Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking

Discovery channel propaganda? You bet your ass it is but the fact that Hawking is actually talking about it is interesting IMHO.

In this show, Discovery Channel asks “Are We Alone?” as it tackles an eye-popping journey from the moons of Jupiter to a galaxy perhaps not so far, far away in search of alien life. Viewers may expect to see what aliens might look like, question what it means to be alive, and calculate the odds of making contact.

Accordingly, Stephen Hawkings uses his intellect in mathematics to prove his assumptions that aliens may exist saying: “To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like.”

He also said that humans should try to avoid any contact with the aliens because it can be devastating in humanity saying: “If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans.”