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What do we do if SETI is successful?

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174 points leephillips | 1 comments | 20 Oct 25 17:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.341s | source
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Simulacra ◴[21 Oct 25 19:16 UTC] No.45660321[source]▶
Isn't that what the movie Contact was about?

In all seriousness, I think if we did receive something, it would be classified immediately, and the government, or governments, will move very swiftly with a heavy hand to silence the discovery. At the very least until they know exactly what it is, what it is conveying, and how to respond.

That said, I think that if it got out, a lot of people would absolutely lose their snot. Completely. It would be chaos in some places.

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1. flux3125 ◴[21 Oct 25 20:01 UTC] No.45660943[source]▶
>That said, I think that if it got out, a lot of people would absolutely lose their snot. Completely. It would be chaos in some places.

It would definitely be the most important discovery ever made and would move some billions of dollars, but realistically I think people would just carry on with their lives (assuming physical contact with them is impossible in a lifetime).