https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFRLnDtAGg0

People always ask me how I think humanity will react if we discover life somewhere out there in the Universe, whether it’s bacteria under the surface of Mars, a biosignature of alien life in the atmosphere of another world, or a radio signal from another civilization.

- Will our civilization lose its collective mind and have a temper tantrum on a global scale? Will we become one of those purge planets from Rick and Morty?

- Will the discovery suddenly end all religion, as we wait for guidance from our new alien overlords?

- Will we gather together as a species to present a common front to whatever cosmic horrors await us beyond the Solar System?

 

In my opinion, if I could sum up the collective response in a single word, it would be: meh.

 

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