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| Subject | Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? |
| From | Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> |
| References | <pc7d5301g00@news1.newsguy.com> <p80o1t.1GG@kithrup.com> <XnsA8D4D2ADF74CBtaustincagmailcom@69.16.179.42> <p81B6z.1BuJ@kithrup.com> |
| Message-ID | <XnsA8D55A180DA69taustingmail@69.16.179.42> (permalink) |
| Organization | Forte - www.forteinc.com |
| Date | 2018-05-01 08:51 -0700 |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote in
news:p81B6z.1BuJ@kithrup.com:
> In article <XnsA8D4D2ADF74CBtaustincagmailcom@69.16.179.42>,
> Ninapenda Jibini <taustinca@gmail.com> wrote:
>>djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote in
>>news:p80o1t.1GG@kithrup.com:
>>
>>> In article <pc7d5301g00@news1.newsguy.com>,
>>> a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens?
>>>>By Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor | April 30, 2018
>>>>07:00am ET
>>>>
>>>>How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens?
>>>>An invasion of Earth by alien flying saucers is a trope of
>>>>science fiction. But what if aliens really did find us?
>>>>
>>>>If aliens reach out to us, what would happen first?
>>>>
>>>>It's a question that has puzzled science fiction fans and
>>>>scientists alike for decades, and we already may have a hint
>>>>of how people will react. On Oct. 30, 1938, a dramatized
>>>>version of the 1898 H.G. Wells novel "War of the Worlds"
>>>>played on the CBS Radio system across the United States. The
>>>>story details how Martians attacked Earth.
>>>>
>>>>The radio broadcast caused a reaction when people mistook it
>>>>for a real radio report, but accounts vary as to how much of a
>>>>reaction. Some accounts describe nationwide panic, while
>>>>others say not very many people actually listened to the
>>>>broadcast. The promise of alien life stars in Episode 1 of
>>>>"AMC Visionaries: James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction,"
>>>>which debuts on AMC tonight. Still, Search for
>>>>Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) researcher Duncan Forgan
>>>>told Space.com the "War of the Worlds" broadcast may be
>>>>instructive to think about as SETI scientists worldwide update
>>>>their "first contact" protocols. [E.T. Etiquette: How Should
>>>>Humanity Interact with Alien Life?]
>>>
>>> And there's an excellent docu-drama about it, "The Night That
>>> Panicked America," now finally available on DVD and other
>>> forms.
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_That_Panicked_America
>>>
>>> When I first saw it on the tube, lo these many years ago, I
>>> was on the edge of my seat, telling myself "There weren't any
>>> deaths, there weren't any deaths." Because it looked damn
>>> likely that there were going to be. (That's not a spoiler,
>>> that's history.)
>>
>>If it claimed there was widespread panic, it's as fictional as
>>the radio broadcast was.
>
> There were patches of panic, one or several people at a time,
> which made for exciting newspaper copy. The docudrama follows
> about five groups of people who reacted to the broadcast in
> various ways -- not counting the guys who were doing the
> broadcasting.
>
Heh. Documentaries aren't what they used to be.
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OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-04-30 08:36 -0700
Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? a425couple <a425couple@hotmail.com> - 2018-04-30 08:38 -0700
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Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-30 21:09 +0000
Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Ninapenda Jibini <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 03:41 +0000
Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-04-30 15:55 -0500
Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-04-30 21:08 +0000
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Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? Jibini Kula Tumbili Kujisalimisha <taustinca@gmail.com> - 2018-05-01 08:51 -0700
Re: OT - How Would Humanity React If We Really Found Aliens? djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) - 2018-05-01 19:37 +0000
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