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Re:NASA spacecraft to probe possibility of life in Europa's ... by mxkopy on Wednesday September 25, 2024 @09:30PM (#41653627)
I think the general vibe most people have would change if aliens were actually real

This is like saying the normal people in the Marvel Universe are basically no different than people in ours, which I guess is true but only in the most superficial anti-imaginative way

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Re:NASA spacecraft to probe possibility of life in Europa's ... by simiones on Thursday September 26, 2024 @06:22AM (#41656667)
If we knew for a fact there was an alien society living lives similar to ours on some planet, sure, I agree.

But if we found out that there are bacteria-like micro-organisms on Europa, or even "fish" in the oceans there, I don't agree that this would change anything in the outlook of the vast majority of people on Earth, even subtly.

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