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Published: Oct. 25, 2019, 5:45 p.m.

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People always ask me how I think humanity will react if we discover life somewhere out there in the Universe, whether it\\u2019s bacteria under the surface of Mars, a biosignature of alien life in the atmosphere of another world, or a radio signal from another civilization.

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Will our civilization lose its collective mind and have a temper tantrum on a global scale? Will we become one of those purge planets from Rick and Morty?

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Will the discovery suddenly end all religion, as we wait for guidance from our new alien overlords?

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Will we gather together as a species to present a common front to whatever cosmic horrors await us beyond the Solar System?

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In my opinion, if I could sum up the collective response in a single word, it would be: meh.

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References:
\\nhttps://www.cnn.com/2019/09/30/us/nasa-life-on-mars-jim-green-scn-trnd/index.html
\\nhttp://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47015
\\nhttps://archive.org/details/marsabodeoflife00loweiala/page/n8
\\nhttps://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/im-convinced-we-found-evidence-of-life-on-mars-in-the-1970s/
\\nhttps://www.lpi.usra.edu/lpi/meteorites/The_Meteorite.shtml
\\nhttps://www.astrobio.net/mars/the-continuing-controversy-of-the-mars-meteorite/

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