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Bank of England 'must plan for a financial crisis triggered by aliens' (https://www.msn.com)

12 points by matthewsinclair about 16 hours ago | 10 comments | View on ycombinator

latexr about 15 hours ago |

MSN repackages other sources. Original link: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/aliens-finan...

matthewsinclair about 16 hours ago |

I know this is bonkers, but the headline is something I'd _never_ imagined I'd read. Amazing.

bell-cot about 16 hours ago |

I'd read it as "extreme situations triggered by previously-considered-impossible events". With a subtext of "do not make a crisis more likely by mentioning the triggers we are actually worried about".

bediger4000 about 15 hours ago |

This is the best soft reveal that the elite know about extra-terrestrial intelligence so far. We see NASA doing soft reveals about Martian life, but this is next level.

elbci about 15 hours ago |

LOL

if little green AIlens come and get blamed for the financial crisis, I'm sold 100% on Capricorn One (1978)