Recently, Stephen Hawking has argued that we, the human race, should stop trying to communicate with extraterrestrial life forms.
A Brief Note On Extraterrestrial Relations
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↵"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," he said. "We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn't want to meet."
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↵Nonsense! If we’re getting conquered, we’re getting conquered. We need to let them know what we’re about. We should stop transmitting spatial coordinates, mathematical formulas, and anatomical diagrams. Broadcast this, and only this, forever.
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↵Humanity. This is who we are; this is what we do.
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