Stephen Hawking says mankind has 100 years left on Earth. Thanks, Steve.

[esh dov ets]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/science/ct-stephen-hawking-escape-earth-20170505-story.html

Stephen Hawking is an inspiration. He can't walk, can't talk, can't eat or shit by himself- yet what he dreams up is nothing short of breathtaking. In his latest discussion, he says humans have 100 years to pack up shop and move off the Earth- or we're doomed.

This time, he's pulled back the curtain for a glimpse of the world our great grandchildren will inherit if we don't get off this rock, and soon. A true story more terrifying in its implications than anything Stephen King has ever come up with; We're in a race for the survival of our species, against the inevitability of using up the resources here on the ground and collapsing our global civilisation.

And as usual, he's right on the money with this. I've been thinking about this same 'escape window' concept for years.

We're safe- it's our grandkids who are in deep shit.

Thanks, Steve!

Space has always been the answer to the extended longevity of the human race. Stephen Hawking said that disaster on earth is likely within 1,000- 10 k years and we should be well into colonizing space by then or we could go extinct. The sun will shine here for over 4 billion years but in about 500 million - 1.75 billion years it will be to hot on earth. and in 7 billion or so the earth will be swallowed by the sun so we have to move earth or move off of it and some science shows that earths have life spans while rocket and other travel science show it is not within our grasp to "fly" earth so we have to move. Thanks Steve , for pointing that out.
We are on track to be on mars and in space within a hundred years so ,, go human race.
What this news makes me worried about is not the top 2% of wealth holders plus some skilled workers and maybe a lotto. I don't worry much about dogs and cats and cows or food some animals. i do worry about off world research. About what's considered expendable here. will the earth be abandoned by the elite and the the old rulers? doubtful those positions won't be refilled. the new colonies will be governed by commerce and the old ideologies.
now we must face new challenges. even before the old problems are resolved. it is what it is.

 

[esh dov ets]

he said his position right away.. i always agree to a point where i want to argue for the longevity of the human race knowing it will not last as our home. now Steve Hawking makes my argument for the public.

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i don't want to live in an artificial bubble and anyway earth first!

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space exploration benifits earth technology and quality of life on earth!

 

[esh dov ets]

First it's 1000 years, then he re-ran the equation now it's 100 years.

I'd like to hear another scientists opinion @heckler73?

If Hawkings equation was off when he figured it to be 100 from 1000, perhaps his equation is still off?

who said he miscalculated? he said 1,000- 10,000 likely for disaster on earth. the over sensational headline says 100 years. i assume somewhere hawking may say start early for good reason but i have looked at 4 articles and 2 vids and not found hawking saying 100 years. also the doc is not out yet.

 

[esh dov ets]

Way off.

Way way off.

He's an excellent physicist but should probably stick to what he is specialised at.

win ..."

guess what he specializes in.

 

[esh dov ets]

If we cannot learn to live sustainably on our own world then humanity deserves to go extinct. I mean FFS all we need to do is stop having so many kids and expanding our population. Get the world population down to 1 billion people and we could live sustainably on our world almost indefinitely. This would obviously require govt incentives for people not to have children. Something like $100,000 to get sterilized before having any children. Prices would probably be even cheaper in 3rd world countries.

yeah because you two can't get along we should all die....

 

[666888]

The greatest thread ever, from Easter island to the moon landing and artificially intelligent humans
people with squillions trying to figure out how to live in space, and charge for it, the internet can solve all the worlds problems,(only if they like wanking sneekly) sterilization would guarantee survival of the human race

We're all gunna DIE, and its all the Trumps fault aahahahaha again
Does Hawkins need some ATTENTION, he pops up every now and then, he keeps getting weirder and weirder

Fuckin love it, continue on

 

[UncleBuck]

the photos are clearly fake is one reason, no film would ever survive the Van Allen belt. No one from NASA has dared explain this fallacy.
There is a place here on the West Coast, said to the be the "real" site of the moon landing.

Moon landings and physics are not compatible at the moment. Stupid humans.

what a shitty, stupid fucking post.

 

[UncleBuck]

The greatest thread ever, from Easter island to the moon landing and artificially intelligent humans
people with squillions trying to figure out how to live in space, and charge for it, the internet can solve all the worlds problems,(only if they like wanking sneekly) sterilization would guarantee survival of the human race

Were all gunna DIE, and its all the Trumps fault aahahahaha again
Does Hawkins need some ATTENTION, he pops up every now and then, he keeps getting weirder and weirder

Fuckin love it, continue on

what a shitty, stupid fucking post.

 

[SneekyNinja]

guess what he specializes in.

Quantum gravity...?

 

[esh dov ets]

Quantum gravity...?

stars and space. things in space ,what is space, physics of space and of things in space.
he is qualified.

 

[torontoke]

Quantum gravity...?

I thought it was general relativity but then again I also thought hawking was already dead.
Just curious here but did any of you see something else on the moon that the rest of us missed? Why exactly would they spend trillions going back?

 

[Fogdog]

The greatest thread ever, from Easter island to the moon landing and artificially intelligent humans
people with squillions trying to figure out how to live in space, and charge for it, the internet can solve all the worlds problems,(only if they like wanking sneekly) sterilization would guarantee survival of the human race

We're all gunna DIE, and its all the Trumps fault aahahahaha again
Does Hawkins need some ATTENTION, he pops up every now and then, he keeps getting weirder and weirder

Fuckin love it, continue on

Since we all are going to die anyway, how about you show us how it's done?

 

[666888]

what a shitty, stupid fucking post.

Do you need some ATTENTION cupcake maker

 

[666888]

Since we all are going to die anyway, how about you show us how it's done?

Hang around for a while its bound to happen

 

[UncleBuck]

Do you need some ATTENTION cupcake maker

what a shitty, stupid fucking post.

 

[SneekyNinja]

stars and space. things in space ,what is space, physics of space and of things in space.
he is qualified.

To actually quantify the potential timeline of human extinction?

Seems very unscientific to me.

 

[ttystikk]

What do you know of the world? Some background information would be helpful.

The physical evidence puts Homo sapiens sapiens originating in south western Africa around 200,000 years ago. Agriculture and with it what we call civilization started around 12,000 years ago. I don't know what you mean by "current stream (say last 5000) years of humanity" and so I can't say what I think about that.

Pyramids aren't all that mystical by the way. They are really amazing creations of people. Very hard working people.

My only quibble with this is that from much of the evidence I've seen, most of those numbers should be between half again and double the values you used. Not that you're 'wrong'- I've seen those numbers as well, it's just that more recent research has been consistently pushing those dates back.

We've been here for a long time and until VERY recently, life did not change much from one generation to the next.

There was very nearly an industrial revolution circa 200AD. I personally believe it was stymied by primitive government structures and political instability more than anything else. That is, the lack of a stable society for large scale scientific collaboration and lots of wars.

By way of stark contrast, just the last 15 years have witnessed some 3 or 4 successive generations of LED chips suitable for horticultural use.

My grandparents were born before the Wright brothers first flew at Kitty Hawk- and yet when they retired they toured the world via 747, circumnavigating it in the span of 2 months or less while visiting Europe, Asia and more.

Twenty years ago the idea of a smartphone existed but the hardware was very clunky and wireless network technologies were in their infancy. Today, billions use their phones as their primary digital access point and they're faster than any other computer I've ever owned, both in terms of their own capabilities and communication speed.

We live in an era where the ability to do amazing things has far outstripped our ability to fully understand their consequences.

Brave New World? Heaven within our grasp? Or the final gasp of Babylon? We humans have the choice and we have it NOW.

It is my life's work to bring something of lasting value out of this accelerating hot mess and put it into the hands of millions.

I'm fully aware that not everyone's motives are so altruistic. Thus I feel the urgency of a Great Race; not against my own mortality but rather against humanity's darker impulses. I'm racing to create accessible tools of survival in heretofore inhospitable places before we need them. Because too late might be just around the corner.

 

[ttystikk]

Space has always been the answer to the extended longevity of the human race. Stephen Hawking said that disaster on earth is likely within 1,000- 10 k years and we should be well into colonizing space by then or we could go extinct. The sun will shine here for over 4 billion years but in about 500 million - 1.75 billion years it will be to hot on earth. and in 7 billion or so the earth will be swallowed by the sun so we have to move earth or move off of it and some science shows that earths have life spans while rocket and other travel science show it is not within our grasp to "fly" earth so we have to move. Thanks Steve , for pointing that out.
We are on track to be on mars and in space within a hundred years so ,, go human race.
What this news makes me worried about is not the top 2% of wealth holders plus some skilled workers and maybe a lotto. I don't worry much about dogs and cats and cows or food some animals. i do worry about off world research. About what's considered expendable here. will the earth be abandoned by the elite and the the old rulers? doubtful those positions won't be refilled. the new colonies will be governed by commerce and the old ideologies.
now we must face new challenges. even before the old problems are resolved. it is what it is.

Thank you for this thought provoking post.

 

[ttystikk]

who said he miscalculated? he said 1,000- 10,000 likely for disaster on earth. the over sensational headline says 100 years. i assume somewhere hawking may say start early for good reason but i have looked at 4 articles and 2 vids and not found hawking saying 100 years. also the doc is not out yet.

He mentioned it in the video clip embedded in the article in the OP of this thread.

 

[ttystikk]

I thought it was general relativity but then again I also thought hawking was already dead.
Just curious here but did any of you see something else on the moon that the rest of us missed? Why exactly would they spend trillions going back?

Because we humans need to expand, explore and inhabit our solar system and beyond.

The Greatest Adventure awaits us. If we fail to rise to this challenge, we will surely die and be a forgotten footnote in the history of the universe.

While some might think that's best, I prefer to be more optimistic about humanity and our ability- and willingness- to go and see what's out there...