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| Stephen Hawking: Abandon the Earth |
| 2010-08-09 |
| Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has some advice for the people of Earth - it's time to get off. "I believe that the long-term future of the human race must be in space," Hawking said to Big Think , a global forum that includes interviews with experts. "It will be difficult enough to avoid disaster on planet Earth in the next hundred years, let alone the next thousand, or million. The human race shouldn't have all its eggs in one basket, or on one planet. Let's hope we can avoid dropping the basket until we have spread the load." The physicist called humankind's survival "a question of touch and go" and referred to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963 as one time people narrowly avoided extinction. He also referred to the 22,600 stockpiled nuclear weapons, including 7,770 still operational, scattered around the planet. If that doesn't drive us off, University of Sussex astrophysicist Dr. Robert Smith said global warming may reach a point "where all of Earth's water will simply evaporate." He said life will disappear on Earth long before the 7.6 billion years some say the aging sun will expand and destroy Earth. |
| Posted by:Delphi |
| #11 I know who the guy from Guam is... Cerius, Lee, has NE JUAN seen Joe and STEVE N. HULKING in the same room? TOGETHER!? |
| Posted by: Gabby 2010-08-09 22:16 |
| #10 See also NEWS KERALA > COLONIZE SPACE OR FACE EXTINCTION: STEPHEN HAWKING. HUMANITY + GREEN ORION BIKINI BABES will be saved once NASA-JPL + DARPA formally adopt that Guy from Guam's designs for "JETSONIAN" FLYING CARS, etc. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-08-09 21:55 |
| #9 D *** NG IT, wehell, IIUC MMGW = POTUS DUBYA = SUN is causing young 14-year old future Celebs like KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN JENNER to mature years early, thus of course the Earth + OWG clearly must attack + invade Alpha Centauri. Which is INTEHWESTING becuz, technically speaking, the original SIRIUS EVENT occurred during the POTUS JOHNSON Admin. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-08-09 19:50 |
| #8 Ark Ship 'B' should leave first Wipe your own phones, please. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2010-08-09 14:59 |
| #7 Well, if presented as a way to get rid of the Tea Partyites, you might get some traction along side of SEIU and the UAW at the Treasury trough. The 21st Century approach to |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-08-09 14:52 |
| #6 I saw a video of an old Dr. Who episode, involving the creator of the Daleks, Davros. Except they put in a segment of Hawking, using his language generation to deliver Davros' lines. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-08-09 14:38 |
| #5 There is also the cosmic radiation danger unless man creates a warp drive or cryogenic freezing technology. Did he really say 'warp drive'? Guy's been watching too much Star Trek. Why not just say 'jumpgate'? And if we ever do 'leave earth' it might be like the first fish leaving the Ocean - we may not want to return to living at the bottom of a gravity well. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2010-08-09 14:02 |
| #4 Just remember, guys, Ark Ship 'B' should leave first. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-08-09 13:51 |
| #3 Earth First! (We'll screw up the other planets once we get there!) |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2010-08-09 13:32 |
| #2 So we can be the illegal aliens on some other planet? Nice idea, Hawking, but you gotta develop the hardware first and you're gonna have a tough time doing that when all of our money is being spent for ObamaCare, Medicare, welfare, SEIU pension funds, etc. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-08-09 13:32 |
| #1 ...Dr. Robert Smith said global warming may reach a point "where all of Earth's water will simply evaporate." Moron. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2010-08-09 13:21 |