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[-] Jimbo@yiffit.net 1 points 3 months ago

my childhood was at the tail end of society wondering if there were martians living on Mars

As a younger person.. was this thought of as a real possibility by some people? I find that hard to believe

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Idk if adults believed it was a real possibility, but us kids having read The Martian Chronicles certainly did.

[-] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Yep! They thought Venus might be habitable too. When The War of the Worlds aired, listeners (who missed the disclaimer) thought it was real and panicked.

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