Aliens Aren't in the Models, Is It?

I'm still reeling from the fact that we actually had unidentified flight flying objects over the United States in the wake of the Chinese balloon. And to my amazement, everybody just shrunk and returned to their mental health problems or whatever they are most preoccupied by. You know, I keep reminding myself that it's not as crazy a time as we perceive it to be because in reality, if we'd been around in 1973, it would have felt a lot crazier, actually. There's a sense in which we exaggerate how volatile, uncertain, crazy our period is. It's just a kind of vanity. Actually, it's not that special. 2023 at this point is not even