Next time you’re out looking at the stars, fix your eyes on one in particular and think about this:

That star you’re looking at just might have some planets around it, and if it’s got some planets around it, it’s not impossible that one of those planets has lifeforms. In fact (especially if you’re a Star Trek junkie), it’s quite possible that at least some of the potential lifeforms on that potential planet are not so dissimilar from us. And if that’s true, then maybe one of those not-so-alien bipeds is looking at the same star you are.

The upshot of this, if you don’t much like aliens, is that even though the two of you are staring at the same star, you’re not the one who’s going to go blind because of it.