Stephen Hawking has monish that manhood is in danger of destroying itself in the next 100 years as we rapidly work up in the realms of science and technology .
speak to theBBC , he say that while progress was good , it creates “ new way of life things can go wrong . ” He highlighted nuclear state of war , global warming , and genetically - engineered viruses as potential harbingers of doom of our own creation .
This is not the first time Hawking has warn that we face a self - made disaster;in 2014 , he said that artificial intelligence service could “ spell the destruction of the human race . ”
huckster point out that he is ultimately an optimist , and he believes we can overcome the problems that could face humanity . But if the worst were to happen , one way of life we could ensure the survival of the human race is to have a settlement on another satellite , such as Mars .
This is improbable to be a reality in at least the next century , though . evoke that a global disaster was a “ good certainty ” in the next thousand to ten thousand years , Hawking therefore said that the next 100 years are our most severe , as we become much more advanced but without a dependable haven off this satellite .
“ Although the opportunity of a disaster to planet Earth in a hand year may be quite grim , it adds up over time , and becomes a close certainty in the next thousand or ten thousand year , ” he said . “ However , we will not establish self - get colonies in distance for at least the next hundred years , so we have to be very careful in this time period . ”
huckster say we need to colonize other Earth to survive . Aphelleon / Shutterstock
Nonetheless , Hawking aver this was a “ glorious prison term to be alive ” for scientists , specifically theoretical physicists like himself , with numberless new discovery waiting to be made .
hawk was speaking to the Radio Times before of his Reith Lecture on pitch-dark holes , which will be aired on BBC Radio 4 in the U.K. at 9 a.m. GMT on January 26 and February 2 . outside interview can take heed in on the BBC World Service on the same days at 10:06 a.m. EST ( 3:06 p.m. GMT ) .
Hawking ’s latest theory on sinister holes , published in a paperearlier this calendar month , is that they could contain “ hairs ” at their event horizon – the boundary beyond which nothing , not even wakeful , can run . These hairs could contain information about the black hole , and help oneself address the “ information passing ” paradox .
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