i can't stop thinking about janus2x's experience and it's got me thinking: if you were to have a personal experience with extraterrestrial life, besides the possible sexual/sensual desires you may have (since that has its own, shall we say.... Extremely Enlightening thread) what would you like to get out of it?
would you prefer in-person, or through another lens like janus' dream writing? would you want to go anywhere with them? would you want to have context for your memories of what happens? do you hope the experience is for education purposes, or do you just want to, like, vibe?
personally, i have no preference between being face to face with them or just experiencing their effects from afar, but i definitely want (hope) to learn who they are and what their goals are before it's over. even if i couldn't tell anyone about it, i would honestly be kind of sad to just have my own version of events.
I would definitely want it to be in person. That way I wouldn't have any doubt. I would love to go with them and learn things about them.
I would want it to be in person for sure. I would need evidence, not to convince others that it really happened, but to convince myself. It can be difficult to separate memory of reality from reality.
Also… How cool to see behind the curtain! To see how the universe REALLY is!
I think for me, I would want it in person. I have a hard time in believing things I can't see, so I would want that confirmation. There's this part of me that hopes it would be like Star Trek in which I could like... interact and -- like Subwoofer said -- pick their brains. Learn about new worlds. That whole jazz. Maybe even find out if any of them dealt with a environmental crisis....
I'd love to just vibe out with them and pick their brains on the scientific knowledge they'd have to possess! It would be endlessly fascinating to see what humans would have in common with aliens.