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UFOs, Science, and the Collapse of Trust
For almost 70 plus years, theoretical science has has been selling dreams. When did science stop being merit base?
The revelation of extraterrestrial life wouldn’t necessarily cause society to collapse — but the systems we rely on might, because they were built on a fragile foundation of secrecy and control. It is built on lies. Graft, kickbacks, and the gatekeepers of society have caused more harm propping up ventures that gave humanity nothing. Discovering that governments have misled us is unsettling enough. But realizing that academic institutions and scientific communities may have been complicit in shaping a limited version of reality raises even deeper questions. Imagine if the Catholic Church suddenly declared that the entire Jesus narrative was symbolic rather than historical — how would that reshape belief systems?
Science, once thought to be an unbiased pursuit of truth, has at times been influenced by market forces and grant-driven incentives. This is why Elon Musk has made more progress in space travel in 20 years than NASA has in the past five decades.
What happens when scientists, like political elites, start turning on each other in a moment of reckoning? We may soon find out.
