"Discovery of Alien Life" regarded as 2013 risk factor at the World Economic Forum in Davos, page 2


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reply posted on 11-1-2013 @ 10:30 AM by Waldy
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I think you are reading too much into this. You have to remember there are 7 billion of us and at least 6 billion are tied into religion or philosophy that does not include the rest of the universe. To them earth and maybe our solarsystem is the universe. Education and science literacy is something lacking in todays world and should be tought more instead of religious texts!


reply posted on 11-1-2013 @ 10:32 AM by jonnywhite
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It's also possible that we don't discover ANY other life in our solar system and then this whole "Life doesn't exist elsewhere!" argument will rage with increased vigor.

We don't know yet.

The way my mind works, I just believe life is out there. It's intuition. Science says there're a lot of places out there for life, but it hasn't shown us what the chances are for it being there. This is primarily because our knowledge of the origins of life is severely limited.

So, in a roundabout way, I think life is out there, but science needs evidence.
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reply posted on 11-1-2013 @ 11:37 AM by ImpactoR
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The problem with discovering Earthlike exoplanets in the habitable zones is that - SO WHAT? It's not like with this poor technology anyone is going anywhere... and the current guess of some new KOI planet is just a guess based on the location. Wuth such technology even the speed of light you would never be able to examine even closest planets, yet alone outer...



reply posted on 24-1-2013 @ 04:23 PM by raedar
There is an article linked on another site regarding this that just posted today.

www.educatinghumanity.com...

Critical to note about this years Forum is that the WEF, in their 2013 Executive Summary, scheduled for debate and discussion a number of items under their X Factors from Nature category, and which includes the “discovery of alien life” of which they state: “Proof of life elsewhere in the universe could have profound psychological implications for human belief systems.”


And from the WEF Executive Summary-

X Factors from Nature Developed in partnership with the editors of Nature, a leading science journal, the chapter on “X Factors” looks beyond the landscape of 50 global risks to alert decision-makers to five emerging game-changers: Runaway climate change: Is it possible that we have already passed a point of no return and that Earth’s atmosphere is tipping rapidly into an inhospitable state? Significant cognitive enhancement: Ethical dilemmas akin to doping in sports could start to extend into daily working life; an arms race in the neural “enhancement” of combat troops could also ensue. Rogue deployment of geoengineering: Technology is now being developed to manipulate the climate; a state or private individual could use it unilaterally. Costs of living longer: Medical advances are prolonging life, but long-term palliative care is expensive. Covering the costs associated with old age could be a struggle. Discovery of alien life: Proof of life elsewhere in the universe could have profound psychological implications for human belief systems. The Global Risks report is the flagship research publication of the World Economic Forum’s Risk Response Network, which provides an independent platform for stakeholders to explore ways to collaborate on building resilience to global risks. Further information can be found at www.weforum.org/risk


reports.weforum.org...


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