Interesting thought to try to save the human race. I think that humans would get their just desserts, if human shortsightedness is the cause of their own demise. It seems possible now that humans would not last the millennia because of human inflicted destruction and poisoning of their home planet.
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It's something out of the cold war age, this idea of colonizing some place else because we've made such a mess out of Earth. It's not that I hope the human race gets wiped out. It's just that human nature doesn't seem geared in that direction, at least not right now. People (myself included) are far too selfish to think about future generations with any seriousness. They just have assumptions that scientists will solve the problems without any sacrifices on their part.
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Slashdot: "
Hawking Says Humans Must Go Into Space: "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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Monday, June 19, 2006
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