great Hawking quote
Stephen Hawking recently spoke about his desire for more funding for manned space missions and bases on the moon and Mars. He wants .25 of the world's GDP to be spent on this, mostly to ensure the long-term survival of the human race. Reading an article on this talk in New Scientist , I came upon this awesomeness
**The physicist also speculated on the reasons that SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) projects have not yet detected any alien civilisations.
He offered three possibilities: that life of any kind is very rare in the universe; that simple life forms are common, but intelligent life rare; or that intelligent life tends to quickly destroy itself.
"Personally, I favour the second possibility - that primitive life is relatively common, but that intelligent life is very rare," he said. "Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth."**
**The physicist also speculated on the reasons that SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) projects have not yet detected any alien civilisations.
He offered three possibilities: that life of any kind is very rare in the universe; that simple life forms are common, but intelligent life rare; or that intelligent life tends to quickly destroy itself.
"Personally, I favour the second possibility - that primitive life is relatively common, but that intelligent life is very rare," he said. "Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth."**