Comments on: Astrophysicist Says We Should Find Extra Terrestrial Life Sometime In The Next 100 Years

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:15:00 +0000

Your comment is based on the wrong assumption that we are a comparable advanced race. The human race is not advanced technologically, socially, and most importantly morally. Lets set aside for a moment the ridiculous concept that any alien civilisation will be structured and constituted by behavioural attributes expressed in social and moral laws similar to our own. If it is a civilisation similar to our own, but lets say 1000 years ahead, moral evolution predicts that an advanced intelligence would realise that violence is detrimental to the system as a whole. This is something that humans are coming to realise, but has yet to reach a critical point. We have not reached it yet because because we are essentially still a race of teenagers dictated by our hormones.

By: Tactician

Tactician — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:39:00 +0000

Yeah sure and it wouldn’t be covered up by governments to make sure the masses don’t change a thing and think differently, or like if it ever was it hasn’t. And yeah nothing can go faster then the speed of light…Except the expansion of the universe at its expanding edge which isn’t visible on visible wavelengths because….wait for it….It’s expanding faster then the speed of light. Also light that is on the even horizon of supermassive gravitational objects in a direct linear path to the source may be dragged at faster then the theorized maximum, which has to be proven but the instrumentation has not been built yet. Think a bit out of the box, and not from others all the time.

By: Rey Rodriguez

Rey Rodriguez — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:55:00 +0000

If Stephen Hawking says that technologically
advanced alien races are probably hostile, then that’s good enough for me. The
author has a lot of nerve speaking so derisively about one of the greatest
minds of our age. Who the hell do you think you are Brian
Williams? I’ll tell you, who I think you are and that’s a no body.
Before you go making such pronunciations why don’t you go win yourself a Noble
Price in astrophysics first. Until then why don’t you keep your own non-professional
opinions to yourself!

By: Jp 1690

Jp 1690 — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:37:00 +0000

You all make good point`s. But would a Alien race that has the power to travel between stars just not not stop at the Asteroid belt and chuck one our way? End of story for any armed reisistance. Just move in after the dust settle`s. Let`s just hope they are Vulcan`s.

By: Brian Williams

Brian Williams — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:19:00 +0000

Sorry, but advanced alien races attacking us for our natural resources doesn’t make any sense at all. There are far batter and easier places in just our solar system alone to get everything we have on Earth without the troublesome nuisance of humans flinging nuclear weapons at you.
Aliens pass through an asteroid belt rich with precious metals just to get to earth, and if they were after our water, Jupiter’s moon Europa has three times the water of planet Earth so that wouldn’t make any sense either. If aliens want to eat us, then sure, they should invade, but the natural resource angle just doesn’t hold any water and Hawking should know that.

By: Leighton Hill

Leighton Hill — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:41:00 +0000

the only resourse aleins couldnt get from asteroids or large uninhabited plants is us.

the only reason they would have to contact us is if they were just as un advanced as we are. so exchanging information would be the goal. just imagine the effort and resourses it would take to get an army here with out any hope of resupply or reinforcement? what would be the point……

By: Travis Peters

Travis Peters — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:35:00 +0000

If we get the first look at them observation would be the first order to see what their capabilities are and then prepare ourselfs for a hostile act if they have interstellar travel capabilities. Once that’s done we can then start talking just like Gene Roddenberry imagined in Star Trek, who knows they might be Vulcans that want to start Starfleet.

By: Yootha

Yootha — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:01:00 +0000

Hawking’s comment makes PLENTY of sense. Just look at what the human race has done to itself – Native Americans, Inuits, African slaves… need I go on? If humans can exploit themselves, then a different species should cause no qualm. And if we can do it to them, they sure can do it to us. Survival of the fittest. Basic evolutionary law.

By: Richard Elliott

Richard Elliott — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 17:56:00 +0000

I think the world’s religious leaders will have a riot on their hands.