"So remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and hold on to that childlike wonder about what makes the universe exist."
"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."
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Source: Stephen Hawking warns over making contact with aliens. news.bbc.co.uk. April 25, 2010.
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