Let's say an attack from outside this planet. Would the peoples of this world unite as one to save our pale blue dot from annihilation??? Would this this or some kind of global calamity unite the world to save the species?

 

I'd like to hear your thoughts.

This is actually a good question. One I am sure you thought about before you posted this. This was not just a hey I got a question post. Ill have to think about this.

Absolutely not. Even 9/11 couldn't bring this "world" together. It brought a country together. Not the world though.

I think I agree with the original post's suggestion about an existential threat from outside this world.

 

Hey, it worked in Watchmen, right?

I think I agree with the original post's suggestion about an existential threat from outside this world.

 

Hey, it worked in Watchmen, right?

And Independence Day.

This is all I got …

I'd like to buy the world a Coke....

Watch Independence Day.

It brought all together and I'm sure it would be the same.

Absolutely not. Even 9/11 couldn't bring this "world" together. It brought a country together. Not the world though.

 

"9-11" was viewed by most as an attack on the US. Much of the world despises America. What if the attack was directed towards the entire planet by some alien entity?

Watch Independence Day.

It brought all together and I'm sure it would be the same.

 

Interesting. Like my friend, Jesse, I'm still in deep thought about this question.

"9-11" was viewed by most as an attack on the US. Much of the world despises America. What if the attack was directed towards the entire planet by some alien entity?

@theguru?

Would the hate we have for each other dissipate in the face of extinction of our very species ? I'm talking the kind of hate that ISIS has for us or we have for ISIS? The kind of hate Roof has for blacks? Israelis-Palestinians? Christians/ non-Christians?

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