at all, just calling out or using flares and hoping for any sort of response.

What’s the worst that can happen? Aliens causing a massive extinction of life on Earth? We’re already doing that ourselves and pretending we’re not. So, I’d say the benefits outweigh the negatives. But, so far we aren’t getting back any responses, and we might not ever either.

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ilaissezfaire t1_ivh1aa9 wrote

I mean, the worst that can happen would be something like a second inquisition but what do I know.

Or parasitic entities that eat us from the inside out while wearing our skin.

I could continue.

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