Or, like a fellow intelligent species in the universe that they would like to meet. Sorry, I don't have a link to provide, but it is, by far, the most likely scenario. I don't necessarily like saying that Stephen Hawking is wrong, but Stephen Hawking is wrong.
Indeed, but they, like us have already started that process of discovery. They may catalog us like bugs, in this great expanse.
Or like menu items! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fDOdzY18XE
Or, like a fellow intelligent species in the universe that they would like to meet. Sorry, I don't have a link to provide, but it is, by far, the most likely scenario. I don't necessarily like saying that Stephen Hawking is wrong, but Stephen Hawking is wrong.