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Torchlight

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3. I'm agnostic about the existence. I'm guessing it's there, but I doubt I'll ever know
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 11:46 AM
Aug 2025

I suspect they might exist, but I doubt I’ll ever know for sure.

That said, I often find myself fascinated by the idea of our collective reaction if we were to make contact someday. The moment our species comes to a shared realization would be… unimaginable to me. Some people would respond with fear and chaos, others with hope and wonder. Witnessing the full spectrum of human reaction to something entirely unprecedented in the history of the human race, something we have zero experience with and no framework to anticipate, could be almost as fascinating as the event itself.

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I agree Blue Full Moon Aug 2025 #1
BREAKING: Webb Telescope takes 1st look at comet 3I/ATLAS BoRaGard Aug 2025 #2
I'm agnostic about the existence. I'm guessing it's there, but I doubt I'll ever know Torchlight Aug 2025 #3
If you've never seen the movie "Contact" you might want to check it bc it partly shows various people's reactions electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #9
They now believe they can see so far back Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2025 #17
Being a daughter of the "show me state", raised to think critically but keep an open mind... Attilatheblond Aug 2025 #4
Wow. electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #8
Living close to bases in California made for some mighty interesting sky watching. Attilatheblond Aug 2025 #10
I'll bet!.... electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #20
I think we are much more tiny physically, and metaphorically as well Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2025 #21
As Rummy put it, gab13by13 Aug 2025 #5
One of the (or the only) true thing he ever said electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #6
I love your 'poem'! I'd like to add one of my favorite sayings, that 'The more you know, the less you know!' SWBTATTReg Aug 2025 #13
I would be VERY surprised to find out we are alone the. it comes to the 'higher' lifeforms. OldBaldy1701E Aug 2025 #7
This documentary helped tilt the balance for me: Ariel Phenomenon TheRickles Aug 2025 #11
Wow...they came to let the children know, we are harming the planet 🌎 questionseverything Aug 2025 #19
Dr. John E. Mack, MD of Harvard U investigated the case and helped the kids cope. Kid Berwyn Aug 2025 #24
Way back in the 60s Katcat Aug 2025 #12
Albuquerque 1984 Ponietz Aug 2025 #14
First thing I thought--Arthur C Clarke's "Rendevous with Rama" HuskiesHowls Aug 2025 #15
You might be interested in the book "In Plain Sight" by Ross Coulhart... electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #16
Entertaining this idea is fun PCIntern. bronxiteforever Aug 2025 #18
It was a long time ago madamesilverspurs Aug 2025 #22
I saw one when i was in high school. The next day the local paper reported that 13 people had reported a UFO Amaryllis Aug 2025 #23
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