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The Impact of Discovering Alien Life on Careers and Science
There are people waiting for assurance of a secure career net before committing to it./nExomoons open the door to aliens and the academic study of alien worlds./nThe discovery of even boring bacteria elsewhere would change everything and indicate that life is everywhere./nThe anticipation of the discovery of life elsewhere would affect the approach to careers, education, and training in astronomy./nAllocating time to the possibility of discovering alien life has value./nContinuous increase in discoveries is expected with better tools and data processing./nSpurious and ambiguous claims about life on other planets are anticipated, leading to years of debate and scrutiny./nControversy and argument about the existence of life elsewhere should be anticipated in the scientific community.