(January 31, 2026 at 5:19 pm)Paleophyte Wrote:(January 31, 2026 at 5:03 am)Litmus Wrote: If an alien invasion occurred, what would it mean for humanity and human civilization as we know it? How would our way of life change? Would humanity attempt to defend itself? Does civilization adapt and reorganize, or slowly fracture? I’m interested in realistic perspectives on how humanity and civilization would respond.
The answer to this would depend greatly on a vast number of unspoken assumptions about the goals and technical capabilities of the aliens.
In the end, our microbiomes would likely interact poorly, wiping out both the human race and the invaders. If they were foolish enough to send anything from Earth back to their homeworld, then they've likely doomed their entire species too. I know, not the cinematic ending most people envision, but that's what you get when you make anything other than another bad war movie with alien costumes.
I don't know what the concern is anyway.
We'll just upload a virus to the mothership...
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
