NASA literally goes to pot under new management

While it always annoys me to have to read foreign news items to learn what’s going on with the United States government, I guess I should be glad that thanks to the First Amendment and the internet I can keep abreast of what agencies like NASA are now up to.

According to this report in The Guardian, NASA is scripting bizarre conspiracy theories speculating that “green” aliens angered by global warming may decide to destroy our planet!

I kid you not. (At least I think this is serious; I read it over and over looking for hints that it’s a spoof. If anyone knows it is, please speak up.)

The authors warn that extraterrestrials may be wary of civilisations that expand very rapidly, as these may be prone to destroy other life as they grow, just as humans have pushed species to extinction on Earth. In the most extreme scenario, aliens might choose to destroy humanity to protect other civilisations.

“A preemptive strike would be particularly likely in the early phases of our expansion because a civilisation may become increasingly difficult to destroy as it continues to expand. Humanity may just now be entering the period in which its rapid civilisational expansion could be detected by an ETI because our expansion is changing the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere, via greenhouse gas emissions,” the report states.

“Green” aliens might object to the environmental damage humans have caused on Earth and wipe us out to save the planet. “These scenarios give us reason to limit our growth and reduce our impact on global ecosystems. It would be particularly important for us to limit our emissions of greenhouse gases, since atmospheric composition can be observed from other planets,” the authors write.

Sheesh. How long will it be before the NASA’s “scientists” claim that they were abducted by the angry little green men and informed personally of their plan to destroy us?

Hey, as Veeshir likes to say, we may be looking at “the funniest end of civilization ever.”

Which means it’s time to watch a stoner flick!