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Some speculations: To spook enemies of the US and create a mystical aura of superiority around the US military and its capabilities. They're literally creating
by api 3y ago
Some speculations:
To spook enemies of the US and create a mystical aura of superiority around the US military and its capabilities. They're literally creating the impression that the US military has technology beyond the "Clarke threshold." (The Clarke threshold refers to Arthur C. Clarke's maxim that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.")
To shake out moles, spies, and unreliable people / leakers.
As a cover for very terrestrial extremely advanced technology such as hypersonic weapons, drones, laser and directed energy weapons, etc.
To repeatedly float the idea of "alien disclosure" and then dash everyone's hopes in order to discredit the idea of extraterrestrial life and visitation. Why? Maybe they're concerned that we will eventually detect aliens and they want to blunt the cultural impact by making the public skeptical. Maybe they actually do have evidence of aliens (but maybe less sexy than crashed UFO parts) and want to keep it quiet, so they want the topic to be discredited and marginalized. Maybe there's some ideology at play like religious fundamentalism. Why knows.
- afpx 3y agothe US military have been caught off guard several times with newer tech, showing that they’re actually well behind the curve. I don’t think there’s much evidence that they have any advanced tech.
- api 3y agoThey probably both have advanced technology and are caught off guard by other peoples' advanced technology. With China we are already back in a multipolar world.
- afpx 3y agoI’m just saying that I have personally seen high level DoD officials jaws drop after showing them commercial capabilities. (I live in NoVA) A lot of them are still fighting the Soviets
- marktangotango 3y agoCan you relate a specific example of commercial tech the "jaw dropped" some DoD officials? Like what was the tech and what was the venue?
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- afpx 3y agoThink of what you may want to do in an asymmetric war.
- crispyambulance 3y agoAll I can say is that IF there ever is an irrefutable visitation from an alien civilization in the future, it will be shit-show that will never end. I have zero confidence that any government or their populace will be able to handle that realization without going completely bonkers. We simply can't handle it as a civilization. For every sane person who is curious and wants to interact positively with the artifact/being there will be a dozen different types of maniacs out to destroy whatever it is. And if you believe that governments reflect the neurosis of their people, it fundamentally impossible for any government to deal with something like this rationally.
- anon291 3y agoRealistically no one would care. I honestly think some of the 'if we meet aliens there will be moral panic' sentiment is the biggest psyop of all. Most humans realistically would not care unless there was a threat posed.
- nprateem 3y agoHow do you know how people would react? It's never happened before. This is just paternalistic manipulation which by extension means the government should have much more power over people's lives 'for their own good'
- api 3y agoIf the aliens are far away and it's a SETI detection I think we'd manage, but if they are here I think things might get pretty wild.