"To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like." – Stephen Hawking
For those who are not updated with this documentary, please refer to this article. The scientist and physicist said: “If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans.”.
Stephen Hawking is a great scientist. Words from such great people do weigh in a lot and should be taken seriously. Many examples could be quoted where great discoveries were not taken seriously though became the pillars of modern science later. Even Galileo’s discovery was treated as a joke first. Many might not take Stephen Hawking’s words seriously but no one has seen the future.
He also said, “Do not expect them to look like Marilyn Monroe”. Hmm..I personally quite did not understand this part. Probably the number crunching mathematician did not get a chance to watch Hollywood alien movies. When did humans ever imagine extra terrestrials beautiful? Though I wish they did. As the only thing I thought while watching any alien movie was – “can the writer/director for once not portray them to be better looking?”
The curious human minds have made many amazing discoveries and someday if finding the extra terrestrials gets added to the list, I would not wonder. As if it can be earth why not any other planet!
But why do we humans always consider them ugly, non cooperative, violent and dangerous? For something which we do not even know if exists, is it not a rude thought? We have always considered them as enemies. And now the thought is supported by Hawking. But why?
Well probably because deep down we know how have we treated the other species on earth. Our greed has led to extinction of many species. Hundreds of other species are on either the edge of extinction or having tough survival issues. All this is due to the greed of mankind. The negativity is us makes us believe that this unexplored species would treat us the same way as we did others.
I personally believe if we start loving and respecting every form of life on our planet, we would probably search those out in universe with positivity. If we have brain, the others forms too are potential owners. They can not be mindless to hunt down us humans who are looking for them for knowledge, love and respect for various life forms.
