Apr.22.2008 That smart cripple says aliens may or may not exist
Stephen Hawking is saying things that are kind of interesting but ultimately vague and worthless. This time, it’s about aliens.
One option is that there likely isn’t life elsewhere. Or maybe there is intelligent life elsewhere, but when it gets smart enough to send signals into space, it also is smart enough to make destructive nuclear weapons.
Hawking said he prefers the third option:
“Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare,” he then quickly added: “Some would say it has yet to occur on earth.”
So should you worry about aliens? Alien abduction claims come from “weirdos” and are unlikely.
However, because alien life might not have DNA like us, Hawking warned: “Watch out if you would meet an alien. You could be infected with a disease with which you have no resistance.”
The 66-year-old British cosmologist, who suffers from ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, and must speak through a mechanical device, believes “if the human race is to continue for another million years, we will have to boldly go where no one has gone before.”
So apparently just going, “Hey, stuff may or may not be out there, perhaps” is enough to make news these days. Or do I have to be a funny looking guy in a wheelchair who talks like a See ‘N’ Say kids toy to get that kind of credibility? Plus he’s a cosmologist, what does that have to do with aliens? Yeah, it’s great that he does a wonderful job putting make-up on people and selecting the right shades, but come on, this guy shouldn’t be telling me about the universe.
I will, however, absolutely listen to Wheels from the Burger King Kids Club about scientific matters. He just looks like he knows.
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