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Today’s topic is: Do you want science to find aliens or find that we are alone in the universe? Does it scare you to think there are likely other beings out there?

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“Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.” So starts H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi War of the Worlds. A hostile entity coming down to Earth from the red planet with no intention or designs beyond the full eradication of humanity.

Alien. Predator. Mars Attacks. Signs. Independence Day. The Thing. A Quiet Place. Time and again, Hollywood has shown us to leave well enough alone. Let’s not attract more attention to our quiet corner of the galaxy. The last thing we need at present is a global threat to humanity to add to the current situation.

But, let’s look at things from the flip side. We’ve spent the last few years in and out of lockdowns, working from home and in isolation. It was a lonely period of time, for quite a long time. Now, imagine that we on Earth are all there is. That there is nothing else ALIVE, not just in the galaxy but the entire universe. For me, that’s a really sobering thought. The sequence of events that created our home and made it suitable for hosting life only managed occurred once anywhere. Across the infinite blackness of space and time, our little rock is the only place hosting life. That’s a hell of a thought. And it really is quite a lonely one, that in all of space, we are alone on this journey through space.