Its not my money so I don’t care but if he attracts unwanted alien attention I’m kicking somebody’s ass.
I don’t know why Hawking is so enthusiastic about this. He’s been sounding the alarm bells for years.
Green dudes that could get here are obviously more intellighen than us. At best they will quarantine the planet for the good of the universe and I would not blame them.
Search for ‘Active Seti controversy David Brin.’ The went ahead and started doing focused bursts at things with no debate. Board members quit over it.
FReegards
If we find anything, you can be 100% certain our kumbaya idiots will try to make our presence known. So... we should set a trap for the marauders... giant concealed nuclear lasers made ready for them on the moon, humongous hyper-speed nuclear missiles, 100 megatons and above, also hidden around the solar system, and a giant welcoming party of kumbaya idiots out in front of it all with idiotic smiles plastered on their idiotic faces... whatever we can come up with. Annihilate them and steal their technology. Oh, sure, a modern army could crush a primitive forest tribe, no problem. But not with poison frog darts sticking out of the back of their necks!... BWAHAHAhahahahahaha!