We're looking for life on other planets. Are we ready to find it?

SORRY BUT THIS IS GENUINELY INSANE BECAUSE IN 1960 ASTRONOMER FRANK DRAKE WAS JUST OUT THERE LISTENING FOR SIGNALS FROM ALIEN WORLDS AND NOW REPORTER BRENDAN BYRNE HAS A WHOLE PODCAST CALLED WHEN WE FIND THEM THAT PICKS UP THAT EXACT SEARCH WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE WE ARE STILL ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS AND THE WHOLE PREMISE IS ASKING WHAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN IF WE FINALLY FIND SOMETHING AND WHETHER HUMANITY IS EVEN READY FOR IT AND THE THING IS WE DO NOT EVEN KNOW THE ANSWER YET SO NOW HE IS ASKING WHAT COMES NEXT IF A SIGNAL ACTUALLY COMES THROUGH WHICH MEANS WE ARE SEARCHING THE STARS WHILE STILL WONDERING HOW WE WOULD HANDLE IT ANYWAY, WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE.

YOU KNOW THAT THING EVERYONE PREDICTED OUT ACROSS ALIEN WORLDS, WHICH MATTERS BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE IS POINTED, AND IT ALL STARTED BACK IN 1960 WHEN ASTRONOMER FRANK DRAKE WAS LISTENING FOR SIGNALS FROM DEEP SPACE, AND NOW REPORTER BRENDAN BYRNE HAS THIS PODCAST CALLED WHEN WE FIND THEM WHICH PICKS UP THAT EXACT SEARCH, AND THE THING IS WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS, SO NOW HE IS ASKING WHAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN IF WE FINALLY FIND SOMETHING AND WHETHER WE ARE EVEN READY FOR IT, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE NOBODY ACTUALLY EXPLAINS WHAT THE REACTION WOULD BE, WHICH MEANS WE ARE HUNTING THE COSMOS WHILE STILL PONDERING HOW WE WOULD HANDLE IT. ANYWAY MY PHONE IS AT FOUR PERCENT, THIS IS MY LEGACY.

Reporter Brendan Byrne's podcast 'When We Find Them' explores the ongoing search for extraterrestrial life and questions how humanity would respond to a discovery.

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