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If these were in fact extraterrestrial, I'd estimate it will probably take 40 years or more for the majority of people on the planet to have always lived with s

If these were in fact extraterrestrial, I'd estimate it will probably take 40 years or more for the majority of people on the planet to have always lived with some knowledge of these orbs, (and lived in peace with them) and contact would be postponed until it's the most obvious thing in the world to everyone. If you've ever acclimated an animal or trained one, it takes time for them to adapt to change, and if they travel the distances we can infer, they've got the time. This would imply that you are under 25 today, you will probably encounter aliens in your lifetime. If we aren't certain about extraterrestrial life by 2065, I'd be very surprised. Given the distances such a species must travel and how far apart they must be from one another in such diverse physical conditions, their ethics and beliefs are probably indexed on sustainable existence - typically being the only instances of themselves in a given solar system. Without some thread of continuity through time and space and a way to feed back their distant discoveries and development across their species, extinction across solar systems would seem like a constant risk for them. Favourite friday topic.

tkiolp4 3y ago
If there’s extraterrestrial life that can manage to travel to earth… then they probably have the tech to acclimate humans in 0.5 seconds using extraterrestrial drugs.
friend_and_foe 3y ago
There are two options when it comes to knowing about aliens: "yes there are" and "we still don't know." Considering only one of those has any finality, theres a very large chance that the "we don't know" status quo continues for a very long time. It is highly unlikely that we know one way or another within 32 years.
- motohagiography 3y ago
  If they are revealing themselves now, I'm saying if your culture is acclimated to something for 40 years, it's all they know. Sort of like wandering for 40y in the desert to create a new culture, the outcome is the same, where it's the minimum amount of time for people to not completely freak out from an ontological change as radical as the one represented by said orbs if they were extraterrestrial. The difference between "aliens invaded us!" and, "those things that were always around? yeah, turns out they were fine." is about 40 years.

tkiolp4 3y ago

If there’s extraterrestrial life that can manage to travel to earth… then they probably have the tech to acclimate humans in 0.5 seconds using extraterrestrial drugs.

friend_and_foe 3y ago

There are two options when it comes to knowing about aliens: "yes there are" and "we still don't know." Considering only one of those has any finality, theres a very large chance that the "we don't know" status quo continues for a very long time. It is highly unlikely that we know one way or another within 32 years.

motohagiography 3y ago
If they are revealing themselves now, I'm saying if your culture is acclimated to something for 40 years, it's all they know. Sort of like wandering for 40y in the desert to create a new culture, the outcome is the same, where it's the minimum amount of time for people to not completely freak out from an ontological change as radical as the one represented by said orbs if they were extraterrestrial. The difference between "aliens invaded us!" and, "those things that were always around? yeah, turns out they were fine." is about 40 years.