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Noreallyimacat t1_j22qwe3 wrote

Much like how European settlers brought disease to the natives, will future space explorers be decimated by any planets that we find life on?

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MrOrangeMagic t1_j239emr wrote

That is certainly a possibility.

We have seen in history that even the smallest differences in geographical location and population could have created different diseases. If we indeed find life on another planet then there is a big change that they have their own world of diseases, parasites and microorganisms

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