Stephen Hawking:

If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn't turn out very well for the Native Americans.

— Stephen Hawking Contemporary

Black holes, cosmology

Context

During an episode of the Discovery Channel's 'Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking'.

Date / Period

2010

Source

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Explanation

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