Don’t talk to aliens, warns Stephen Hawking - Times Online

[laura_seabrook]

Don’t talk to aliens, warns Stephen Hawking - Times Online

Apparently the good doctor thinks we should be cautious with Aliens, as they may come and conquer or kill us!

Comments

[stephen-dedman.livejournal.com]

I find it difficult to imagine why aliens would bother with us, unless they're compulsive collectors of other creatures for their zoos, or fanatical about converting others to their ideology. While we're stuck on Earth, we don't pose any sort of threat, nor are we likely to possess any sort of resources they can't get more easily elsewhere.

I think it's somewhat more likely that there are alien races that have detected our radio and TV signals, but haven't bothered replying. "Oh, it's just those primitives from Sol 3: they're still watching reality TV and listening to Alan Jones. No intelligent life there, clearly."

[laura-seabrook.livejournal.com]

There was an argument that they want our resources, but I suspect that there would be much better pickings on worlds without life.