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Just ignore and avoid the topic the best you can. Don't confront. Just go, "ohh ok" and move on. Pretend you need to go to the toilet or that you have something else to do if you can't break free from the conversation.
It's about as futile as trying to convince a religious fanatic that their views may not be ideal for everyone; you just don't. Ignore and avoid.
Ignoring is so hard ๐ I never bring it up.
I don't think they're fanatics. I just think their curiousity, with inexperience in healthy skepticism, has found a very easy outlet.
But I guess you're right. The current state of astrobiology isn't as exciting and people want to wonder. Maybe hard science is too difficult to sell in this case.