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Old 30-August-2006, 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by snabald View Post
Let's pretend that all of a sudden we had physical and undeniable proof that a civilization other than our own once existed.

What would humanity's reaction be?
The stock market would go haywire. A large number of corporate-minded people would struggle to get first crack at the artifact so they could exploit alien science. They'd go nuts trying to make sure that the existence of advanced aliens wouldn't compromise our "way of life".
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