Michio Kaku, Professor of Theoretical Physics of the City College of New York and the famous popularizer of science, believes that the establishment of contact with developed extraterrestrial civilization can be dangerous. This is reported by the publication Sputnik News.
According to a scientist, the chances of the fact that humanity in the not too remote future will find traces of developed alien civilizations or come into contact with them very high. This may occur due to the commissioning of the James Webba space telescope, which has an unprecedented sensitivity suitable for detecting and studying cold rocky exoplanets like Earth.
Although many researchers believe that humanity should try to establish contact with aliens, Michio Kaku calls it a terrible idea, since a scenario is possible, similar to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in the XVI century. Although the scientist himself believes that alien civilizations are likely to be friendly, he believes that humanity cannot risk.