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Well, I think that IFL science people are likely to be shocked a bit more because I get the sense that they don’t really like science or even really understand how science actually works. What IFL-science types actually like is the ability to use the authority of “science says” to smugly push their pet theories and fantasies. So when something comes along that cannot fit into their narrative about the universe, they’re not going to be able to understand it, they’re going to be mind blown because they have no idea what science is or how it works or what exobiology is about. They think it’s Star Trek aliens with bumpy foreheads, who are just like us but higher up on the Kardishev scale.
Religion has a better chance, depending on the religion. I don’t think the Jews would care. Buddhists would see this as more life, no different from Earth life. Pagan and Hindu world views really don’t forbid aliens. Christians and Muslims might be mind blown depending on what they believe about demons and angels.
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