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Hey guys, what are your thoughts on the existence of extraterrestrial life and the potential involvement of governments in concealing or studying such entities.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I refuse to believe that we are the only intelligent life in the universe, even though for most humans that bar is pretty low.

When I finally โ€œdieโ€ Iโ€™ll no doubt get kicked back out into the real world and have to plug in another quarter.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You will never die. You will watch everyone else die out over the next million or so years, and then you will be alone until you figure out how to create new people.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Story of all our lives, unfortunately

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

So it would seem.