History has shown that whenever a technological superior civilisation come into contact with an tech inferior civilisation, it has always been disastrous for the technological inferior culture. The crux of the problem had always been resources.
Something to ponder about. "The enemy aggressor is always pursuing a course of larceny, murder, rapine, and barbarism. We are always moving forward with high mission, a destiny imposed by the deity to regenerate our victims while incidentally capturing their markets, to civilize savage and senile and paranoidal peoples while blundering accidentally into their oil wells or metal mines." —John T. Flynn, As We Go Marching(1944) --- On Wed, 4/28/10, do.rflex <do.rf...@yahoo.com> wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] Stephen Hawking: Aliens may not come in peace Date: Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 10:03 AM If intelligent alien life forms do exist out in the vastness of the space, they might not be the friendly cosmic neighbors the people of Earth are looking for, famed British scientist Stephen Hawking says in a new television series chronicling his work to explore the secrets of the universe. An advanced spacefaring extraterrestrial civilization could end up wandering the universe in enormous spaceships on the prowl for vital materials after consuming the natural resources of their own world, Hawking explains in an episode of the show "Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking," which premiered Sunday on the Discovery Channel. "Such advanced aliens would perhaps become nomads, looking to conquer and colonize whatever planets they could reach," Hawking said. "If so, it makes sense for them to exploit each new planet for material to build more spaceships so they could move on. Who knows what the limits would be?" Continue reading: http://www.csmonito r.com/Science/ 2010/0427/ Stephen-Hawking- Aliens-may- not-come- in-peace