Last week, preeminent scientist Stephen Hawking once again postulated that he believes there is life, intelligent and otherwise, beyond the stars. He put forth a new angle, however, by stating that it would not be wise for humans to attempt contact with higher-order extraterrestrials, as this would likely be disastrous for the former. While not all of his colleagues agreed with this theory, many did not argue with the premise that we have distant neighbors in the universe.
It’s hard not to imagine that, given the myriad solar systems out there, various types of beings are making their way around the cosmos. And it’s quite easy to fear that some of them are ruthless. I’ve never believed in the old adage that “aliens who visit our planet must be peaceful because minds that harbor such technology would know the folly of violence”. As humans, we have made enormous strides in science and yet are far from being docile.
I also don’t think the government (any government) can be trusted to tell the truth about this matter, but not because they’re uncaring. Quite the opposite, in fact. Can you imagine the sheer, mindless panic that would result if the president began his state of the union address by saying that we have discovered an advanced race exists on another planet? If the Weekly World News printed it we would laugh, but if NASA announced it…
The bottom line? Aliens probably exist. Nice ones and mean ones.
Sleep tight!
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