Mr. Stephen Hawking is one of the smartest, if not THE smartest, person in the world. I would imagine that when the man dies scientists will want to study his brain in detail and probably compare it to Albert Einstein's to find a comparison. Hopefully, in finding similarities, they will then even attempt to genetically create super-smart clones! Sound far-fetched?
The Universe is a big place. Let me re-phrase that; The Universe is a BIG place. I can almost guarantee that alien life exists in the Universe in some form or other. Mr. Hawking believes the same thing.
Where we differ is that Mr. Hawking believes we should become Universal hermits and shun any contact with alien civilizations. He believes that any aliens that happen to be wandering in space are Attila the Hun-like nomads who want to rape planets for their natural resources.
Now, I can see humans from Earth doing that so it is possible. Aliens wandering space could also be explorers looking for alien civilizations to learn from. Aliens wandering space could also be looking for a new home after their planet was destroyed by its sun going nova or even by nuclear war. It doesn't have to be bad. After all the negative publicity that aliens get you'd think a guy as smart as Stephen Hawking would want to put a positive spin on it to ENCOURAGE contacting aliens.
The U.S. has pretty much scuttled its space program due to money constraints. Bad move. Our natural resources aren't going to last forever. We need to expand out into space for more resources. Yes, one day our sun will go nova and the planet Earth will cease to exist. Shouldn't we encourage space travel and the development of a propulsion system to get us to a life sustaining planet BEFORE that happens?
A fair percentage of the planet believes that we are alone in the Universe. That we truly are a gift from God to have put us here. Contacting an alien civilization will unite the planet in the same belief that the Universe is so vast that there could be a myriad of aliens existing.
Yes, Mr. Hawking, there could be "bad" aliens. There could also be peaceful aliens, as well. Becoming hermits does no one any good.
My hope is that we one day contact an alien civilization. I also hope I'm alive when it happens.
Monday, April 26, 2010
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