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William Shatner
As the most recognizable face of the " Star Trek " franchise , histrion William Shatner is plausibly used to fielding questions about his extraterrestrial notion . But in a 2010 interview for Montreal Gazette , the gentleman who get Captain Kirk of the Starship Enterprise to living explained why he thinks intelligent beings must be out there .
" There is no doubt that there is living out there ; the math of it go you to that sheer conclusion . In my nous , there is no doubt that the universe teems — teems ! — with life in all its forms . "
Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking has repeatedly warned that humansshould be wary of get hold of exotic civilization . In 2016 , in a documentary called " Stephen Hawking ’s Favorite Places , " the famed theoretic physicist order humanity may one Clarence Shepard Day Jr. incur a signal from a potentially habitable exotic world , such as Gliese 832c .
" But we should be wary of do back , " peddle tell in the 26 - minute documentary . " Meeting an in advance civilization could be like Native Americans encountering Columbus . That did n’t turn out so well . "
That ’s not the first time Hawking has expressed such a concern . In 2015 , he cautioned that visit aliens may be in hunting of resources to plunder , as they roll the cosmos colonizing other world .
" Such advanced foreigner would perhaps become nomads , appear to conquer and colonize whatever planet they can reach , " hesaid in an interview with El Paísat the time .
Still , Hawking state it ’s not likely that humanity will find sound alien life in the next 20 years . " The probability is low , likely , " said Hawking , who has amyotrophic sidelong sclerosis ( ALS ) and is paralyzed , but " speak " with the assistance of a computer .
Demi Lovato
During an appearance on the talk show " Late Night with Seth Myers , " singerDemi Lovato importune that extraterrestrial being are veridical . " How self - centered would we be , as humans , to believe that we are the only live things in the macrocosm ? " she say .
