Page 6 - John Smithson News Today

For the native americans. >> larry: john, youre producing the show. do you accept the theory? >> well, we -- were working with one of the greatest living scientists, one of the best scientific brains in the world. and im not a scientist. my job on this series for discovery channel was to bring the views, the vision, the imagination of this great scientist to a mass audience. these interest words of professor hawking. i dont have the scientific

About him. and we just know that trapped in this body that he cant use is this quite brilliant brain. and there is something about that that is such a powerful and poignant image. it just seems to touch people. >> larry: thank you both very much, john smithson and ben bowie. the second part of this special will air sunday on discovery. well be back. well talk with stephen hawking and well meet an expert panel as well. stephen hawking in his own words, next.

Space real threat to human life? next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. you can say that this show tonight is out of this world. john smithson is executive producer of end of the universe with stephen hawking, . stephen hawk willing join us later. warns that contact with extraterrestrial life might not go so well. watch. >> so if aliens ever visit us, i think the outcome would be much as when christopher columbus first landed in america. which didnt turn out very well for the native ...

To questions. so we gave him our pitch, showed him the tape, and we had to wait a while. but thankfully the answer was yes, id love to do it. so thats how it got going. >> larry: john, are you surprised at the reaction it has gotten around the world? >> no, im not, because, you know, professor hawking is this distinguished academic, as weve said. but also, he wants to bring science to a new generation, to people around the world. and he is prepared -- everything he says of course is immaculately...

Thats what we dont know. many better scientific minds than mine are obsessed with looking. i think youve got guests later who will tell us a lot more than. but it is just totally intriguing. its been the subject of literature. its been the subject of movies. and i think it someone of the most intriguing questions of all, which is why its one of the questions stephen hawking himself wanted to deal with in this series. because it really is one of the big questions we all face. are we alone in this...

Say -- you cant say one way or the other. you can think maybe caution would be a good idea. >> larry: stephen theorizes the negative aspect, does he not, john? >> he rightly thinks we should be cautious, and im not going to second guess professor hawking. but that is what is so intriguing, isnt it, about this whole subject? could there be life out there? if so is that just some sort of green gloop or is it something that is a real menacing threat. thats what we dont know. many better scientific ...

space real threat to human life? next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. you can say that this show tonight is out of this world. john smithson is executive producer of end of the universe with stephen hawking, . stephen hawk willing join us later. warns that contact with extraterrestrial life might not go so well. watch. >> so if aliens ever visit us, i think the outcome would be much as when christopher columbus first landed in america. which didnt turn out very well for t...

astro physicist stephen hawking says its possible, and issues a warning for all of us. stop trying to contact other life forms now, just in case theyre out there and theyre hostile. >> they are likely to be more advanced that us. >> hawking joins us, answering our questions, sounding the alarm. and believer dan aykroyd is here too. >> i dont belief theyre a mass threat, but theyre breaking the law. >> larry: aliens from out of space real threat to human life? next on "larry king live."...

And it is really the ultimate story. >> larry: let me get a break and come right back. >> fascinating. >> larry: well get a break and come right back with john smithson and ben bowie. stephen hawking is coming up. but first, how would we respond if alien life landed on earth? stay with us. when i grow up, i want to fix up old houses. ♪ [ woman ] when i grow up, i want to take him on his first flight. i want to run a marathon. im going to work with kids. im going to own my own restaurant. when ...

Here. >> larry: how did this come about? how did you and stephen and john all get together and do this? >> well, discovery wanted to do a new and exciting show on cosmology. and so we sat around the table for a while and thought who best to do it. and there isnt a bigger name than stephen hawking. so it was a very simple, very, very short list of who we wanted to work with. and then we pitched it to him. and you may know that stephen takes quite a while to respond to questions. so we gave him ou...