By Selwyn Duke
War of the Worlds, Independence Day, Invaders from Mars… The idea of advanced alien creatures targeting our world for conquest has long been the stuff of science fiction. But this fantasy could become fact, warns famed physicist Stephen Hawking.
“If aliens visit us, the outcome could be much like when Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans,” Professor Hawking recently told El País. “Such advanced aliens would perhaps become nomads, looking to conquer and colonize whatever planets they can reach,” he continued.
Hawking, long a prophet of (possible) doom who has warned that man could author his own demise by creating uncontrollable artificial intelligence (AI) or just via good old-fashioned human aggression, has been speaking of the possibility of extraterrestrial invasion since at least 2010. And when Hawking, a wheelchair-bound cult figure who suffers from Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS), says something, people listen.
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Recommended: A documentary video titled “The Privileged Planet”, produced by Illustra Media and available through The Discovery Institute. The video describes the many cosmological constants that have to occur precisely and simultaneously in order for any planetary body to sustain even the simplest of life forms. That such life and even complex life exists on Earth defy infinitesimal odds. When one understands the extreme unlikelihood of our privileged place in the cosmos, one can easily dismiss Mr. Hawkings’ conjectures as absurd.
Posted by: Philip France | October 03, 2015 at 02:42 PM
I first read the article heading as Stephen King instead. Know that I think about it after reading the article, it does sound like something out of his books... Not too far off, haha.
Posted by: Disgruntled College Student | October 06, 2015 at 04:35 PM