[frechtoast]

What is less worthwhile for a person to think about than the existence of aliens? Sure, solve world hunger, figure out inter-space travel, light-years distant communication mechanisms, prevent cancer, war, poverty.... Last I checked, aliens weren't threatening the continuation of our species, or even leaving the lid up after a visit to the john for that matter.

How did this tinfoil-hat ridiculous article even make it into Hacker news!?

[guard-of-terra]

If aliens are indeed to be found, this will readily become number one important event in human history.

[frechtoast]

I bet!, And if a meteorite strikes my home and kills me, that will be the most important event in my life. Nevertheless, I've got more pressing issues than to debate the statistical likelihood of the size of the rock or it's expected mineral composition.

[nickcano]

Yes, and those more pressing issues are among spending time debating why it's not worthwhile to spend time debating a topic that is less pressing than the debate about the time it takes, apparently.

[roywiggins]

It's a hobby, like building model airplanes or playing Call of Duty. Nobody said it had to be worthwhile. It's probably more worthwhile than commenting on Hacker News, but that's a judgement call.