# What do you think would be humanity’s reaction to the discovery of extraterrestrial life?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 10, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-humanity-s-reaction-to-the-discovery-of-extraterrestrial-life/824306 "2018-11-10T17:11:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cathy967](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Cathy967](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cathy967)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-humanity-s-reaction-to-the-discovery-of-extraterrestrial-life/824306/1 "2018-11-10T17:11:03Z")

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Pondering #2

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-humanity-s-reaction-to-the-discovery-of-extraterrestrial-life/824306/2 "2018-11-10T17:13:38Z")

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Define life. Unicellular or non-intelligent? Probably minor news after a few weeks.

Technological intelligent life? Probably much more intense. especially if they are more advanced than we are.

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-would-be-humanity-s-reaction-to-the-discovery-of-extraterrestrial-life/824306/3 "2018-11-10T18:56:31Z")

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**Mod Hat On**

Cathy967, we expect more effort when starting a thread. Brief OPs with no explanations don’t cut it.

Slow down, create fewer threads, but give more thought and attention into fleshing out the ones you do start.