Hawking is only one opinion on this matter.
There are alien species that could very well be violent in their approach of absorbing resources. It is possible that aliens so bitter and violent (perhaps like the religious behavior) could never make it into an advanced civilization that would be able to travel space. Look at the middle east, this region is filled with scumbags and just the type of species Hawking described.
There is also the possibility that the alien races could have shed the scales of that violent nature and become truly civil in their travels for other life. As curious as we are to learn about all there is to in this universe.
It could be possible, like us, that only the intellectuals of the species would travel space due to Private Sectors taking priority instead of corrupt organizations or beings on the planet itself. Leaving those interested in the science and knowledge to be the ones we contact.
I can not imagine that brute bastards would be intellectual enough to not destroy their own civilization and only be interested in killing everyone elses.
There are alien species that could very well be violent in their approach of absorbing resources. It is possible that aliens so bitter and violent (perhaps like the religious behavior) could never make it into an advanced civilization that would be able to travel space. Look at the middle east, this region is filled with scumbags and just the type of species Hawking described.
There is also the possibility that the alien races could have shed the scales of that violent nature and become truly civil in their travels for other life. As curious as we are to learn about all there is to in this universe.
It could be possible, like us, that only the intellectuals of the species would travel space due to Private Sectors taking priority instead of corrupt organizations or beings on the planet itself. Leaving those interested in the science and knowledge to be the ones we contact.
I can not imagine that brute bastards would be intellectual enough to not destroy their own civilization and only be interested in killing everyone elses.
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