Researcher: Humanity ready for aliens

upi ^ | Jan. 12, 2011

[JoeProBono]

DAVIS, Calif.- A California psychologist says human beings may be ready to accept evidence of extra-terrestrial intelligence without widespread panic.

Dr. Albert Harrison of the University of California's Davis campus said such a discovery "may be far less startling for generations that have been brought up with word processors, electronic calculators, avatars and cellphones as compared with earlier generations," The Scotsman reported Tuesday.

Harrison said discovering an alien life-form or signal would be unlikely to cause "widespread psychological disintegration and collapse."

Martin Dominik of Scotland's University of St. Andrews said Earth-like life on planets with similar environments may be a "cosmic imperative" and intelligent extra-terrestrial beings are likely quite similar to humans.

[JoeProBono]

[MarDav]

The legal...or the illegal ones?

[GraceG]

Do they know somethign we don’t know or are they pulling it out of where the aliens supposedly put their probes???

[cripplecreek]

I for one, welcome our new alien overlords. (If they’re hot)

[JoeProBono]

[Beowulf9]

They’ll only work the jobs American’s won’t!

[Daffynition]

I've been ready for years..even have a lunch packed.

[cripplecreek]

"may be far less startling for generations that have been brought up with word processors, electronic calculators, avatars and cellphones as compared with earlier generations,"

This makes the guy sound like a techno bigot. I didn't grow up with all that crap and I've always believed there were aliens in the universe.

[Jeff Winston]

Martin Dominik of Scotland's University of St. Andrews said Earth-like life on planets with similar environments may be a "cosmic imperative" and intelligent extra-terrestrial beings are likely quite similar to humans.

That statement right there demonstrates that Dominik, at least, doesn't have a remote clue.

I think I'm going to get a job being an "authority" and saying the first idiotic thing that comes out of my mouth. No other qualifications needed.

I guess it really is who you know that counts.

[JoeProBono]

[dfwgator]

I suggest their first stop be Washington DC

[JoeProBono]

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[GraceG]

Stop agitating Martian Violence against the Government!

[JoeProBono]

[The Cajun]

Now this is the type of space folk we are really waiting for.
Green beats gray any day of the week.

[JoeProBono]

[eastforker]

I don’t have the pic handy to post but it is an 18th century painting of John the Baptist being baptised at the waters edge with a UFO depicted above him with several beams of light shining down.Why would an artist depict something like that, where would he even get the idea?

[eastforker]

Link to above referenced paintinghttp://ufochristianityconnection.com/comparison-of-baptism-painting-and-china-ufo/

[TomGuy]

Some of us are more prepared than others.