Journal for 5/5
Stephen Hawking is whining again. In a discussion about whether or not we should beam messages into space, Hawking said that it's too risky. However, NASA (and everyone else) has already beamed messages into space, whether by accident or on purpose. So I don't even know why we're talking about it.
Shostak, the writer of our book "Life in the Universe," fully disagrees with Hawking's viewpoint. There's so much we can learn from discovering new life. Deciding not to even try just because there is a slight chance that they might be nomads is totally irrational. As of now there's no reason to believe that this will be the case, so we should keep on searching.
However, Hawking's viewpoint isn't singular. 20 years ago NASA held a conference where most experts were too afraid of attracting the wrong kind of aliens. Hawking described the encounter as akin to that of colonists and Native Americans.
I think aliens are awesome; I vote search.
Article: Too risky to phone ET? Too late — NASA's tried
Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36855256/ns/technology_and_science-space/
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