# We finally receive a message from space indicating intelligence. Do we respond? S. Hawking says no.

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**Created:** [April 26, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-finally-receive-a-message-from-space-indicating-intelligence-do-we-respond-s-hawking-says-no/537364 "2010-04-26T02:17:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 29, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-finally-receive-a-message-from-space-indicating-intelligence-do-we-respond-s-hawking-says-no/537364/121 "2010-04-29T02:49:47Z")

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> [@jasg](#):
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> I believe that there are some tribes in the Amazon Basin that would disagree.

We were talking about the native americans and I said we’d handle things differently nowadays. Do you dispute that? Are you arguing that modern treatment of the native amazon tribes is anywhere near the same?

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