You don’t. NASA and especially media do.
Why I hope the search for extraterrestrial life finds nothing
And, again, whether or not they do has zero relevance to what the actual truth is. You’re acting like what people believe or want to believe is going to change the great filter.
That’s not what hope is for.
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You don’t. NASA and especially media do.
Why I hope the search for extraterrestrial life finds nothing
And, again, whether or not they do has zero relevance to what the actual truth is. You’re acting like what people believe or want to believe is going to change the great filter.
That’s not what hope is for.