Executive summary: UFOs are relevant to altruistic priorities in various ways and deserve to be taken seriously, as they could potentially hint at significant changes to our worldview and have important political and military implications.
Key points:
Credible UFO reports and footage provide sufficient grounds for curiosity and further investigation, given the potentially massive import of the topic.
UFOs are a serious political and military issue, with implications for international conflicts, aviation safety, public trust, and global coordination.
If UFOs represent advanced intelligence, it could change our future expectations and priorities, implying less long-term control by humanity and more focus on influencing the advanced intelligence on the margin.
The welfare of potentially vast numbers of sentient UFO probes could dominate in impartial moral considerations.
Serious, cautious UFO discourse focused on unexplained advanced capabilities is often conflated with less credible claims about alien visitation, contributing to the neglect of the topic.
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Executive summary: UFOs are relevant to altruistic priorities in various ways and deserve to be taken seriously, as they could potentially hint at significant changes to our worldview and have important political and military implications.
Key points:
Credible UFO reports and footage provide sufficient grounds for curiosity and further investigation, given the potentially massive import of the topic.
UFOs are a serious political and military issue, with implications for international conflicts, aviation safety, public trust, and global coordination.
If UFOs represent advanced intelligence, it could change our future expectations and priorities, implying less long-term control by humanity and more focus on influencing the advanced intelligence on the margin.
The welfare of potentially vast numbers of sentient UFO probes could dominate in impartial moral considerations.
Serious, cautious UFO discourse focused on unexplained advanced capabilities is often conflated with less credible claims about alien visitation, contributing to the neglect of the topic.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.