>>Stephen Hawking:
>>http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Space/stephen-hawking-alien-contact-risky/story?id=10478157
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>Such a short extract seems to be playing into the "humans are bad, kill all but the noble and leave the Earth to grass and squirrels" game. Which is pretty much the only story that gets publicity nowadays.

Squirrels when properly prepared are fairly tasty.