Hawking Says Humans Must Go Into Space

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday June 13, 2006 @06:03AM 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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Re:Right now? by booyabazooka · 2006-06-13 11:29 · 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.