http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36769422/ns/technology_and_science-space/
Basically what I've thought for as long as I can remember. The infinite number of stars and galaxies makes the belief that we are the only intelligent lifeform seem almost as ridculous as the belief that we are the centre of the universe, or that the world was flat. His ideas on what contact with an intelligent lifeform might be like seem straight out of StarTrek or Stargate. An interesting read regardless, and I'm looking forward to viewing the documentary.
Stephen Hawking says aliens are out there, but contact is too risky
BRITISH astrophysicist Stephen Hawking says aliens are out there, but it could be too dangerous for humans to interact with extraterrestrial life.
Professor Hawking claims in a new documentary that intelligent alien lifeforms almost certainly exist, but warns that communicating with them could be "too risky".
With the universe made up of some 100 billion galaxies each containing hundreds of millions of stars, it was unlikely the Earth was the only place where life has evolved.
"To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational," he said.
Basically what I've thought for as long as I can remember. The infinite number of stars and galaxies makes the belief that we are the only intelligent lifeform seem almost as ridculous as the belief that we are the centre of the universe, or that the world was flat. His ideas on what contact with an intelligent lifeform might be like seem straight out of StarTrek or Stargate. An interesting read regardless, and I'm looking forward to viewing the documentary.