Nature, Reality, & Buddhism

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Alien Interview: Project Blue Book
 
M:  So, tell me when does the nuclear war start?
A:  It is not my place to change history…. Just over half a century from this point in time.
M:  By whom?
A:  Nuclear war will begin in this country.
M:  Really?  Us?  How?
A:  A human male will briefly rule your country and will be responsible for the destruction of most of your species.
M:  Interesting.  So, is he alive now? 
A:  Yes.
M:  Just tell me his name and we’ll kill him.
A:  I cannot.  The name was removed from our historical record.  We cannot allow altering history through murder.
M:  Just tell me what he does.
A:  He will weaken your democratic mechanism by appealing to your species' most primitive instinct.  Fear.  Tribalism.  Political and religious dogma.  There will be international condemnation.  In response, he will order a preemptive nuclear strike.  This will proliferate into a global nuclear war.
M:  So, then we blow up.
A:  The initial exchange only ends a few million humans.
M:  “Only” a million lives.
A:  It is the resulting radiation that will end most of your kind.  My species is the evolutionary result.
M:  So, how do we stop this?
A:  Protect your democracy from political and religious dogma.  Protect it from rejection of objective fact.  At this point in time, your democracy is stable.  This will not be the case in a half-century.
M:  So, if we stop this lunatic from blowing us up…we’ll be fine?
A:  No.
M:  Wait, but you said if we stop him…we won’t be destroyed.
A:  There is another threat.