The response was a definitive no in a reply that message got. We still have a far way to go before such risks such as incorporating themselves into everyday society would be taken by any intelligent alien civilization.
Humanity is more resilient than that.
I believe that our society has been being conditioned to accept the idea of intelligent Extraterrestrial Life for the past 50 years. We will do just exactly what we've always done, adapt and adjust and go right on along. The response was a definitive no in a reply that message got. We still have a far way to go before such risks such as incorporating themselves into everyday society would be taken by any intelligent alien civilization. I do not believe that knowledge of intelligent Extraterrestrial Life nor contact with them would cause the end of our belief systems or irreparably damage our society's structure.