For answers, we caught up with Doug Vakoch, president of METI International—a group of scientists that attempt to communicate with extraterrestrial life by sending radio signals out into the void. As a literal alien hunter, Vakoch is very familiar with the subject matter—and the sci-fi movies that have so profoundly colored our perception of alien contact.

Another stupid article. "Will?" The fact that have been spending so much time observing and tinkering with us would seem to indicate that they do indeed "give a shit about us." Humanity is an enormously violent and destructive species that is now poised to move into the solar system and beyond. You damn straight they give a shit about us. To read more, click here.