If we found out aliens sorta like us existed would your life change?

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Sleestak

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Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: Sleestak
Originally posted by: imtim83
Like would you panic,etc. I wouldn't mind it at all.
I would love and pet them and treat them like I do animals. You know that animal life is more important than human life don't you imtim83?

who are you trying to mock, because it sure as hell ain't any animal rights groups i know of.
imtim83. I saw some threads of his on here where he rambles on and on about animal life being equal to ,if not more important, and as valuable as human life.

 

Azraele

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Originally posted by: gopunk
btw, i would want to meet them if i knew they were peaceful
Peaceful and could be rest assured they didn't carry some alien contagion.
 
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Originally posted by: imtim83
JeffreyLebowski well don't you ever wonder what else is out there? I mean like everything. Who knows they may be more than just that. Who knows what else

I've always wonder what's out there. and i believe there are aliens out there. But human nature is one of aggression. If we do somehow fix all our probs here, and become a space faring race, we'll find someting out there to fight over. Beliefs, resources(most likely this one)

 

gopunk

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Originally posted by: Sleestak
Originally posted by: gopunk
Originally posted by: Sleestak
Originally posted by: imtim83
Like would you panic,etc. I wouldn't mind it at all.
I would love and pet them and treat them like I do animals. You know that animal life is more important than human life don't you imtim83?

who are you trying to mock, because it sure as hell ain't any animal rights groups i know of.
imtim83. I saw some threads of his on here where he rambles on and on about animal life being equal to ,if not more important, and as valuable as human life.

oh ok :)
 

gopunk

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Originally posted by: Azraele
Originally posted by: gopunk
btw, i would want to meet them if i knew they were peaceful
Peaceful and could be rest assured they didn't carry some alien contagion.

yea.. ok i'll generalize it to: i would want to meet them if i knew nothing bad would happen to me as a result of it.
 

BaliBabyDoc

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Of course my life would change. When the entire population of planet Earth goes to war with "others" from "out there" everybody's life would change. Do you really believe that the encounter would be peaceful?

What exactly does sorta like us mean? Some nice, some mean? Invariably someone on their planet (or ours) would claim the other is making WMD and insist on the right for pre-emption against a society with a clear history of aggression. If they are too much like us it's only a matter of time before we would find something to fight over.
 

CaesarX

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Don't we already know that they exist? :confused: Come to think of it, if they stumbled upon our planet and turned on CNN, they would probably be the ones in panic. :D
 

Mavrick

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It would probably unite Earth, but unfortunalely because of fear. A massive worldwide military buildup would follow to counter the menace (because unknown is always dangerous and threatening), and maybe a war would be fought. The thing is, the Aliens would find us would probably not be hostile, but much more advanced than us...

If WE find a lifeform though, we would probably unite, but to a lesser extend and be peaceful with the Aliens. The problem is that, if they are intelligent lifeforms (and not just cells), THEY would be afraid and build a defense against us.
 

Zebo

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My brother thinks there are aliens running around in human form. Luckily he's an artist/jewerly maker in sedona AZ so no one there seems to think he's odd.