# Stephen Hawking Topic: [[Topics/Science Fiction Possibilities/Science Fiction Possibilities|Science Fiction Possibilities]] · People in this topic are listed on the hub. - **Who:** British theoretical physicist (1942–2018) ◻. - **On contact:** in *Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking* (Discovery, 2010), he warned that meeting advanced aliens might turn out "much as when Columbus first landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans" ◻ (paraphrase-level; not re-fetched). ## Role in this topic - The best-known counterpoint to the video's "scientists, not raiders" claim (claim 16 in the [[Users/@ClaireT13274488/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - ClaireT13274488 on Why Aliens Would Not Invade Earth for Resources (2026-10-14)|analysis]]).