Stephen Hawking: Aliens exist but don't talk to them -- it's too dange

captain53 · 04-25-2010, 09:26 AM

Holy Cow - how far out is this?

From The Sunday Times April 25, 2010

Don’t talk to aliens, warns Stephen Hawking

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle7107207.ece

Emjaysmash · 04-25-2010, 09:35 AM

lol. Interesting. I'd like to watch his show, even if I can't talk to the aliens

RGD. · 04-25-2010, 09:58 AM

He does have a valid point. Historically speaking the more advanced/powerful have always taken the resources of the weaker. Be it human or material resources.
In our 50+ years of space flight we have managed to send men to our moon and probes past our planets. Another life form that would have the technology to visit us would therefore be the more advanced/powerful and therefore able to take what ever resource they please if they desired.
And to think that we are the only life forms is naive. Even if the number of less than 1% is used to calculate - they do exist somewhere. Maybe though we are the more advanced - who knows.

Ron

replicant_argent · 04-25-2010, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by RGD.

Maybe though we are the more advanced - who knows.

Ron

Spent any time at www.peopleofwalmart.com lately Ron? you may want to rethink that.

wolfandwhisky · 04-25-2010, 10:41 AM

so if you were the writer of "Independece Day," are you thinking "holy sh!t, I'm as smart as Hawking, and I put this theory out there years earlier!"

GoatLocker · 04-25-2010, 11:32 AM

If you look at the way we treat species "lower" than us (we eat them, experiment on them, keep them as pets, exterminate them as pests, etc.), he has a good point.

1badhog07 · 04-25-2010, 12:06 PM

Another wack job..

markem · 04-25-2010, 12:25 PM

*I* talk to aliens. Heck, I'll talk to illegal aliens.

mosesbotbol · 04-25-2010, 01:41 PM

Sounds very reasonable imperical thought.

sikk50 · 04-25-2010, 02:03 PM

I hope aliens like cigars

BigFrank · 04-25-2010, 07:07 PM

Looks like a good series. I too also hope they enjoy tobacco, maybe I can barter myself some cool stuff.

chachee52 · 04-25-2010, 07:55 PM

I've been saying that there's got to be other life forms out there for years, how come no one pays me millions to say it on a TV show? O'well, I'll just go back to work tomorrow and make nothing.

Emjaysmash · 04-25-2010, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by chachee52

I've been saying that there's got to be other life forms out there for years, how come no one pays me millions to say it on a TV show? O'well, I'll just go back to work tomorrow and make nothing.

Lol probably cuz this guy is a super genius.

Ogre · 04-25-2010, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Emjaysmash

Lol probably cuz this guy is a super genius.

No, No, No, that cant be it. Well maybe.

mosesbotbol · 04-26-2010, 04:30 AM

I saw a show on ancient structures like Giza and Machu Pichu and whether there was alien intervention in their creation. So many questions on how they made them and that we would be hard pressed to replicate them with our "modern" construction methods.

alwayslit · 04-26-2010, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by sikk50

I hope aliens like cigars

.......bingo!!

Starscream · 04-26-2010, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by replicant_argent

Spent any time at www.peopleofwalmart.com lately Ron? you may want to rethink that.

chachee52 · 04-26-2010, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Emjaysmash

Lol probably cuz this guy is a super genius.

How do you know that I'm not? I just don't like to let everyone know because people will be constantly asking me if there are aliens!!!

04-26-2010, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 1badhog07

Another wack job..

You're kidding right? Stephen Hawking is one of the greatest scientific minds in history.

GKitty · 04-26-2010, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by sikk50

I hope aliens like cigars

I don't... that would mean that we'd have to share.

04-25-2010, 09:26 AM	#1
captain53 Have My Own Room Join Date: Jul 2009 First Name: Dave Location: Lake of the Ozarks & Austin, TX Posts: 1,333 Trading: (3)	Stephen Hawking: Aliens exist but don't talk to them -- it's too dange Holy Cow - how far out is this? From The Sunday Times April 25, 2010 Don’t talk to aliens, warns Stephen Hawking http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle7107207.ece

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Emjaysmash The Hebrew Hammer Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: M.J. Location: Milwaukee, WI Posts: 7,025 Trading: (76)	Re: Stephen Hawking: Aliens exist but don't talk to them -- it's too d lol. Interesting. I'd like to watch his show, even if I can't talk to the aliens __________________

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RGD. God Like Status Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Ron Location: Alexandria, Virginia Posts: 971 Trading: (1)	Re: Stephen Hawking: Aliens exist but don't talk to them -- it's too d He does have a valid point. Historically speaking the more advanced/powerful have always taken the resources of the weaker. Be it human or material resources. In our 50+ years of space flight we have managed to send men to our moon and probes past our planets. Another life form that would have the technology to visit us would therefore be the more advanced/powerful and therefore able to take what ever resource they please if they desired. And to think that we are the only life forms is naive. Even if the number of less than 1% is used to calculate - they do exist somewhere. Maybe though we are the more advanced - who knows. Ron

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wolfandwhisky Resident Whisky Addict Join Date: Mar 2010 First Name: Matt Location: Arizona Posts: 521 Trading: (4)	Re: Stephen Hawking: Aliens exist but don't talk to them -- it's too d so if you were the writer of "Independece Day," are you thinking "holy sh!t, I'm as smart as Hawking, and I put this theory out there years earlier!"

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GoatLocker Dr of Quantum Inebrionics Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Eric Location: Sandy Eggo Posts: 434 Trading: (1)	Re: Stephen Hawking: Aliens exist but don't talk to them -- it's too d If you look at the way we treat species "lower" than us (we eat them, experiment on them, keep them as pets, exterminate them as pests, etc.), he has a good point. __________________ "I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form." Winston Churchill

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1badhog07 Still Watching My Back Join Date: Sep 2009 First Name: gustavo Location: laredo,tx Posts: 215 Trading: (2)	Re: Stephen Hawking: Aliens exist but don't talk to them -- it's too d Another wack job.. __________________ I WILL SMOKE NO CIGAR BEFORE ITS TIME

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markem Bunion Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Mark Location: Second Star on the Right Posts: 22,549 Trading: (47)	Re: Stephen Hawking: Aliens exist but don't talk to them -- it's too d I talk to aliens. Heck, I'll talk to illegal aliens. __________________ I refuse to belong to any organization that would have me as a member. ~ Groucho Marx

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mosesbotbol That's a Corgi Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Moses Location: Boston Posts: 6,171 Trading: (6)	Re: Stephen Hawking: Aliens exist but don't talk to them -- it's too d Sounds very reasonable imperical thought. __________________ Port Wine & Claret \| British Cars \| Welsh Corgi's

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BigFrank 5 3 1 Join Date: Nov 2008 First Name: Frank Location: Gym or Sofa. Posts: 1,896 Trading: (25)	Re: Stephen Hawking: Aliens exist but don't talk to them -- it's too d Looks like a good series. I too also hope they enjoy tobacco, maybe I can barter myself some cool stuff. __________________ " Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment. "

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chachee52 Adjusting to the Life Join Date: Dec 2009 First Name: Todd Location: Tyngsboro, MA Posts: 399 Trading: (2)	Re: Stephen Hawking: Aliens exist but don't talk to them -- it's too d I've been saying that there's got to be other life forms out there for years, how come no one pays me millions to say it on a TV show? O'well, I'll just go back to work tomorrow and make nothing. __________________

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mosesbotbol That's a Corgi Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Moses Location: Boston Posts: 6,171 Trading: (6)	Re: Stephen Hawking: Aliens exist but don't talk to them -- it's too d I saw a show on ancient structures like Giza and Machu Pichu and whether there was alien intervention in their creation. So many questions on how they made them and that we would be hard pressed to replicate them with our "modern" construction methods. __________________ Port Wine & Claret \| British Cars \| Welsh Corgi's