The National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information website posted the article, “Stephen Hawking’s Warning on Contacting Aliens: A Physics Perspective on the Intelligence Trap.” An excerpt of the article is below:
“The search for extraterrestrial intelligence is a fascinating and important endeavor, but it raises significant ethical and safety concerns. In the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, scientists use knowledge of physics to identify potential communication methods and signals that may be used by extraterrestrial civilizations. One of the most notable scientists to highlight these concerns was the late physicist Stephen Hawking, who cautioned that actively attempting to communicate with extraterrestrial civilizations could harm humanity…”
Read the full article “Stephen Hawking’s Warning on Contacting Aliens: A Physics Perspective on the Intelligence Trap” on pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.