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Originally Posted by pbo
why. do Cortes and the Aztecs bring anything to mind
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Exactly. I remember seeing a documentary on the possibility of ET life and they interviewed Stephen Hawking. He said something to the effect of "in every case where one species/group of people has been more advanced than another, theinferior species have been wiped out". He basically hoped there is no intelligent life elsewhere in the universe capable of reaching Earth, because if they were advanced enough to traverse space they could and probably would exploit/eradicate the planet. But who knows, maybe being inherently ruthless is only a human trait, perhaps there are beings out there with a truly gentle and peaceful nature.