Well known British astrophysicist, Stephen Hawking has warned recently in an interview with the Big Think website, that the human race must go out and colonize Space within the next couple of hundred years or face disappearing forever. Hawking believes that our only chance of long term survival as a species is to move away from our Earth and find new planets to inhabit.
In his synthesized voice Hawking said:
'I see great danger for the human race. There have been a number of times in the past when survival has been a question of touch and go. The Cuban missile crisis in 1963 is one of these. The frequency of such occasions is likely to increase in the future. We shall need great care and judgment to negotiate them all successfully. But I am an optimist. If we can avoid disaster for the next two centuries our species should be safe as we spread into space.’
Whereas the human genetic code that carries selfish and aggressive instincts was a necessary instinct for survival in the past, Hawking believes that this will make it difficult for the human race to avoid disaster in the future, and looking at one news report after another with the latest world news on hostilities, wars and future threats, it is a sentiment that perhaps many would tend to agree with.
To listen to the whole interview click on the link below:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/21691
In his synthesized voice Hawking said:
'I see great danger for the human race. There have been a number of times in the past when survival has been a question of touch and go. The Cuban missile crisis in 1963 is one of these. The frequency of such occasions is likely to increase in the future. We shall need great care and judgment to negotiate them all successfully. But I am an optimist. If we can avoid disaster for the next two centuries our species should be safe as we spread into space.’
Whereas the human genetic code that carries selfish and aggressive instincts was a necessary instinct for survival in the past, Hawking believes that this will make it difficult for the human race to avoid disaster in the future, and looking at one news report after another with the latest world news on hostilities, wars and future threats, it is a sentiment that perhaps many would tend to agree with.
To listen to the whole interview click on the link below:
http://bigthink.com/ideas/21691
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