From: Dan Cook (coachmusicdan_at_earthlink.net)
Date: Sun Jul 18 2004 - 21:51:34 PDT
> I'd love to hear other people's opinions on this. Would the
> confirmation of the existence of any kind of extraterrestrial life
> permanently change us?
Cynicism causes me to anticipate our species' reaction to this
potential announcement.
YAWN....wake me when they start wearing bikinis or promise to give away
a million dollars to the one who can convince the greenest Martian to
marry them.
Even amongst well educated friends, discussion of the discovery of
ammonia has brought bewilderment regarding my excitement.
After all, we've already had a dreadful Hollywood "movie" about the
discovery of microbes on Mars. If Val Kilmer can't get people
interested, what chance does the ESA have?
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