Sep 5 2011: Doubtful - In an extreme situation where an advanced, tolerant Alien civilization is "discovered", I'd imagine most everyone's head would explode from the sheer awesomeness and inability to comprehend that we really aren't alone in the universe.
Embarrassingly, everyday or so I wish this scenario would play out and e.t.'s would become textbook fact for my own selfish desire that it could humble human kind, thus dissolving cultural, economic, & religious differences and tension. Wishful thinking.
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Embarrassingly, everyday or so I wish this scenario would play out and e.t.'s would become textbook fact for my own selfish desire that it could humble human kind, thus dissolving cultural, economic, & religious differences and tension. Wishful thinking.