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Hawking Says Humans Must Go Into Space

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the purple-belly-push dept.

neutralino writes "The Associated Press reports that astrophysicist Stephen Hawking wants humans to establish colonies in space in order to ensure the survival of the human race. At a news conference in Hong Kong, Hawking said that 'It is important for the human race to spread out into space for the survival of the species. Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global warming, nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers we have not yet thought of.'"

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  1. Re:Where are we going to go? by NekoXP · · Score: 0, Redundant

    42

  2. Re:Right now? by ccarson · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I tend to agree with you on the black hole thing. We should be very cautious and tred lightly with these little boogers. With regarde to Hawkings, I think he's correct. I've thought of this before but again, Hawkings beat me to the press.

  3. Re:Right now? by booyabazooka · · Score: 1, Redundant

    This is what we call the "false choice" fallacy.

    We do not have to choose between enjoying life or trying to preserve it. It IS possible, and wise, to spend some of our energy looking to keeping the human race alive in the future, while simultaneously not wasting our own lives today.