Stephen Hawking warns over making contact with aliens

I am not afraid of any aliens, I have survived random thoughts!

 

we're pretty mild, i think. lighthearted silliness. a couple kooks, a couple emotionally stunted brats, egomaniac, megalomaniacs, but a unifying love of beer.

 

What resources would they want on Earth? With the environmental crisis you'd think they wouldn't want to visit.

 

that's just propaganda screaming in your ear. there's loads left, the question is if we'll be here to use it.

 

Buy omitting the wheelchairs you could cram in 300% more spastics.

I'm all for efficiency.

 

did you just quote yourself?

 

Guilty as charged.. and I'll do it again. Do I get a cookie?

 

sure..

 

The ignorance in this thread is astounding. It appears as if though everyone either knows nothing about science or is actually stupid enough to believe that extraterrestrial beings have visited us.

 

how old are you really??

 

Naw their not stupid, they just like to give out cookies. i like cookies..

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I'm sixteen, it says that to the left of your screen. I'm not sure about that image. Is it calculus? I have a mathematical learning disability, no clue what the significance of that is.

 

where:
N = the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which communication might be possible; and
R* = the average rate of star formation per year in our galaxyfp = the fraction of those stars that have planetsne = the average number of planets that can potentially support life per star that has planetsfℓ = the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop life at some pointfi = the fraction of the above that actually go on to develop intelligent lifefc = the fraction of civilizations that develop a technology that releases detectable signs of their existence into spaceL = the length of time such civilizations release detectable signals into space.

 

isnt stephen hawking dead yet?

 

No, he is just buried on the first page, go look!!

 

theres too many words and posts to read

 

The Drake equation is based upon educated guesses that could be wrong. Also, there are no "detectable signals" that we can pick up that are released in space.

We only send out and receive radio waves, which degrade into static after one or two light years. Advanced civilizations would probably use a much more efficient form of communication. I don't see what this has to do with my point, though. Aliens could have scouted Earth, perhaps, but I doubt they would do anything or help us out.

When you see a cluster of ants, do you say "Greetings, I bring you sophisticated technology! I bring you cures for diseases, weaponry, and nuclear power!"? No, you don't. You probably will; a) Look at them, because they're fascinating creatures to observe. 2) Step on them for shits and giggles. 3) Ignore them.

 

I completely agree with everything you said, except I don't know anything about the Drake equation so I can't really comment on that. I've used an ant comparison as well.

I also use an analogy that's interchangable for aliens and/or God that may be something equivalent to that of you shining a flashlight or laser pointer to a cat and dog. There is a light being projected there that they chase but that's not where the physical source of the object lies. So I feel literally 'seeing the light' or alien abduction/ufo experiences may be somewhat akin to this analogy.

 

nothing actually dies is the universe, the living being human existence has given a name to this called Death.. The same thing happens when a star dies, living being are anti Matter engines.. Some sort of black hole energy conductors.. dark matter implosion occurs in every one of us..
The element of the Spirit is the same Energy as a Star..

 

Okay, I'm just gonna leave you alone. Obviously you're not going to listen to reason. It's like trying to make a religious person Atheist; they "know" that they're right because they "know", making the entire conversation pointless. Have a nice day, Orison.