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Scientists Debate Humanity’s Response to Possible Intelligent Life Beyond Earth (universalrecord.org)
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[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If we discover intelligent extraterrestrial life, I’m sure the first question our current leaders will ask will be “how do we monetize this?”

[–] MisterD@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

It's like WE are the Farengi from Star Trek