{"id":239858,"date":"2024-07-04T21:52:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T21:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/04\/new-quiet-place-movie-adds-to-irrational-fears-over-marauding-aliens\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:15:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:15:28","slug":"new-quiet-place-movie-adds-to-irrational-fears-over-marauding-aliens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/04\/new-quiet-place-movie-adds-to-irrational-fears-over-marauding-aliens\/","title":{"rendered":"New Quiet Place movie adds to irrational fears over marauding aliens"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have been dreading the premiere of A Quiet Place: Day One<\/i>, the just-released prequel to the movie franchise featuring blind but keen-hearing predatory aliens who invade Earth.<\/p>\n

As a psychologist, I know that terrifying images from films and television shows can shape our judgements about real-world activities that seem superficially similar. As head of METI International<\/a>, a scientific organisation that transmits powerful messages to nearby stars with the goal of messaging extraterrestrial intelligence, I know these vivid images of marauding aliens can provoke anxiety about research projects, even when our deepest fears can be rationally refuted.<\/p>\n

Cognitive psychologists have\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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