For some anthropocentrism would get a hit. For others almost nothing?
And if this would be the case: You wouldn't need et-life for that. Realizing the connectedness between different kinds of organisms and also matter would also lead to that.
Another Point: Maybe it would question hierarchy if we would have some future-scifi-machines which make it obvious that material needs are fulfilled and everything else is man made and hierarchical. (But again; the same thing is also true currently but not that obvious) So this point is rather daydreaming and putting hope in some miracles.
For me personally I guess nothing would change but I would be curious if the world starts falling apart. (But that's also currently the case; and I'm disappointed so far)
I think that we can use the example of native cultures invaded by Europeans, but I don't know many cultures to draw a conclusion here. And our societiea are very different from those in first contact with a colonizer invader.
Sure we would be colonized somehow, even if at subliminal levels and I guess for the average human there won't be a change over night.
And we can be so different that is like trying to teach funguses to be anarchists when they are much more cooler than anarchists will ever be.
cyberrose wrote
For some anthropocentrism would get a hit. For others almost nothing?
And if this would be the case: You wouldn't need et-life for that. Realizing the connectedness between different kinds of organisms and also matter would also lead to that.
Another Point: Maybe it would question hierarchy if we would have some future-scifi-machines which make it obvious that material needs are fulfilled and everything else is man made and hierarchical. (But again; the same thing is also true currently but not that obvious) So this point is rather daydreaming and putting hope in some miracles.
For me personally I guess nothing would change but I would be curious if the world starts falling apart. (But that's also currently the case; and I'm disappointed so far)