I really don't think much would change if it happened. There's so little trust in scientific institutions that a good third of the population would instantly declare it fake. Then the other 2/3 would be like "wait aliens exist so why do I still gotta go to work"
I agree. I told people about scientists possibly discovering life in Venus’s atmosphere and none of them cared. I suspect this is because it’s difficult to fit a discovery like that into the culture war. This is possibly why no one really cared about those navy UFOs, which were probably some kind of CIA or MIC op anyway.
Honestly if it's not gonna have a measurable impact on my life I don't think I would really give a shit either. If anything, I'd be mad about it because some dumbass scientist would bring home a sample and that seems like a really awful idea
Assuming we find evidence of alien life and not actual contact, I think this is definitely how Evangelicals in the US will react (complete denial). They have to, because the existence of aliens is theologically very tricky for them to deal with.
And personally, I think we'll see evidence of aliens long before contact. Because of the massive distances involved, if FTL travel is not possible then we could see the lights from alien cities but not be able to contact them.
Theres a good chunk of the population that currently believes in aliens, who would suddenly not if they were presented to them by the government or whatever body is given the charge to announce it.
Basically, yeah, the religious take on it would be the least of the issue
I really don't think much would change if it happened. There's so little trust in scientific institutions that a good third of the population would instantly declare it fake. Then the other 2/3 would be like "wait aliens exist so why do I still gotta go to work"
I think the other 2/3 would more likely be thinking "who cares if aliens exist, I still gotta go to work"
That's what I meant but I phrased it wrong
I agree. I told people about scientists possibly discovering life in Venus’s atmosphere and none of them cared. I suspect this is because it’s difficult to fit a discovery like that into the culture war. This is possibly why no one really cared about those navy UFOs, which were probably some kind of CIA or MIC op anyway.
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Honestly if it's not gonna have a measurable impact on my life I don't think I would really give a shit either. If anything, I'd be mad about it because some dumbass scientist would bring home a sample and that seems like a really awful idea
I think the general mainstream opinion regarding anything to do with space goes back and forth between "oh, kinda cool I guess" and "who cares"
Assuming we find evidence of alien life and not actual contact, I think this is definitely how Evangelicals in the US will react (complete denial). They have to, because the existence of aliens is theologically very tricky for them to deal with.
And personally, I think we'll see evidence of aliens long before contact. Because of the massive distances involved, if FTL travel is not possible then we could see the lights from alien cities but not be able to contact them.
Theres a good chunk of the population that currently believes in aliens, who would suddenly not if they were presented to them by the government or whatever body is given the charge to announce it.
Basically, yeah, the religious take on it would be the least of the issue