April 30, 2010
After decades of Seti, (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) listening to space, and Voyager with its gold record leaving the solar system, we have the word and that is,“Don’t talk to aliens, warns Stephen Hawking.â€
“He concludes that trying to make contact with alien races is “a little too riskyâ€. He said: “If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in
Worse than that the aliens may be like the French—think of
We always assume we will meet them on a common ground, or in ‘common’ space for that matter, or will those beings being more sophisticated than we, simply help us toward our own extinction. The possibility of nasty visitors from outer space isn’t new. We have H.G. Wells’s War of the Worlds. He appreciated the possibility of not-so-nice-visitors from Mars, better than the
If some star faring species happens across a sluggishly gliding-along vintage 1970’s Voyager Tinker Toy, and gets Earth’s address conveniently inscribed on the gold plate on the side, what would happen next is anyone’s guess. We could simply be ignored, which isn’t a bad outcome. Or they could just drop on by, for a nosh and a chat, and that is where the possibilities and problems begin.
The Twilight Zone episode: To Serve Man, easily springs to mind. Then again, they may prefer to dine out, and supply their own doggy bag. The TV series V has been remade and is predicated on the whole idea.
The question must be asked: Where did the notion come from that extraterrestrials would be nice, let alone benevolent? Is it based on the idea that the smarter, the more advance you are, the nicer you’ll be?
Sounds confused. Sounds like the political Left. If I’m off target, by all means let me know. Historically we all know that the advanced culture takes over every time, and there are numerous examples where the result wasn’t pretty. Just laying out the reality of the situation. No apologizes are to be found here. For those who are unprepared, well, you get what you get.
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