Would contact with extraterrestrials benefit or harm humanity?
As we approach the weekend, when you will have time to ponder on all the troubles facing the world at present, you might want to add this question to your list of concerns. You will, no doubt, be reassured to know that the issue is the subject of a new report from Shawn Domagal-Goldman of Nasa’s Planetary Science Division and colleagues at Pennsylvania State University.
You can read an article on the report here and, if you’re so inclined, you can access the full report here.
I am reminded of one of my short stories entitled “The Day Of Reckoning”.