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First contact with aliens could end in colonization and genocide if we don't learn from history

  • Written by David Delgado Shorter, Professor of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, University of California, Los Angeles
imageSETI has been listening for markers that may indicate alien life -- but is doing so ethical?Donald Giannati via Unsplash

We’re only halfway through 2023, and it feels already like the year of alien contact.

In February, President Joe Biden gave orders to shoot down three unidentified aerial phenomena – NASA’s title for UFOs. Then,...

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