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Originally posted by Gazrok
Disclosure would have to be done carefully...start with getting people used to the idea of ET microbes, then maybe ET plants, small animals, etc. on planets other than Earth.... Only THEN, could the people at large handle the idea of ET sentient life actually existing...
Originally posted by GrayFox
I don't see how disclosure would destroy religion. People will just adapt their religious beliefs. Sure, some bad things would happen, committed by people who would probably do bad things anyway, but it's not nearly as bad as it's sometimes made out to be. The world will not end if we learn about the existence of aliens. Religions will not crumble to nothing. They want you to think the world would end. They want people to fear the unknown. Fear causes an easy method of control. If they can control people with that fear, then no one asks questions. It makes cover ups easy.
[edit on 8-5-2008 by GrayFox]
Originally posted by Gazrok
Disclosure would have to be done carefully...start with getting people used to the idea of ET microbes, then maybe ET plants, small animals, etc. on planets other than Earth.... Only THEN, could the people at large handle the idea of ET sentient life actually existing...
I expect it will be an evolution rather than a revolution (unless it's an emergency), kinda like the school system, kindergarten - it's fun, then elementary - still fun, then high school - more serious, and so on and so forth.
Originally posted by iceofspades
Originally posted by prevenge
i just wrote a ton .. and was like.. this is a crappy post.. refreshed the page.. and you had summed up what I wanted to say .
I think it's a good post and a good assertion.
I tend to agree with Grayfox, however. The benefits of certain technologies like extremely efficient power sources and advanced medical devices could save humanity from untimely extinction.
Originally posted by pikypiky
I just received a thought about a term called ‘spoon-feeding’, whereby the minions are slowly introduced to the truth about not being alone in this universe – one at a time. If disclosure were to be done en masse, (like that radio broadcast by H. G. Wells), hysteria and chaos would ensue, I imagine.