In this inaugural episode of When Science Ruins Fiction, we take a look at Steven Spielberg’s latest release, Disclosure Day, and ask: would we listen?

Papers mentioned in episode:

Discovery of extraterrestrial life: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5767786/

Unite Against: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103119301866

Empathy: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2014.06.007

Differences in empathic concern: https://doi.org/10.1177/002202211667391

Cross-group concern: https://doi.org/10.1177/002202211667391

Extraterrestrial message: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0094-5765(00)00041-3