Hawking: Mankind has 1,000 years to escape Earth

Feuer Frei! · 04-12-13, 06:24 PM

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Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking warns human beings won’t survive “without escaping” from the “fragile” planet. His gloomy forecast is people will become extinct on Earth within current the millennium.

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Oberon · 04-12-13, 06:32 PM

I'd say that extinct would be a bit of a stretch, however certainly a vast reduction of both technological rate and population is possible through either natural or un-natural means. Populating another planet will increase the chances of our achievements surviving, populating others beyond that will increase it further. Naturally beyond that, the achievements will diverge depending on each planet.

However, if a way is found to generate materials from energy, including food and water, then my outlook on human survival over the next millennia will increase dramatically. There are ways to prevent our demise, asteroid defences, high-rise earthquake proof buildings, but it all costs money...and that is humanities biggest Achilles heel, well, that and the greed that generated the creation of money.

vienna · 04-12-13, 06:56 PM

1,000 years? I'd better get together my "go bag", pronto!...

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Buddahaid · 04-12-13, 07:01 PM

Not good as nothing will get done about it until there's only twenty years left.

Schroeder · 04-13-13, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Not good as nothing will get done about it until there's only twenty years left.

20? 5 at best. You know how we are.

HunterICX · 04-13-13, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

20? 5 at best. You know how we are.

I think we do.....*mutters*neighbours...world war....bicycles

HunterICX

nikimcbee · 04-14-13, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Feuer Frei!

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I call BS. He needs to visit Mt St. Helens blast zone.

Spoon 11th · 04-14-13, 01:07 PM

Would a NASA reality show “Lunar Shore” be more popular than “Jersey Shore”? Civilization's future depends on that answer.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,319 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Not good as nothing will get done about it until there's only twenty years left. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I'd say that extinct would be a bit of a stretch, however certainly a vast reduction of both technological rate and population is possible through either natural or un-natural means. Populating another planet will increase the chances of our achievements surviving, populating others beyond that will increase it further. Naturally beyond that, the achievements will diverge depending on each planet. However, if a way is found to generate materials from energy, including food and water, then my outlook on human survival over the next millennia will increase dramatically. There are ways to prevent our demise, asteroid defences, high-rise earthquake proof buildings, but it all costs money...and that is humanities biggest Achilles heel, well, that and the greed that generated the creation of money.

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Spoon 11th Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 689 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Would a NASA reality show “Lunar Shore” be more popular than “Jersey Shore”? Civilization's future depends on that answer. — Neil deGrasse Tyson