Hawking extrapolates from anthropology to point out that the inferior culture — us in this case — would get the short end of the stick in any such close encounter of the rude kind.
霍金通过人类学的预测指出在与粗鲁的外星人近距离接触中,我们作为低等文明,将处于完全不利的境地。
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Yunxiang Yan is an anthropology professor from UCLA who has written extensively about gift-giving in Chinese culture.