Stephen Hawking has a question for you

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Hawking's question: "In a world that is in chaos politically, socially and environmentally, how can the human race sustain another 100 years?"

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/07/07/hawking.question.ap/index.html

I don't know if we can, but we'll probably survive for the rest of my miserable existence.

 

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The world has always been like this, yet here we are.

 

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The end is near, gimme your karma

 

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Questions typically get between 6 and 10 replies.

Dr. Hawking's got 17,000 hits on the first day.

 

[seizer]

The world has always been like this, yet here we are.

the world now has the power to destroy itslef in a day.

it didnt before.

 

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The world has always been like this, yet here we are.

there are more people alive right now than have ever died. it can't go on like that.

 

[HiDnGoD]

The world has always been like this, yet here we are.

True
A lot of the shit we see going on now, has been perpetrated by man against man, brother against sister, for untold millenia.
As a race we are perhaps marginally better than we were 500 years ago.
Any improvements we have, I believe have been due to social awareness & the democratic system. Even within those 2 paradigms, however, its been 3 steps forward, 2 steps back.
I hate to question Mr. Hawking's judgement, but I believe the timeline should be 1,000 years, not 100.

 

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there are more people alive right now than have ever died. it can't go on like that.

Is that true? That's fucking mind boggling.

 

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Is that true? That's fucking mind boggling.

it most certainly is....ever have a tank full of guppies and they keep breeding? or rats? eventually disease cures the overcrowding.

 

[HiDnGoD]

Is that true? That's fucking mind boggling.

I think the world's population right now is around 6 1/4 Billion.
In 100 years it could be 20 Billion. Where are they all gonna live? Does G.S. have enough Karma for them all. At current population growth rates, about 15 billion are gonna be Muslim.