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To be filed under: Things I never knew existed. The above image is the flower of none other than the Marshmallow plant. The “shrubby herb” is native to Africa and is often used for its medicinal properties. Who knew?
Stephen Hawking wants us to stop looking for aliens, in fact he thinks we should keep our head down and hope they don’t notice us and I for one agree.
Basically the argument is that chances are, contact with extra-terrestrials would not be a friendly meeting. Rather, a race advanced enough to be travelling throughout the universe is probably not on a galactic search for new friends, but more likely resources. And what reason would we have to believe they would have any interest in living in harmony with us? Are there any examples, any at all, of colonialism on earth where the colonizers wanted to share? Of course not.
Perhaps some kind of inter-galactic governing body will exist some 10,000 years down the road, but only after hundreds of years of wars and galactic genocide that this planet will certainly not make it through.
This may seem like paranoid rambling, albeit with the endorsement of one of the smartest men on the planet. But the point is, why take the risk. The probability, and potential for, literally, astronomical earth-shattering disaster is far too high.
Also, while we’re on the subject, can we please stop trying to invent robots that are smarter than us? Has no one seen The Terminator? Again, why would a robot that is smarter than me do anything for me? Why would it serve me? And again, are there any historical examples of a smarter, stronger, better educated race being enslaved by their subordinates? Of course not! We’re manufacturing our own demise!
I don’t want to alarm anyone, but “our everyday experience might itself be a holographic projection of physical processes that take place on a distant, 2D surface.”
Wait … what?!