[The Conversation] - First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don’t learn from history
[The Conversation] - First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don’t learn from history
theconversation.com First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don't learn from history
Three Indigenous studies scholars draw from colonial histories and explain why listening for alien life can have ethical ramifications.
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To be fair, science fiction has been trying to tell us this since HG Wells.
5 0 ReplyGiven this, we might find this isn't so theoretical: https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/schumer-rounds-introduce-new-legislation-to-declassify-government-records-related-to-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-and-ufos_modeled-after-jfk-assassination-records-collection-act--as-an-amendment-to-ndaa
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