A word from Stephen Hawking.

I'll admit I've always been curious to know more about Mr. Hawking since it's not like he's in the news that much.

A few weeks ago I was fairly annoyed with him. A friend of mine sent me a link to Stephen's narrative broadcast about life on other planets. I didn't watch all of it but it seemed fairly benign, nothing new or interesting that stood out. Basically it seemed like it was made to make an impression on kids mostly. These life forms on other planets are depicted as fuzzy, funny animals that squirm around aimlessly in snow or dessert, or float around like jellyfish. Yeah, they might be there, but Stephen failed to mention the Other kind of life form, the kind that are smarter than a curious little cat from outerspace. That's what annoyed me. He gave the impression that all other life forms are either germ-like or pet-like. 

Until recently. 

Finally, I heard Stephen's thoughts about smarter life forms via a damn movie trailer for Skyline, which I personally have no interest in given how many holes there are in the facts. Because I've done enough research to fill three text books, I was able to point out what seemed plausible and what didn't (the look of the spaceships, for one, are too freaking glitzy and glamorous). The trailer starts out stating that in August 2009, NASA sent out a message into space further than ever before (does NASA think anymore these days? Who's running that joint?). Then up came a news broadcast quoting Stephen Hawking saying, "If there are intelligent life forms, we should not try to contact them. It would be like Christopher Columbus discovering America. It didn't turn out well for the Navaho." Interesting take, Mr. Hawking, but where is your motive coming from, I wonder? 

See, there are two kinds of alien-obsessed scientists in this world: the kind that worship and admire the intelligent beings, and the kind that have a bomb shelter to hide in when necessary. They either love them or they fear them like death. We now know Stephen is the kind that fears them. 

I, personally, can only wonder why--since those aliens have been part of Earth's history for so long--they haven't already shattered our planet to bits or held us all captive. What are they waiting for if that's their plan? It doesn't seem like things are going to get much better for us. 

Skyline looks like it sucks, by the way.
Meanwhile in South Korea... oh snap.



Yeah, I recognize those buggers. That's exactly what they look like. What were they forming though? Looks like a deformed hand or something tree-like. Pretty cool, though. Nice background music, btw.