I think it would be a disaster. The extraterrestrials would probably be far in advance of us. The history of advanced races meeting more primitive people on this planet is not very happy, and they were the same species. I think we should keep our heads low.

The process of scientific discovery is as important as the discovery itself, for it teaches us about the nature of inquiry and the limits of our understanding.

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