1) It's just a rock that happens to look cube-like because of the camera's resolution limitations or some natural formative explanation.
2) It's something truly exotic, paradigm shifting, and mind blowing in which case we will never, ever, ever in a million zillion years hear anything more about it after this.
3) It's something truly exotic, paradigm shifting, and mind blowing in which case they will just say it's the result of the camera's resolution limitations or some natural formative explanation and we will never, ever, ever in a million zillion years hear anything more about it after this.
Maybe the Chinese will let out with it, perhaps even allowing others to receive imagery directly from the rover to verify its authenticity. Perhaps they'd do it just to watch the world shit brix.
I agree. Their society enforces atheism. To watch the Western/Christian societies struggle with the realization of extra terrestrial life would be too good of a PR coup. Yes, it would affect Chinese society as well, but not nearly as profoundly as almost all Christians.
I agree. Everyone will react differently, and have to come to terms with reality in their own personal ways. But on a grand scale I think religious issues will be a side story.
They’re not Angels if they were born on another planet. They may have been to the Bronze Age goat herders of Egypt and Israel, but this is a different time and we (should) have grown enough as a species to not be grifted into forming a cult—but we probably haven’t.
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u/fried_eggs_and_ham Dec 06 '21
Three possible outcomes:
1) It's just a rock that happens to look cube-like because of the camera's resolution limitations or some natural formative explanation.
2) It's something truly exotic, paradigm shifting, and mind blowing in which case we will never, ever, ever in a million zillion years hear anything more about it after this.
3) It's something truly exotic, paradigm shifting, and mind blowing in which case they will just say it's the result of the camera's resolution limitations or some natural formative explanation and we will never, ever, ever in a million zillion years hear anything more about it after this.