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Finished the fight on September 26,2007, 10:49pm EST
Remembered Reach on September 15th, 2010 9:30pm EST
Posted by: App L Sawz
Why would the government keep the knowledge of extraterrestrial life from the general population. What do they have to gain from it?
NASA consistently releases new evidence of the possibility of life on other planets. If the government was trying to cover up the knowledge of the existence of alien life, wouldn't they be keeping this from us too?
Well, mass panic could ensue and people might take rash action. Let's face it, we really have no clue how the human race would respond if they knew, for a fact, that there are advanced civilizations that could be amongst them at any time. Pretty sobering thought.
As for the second point, NASA releasing information about the possibility of microscopic life is cool and incredibly non-threatening. They do this because that doesn't scare people. Imagine if they suddenly said "Yup. There's aliens way more advanced than us and not only have they visited us, they're among us right now." Suddenly, people freak out. Or, they may freak out.
Personally, while I can sit here and say I'd welcome news like that, I'm not sure if I really want to know. I mean, something like that would just change everything and is quite scary.
[Edited on 12.13.2012 2:54 PM PST]