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mahnmutWhy Stephen Hawking's dire warning is all wrong about humans and Earth
"Apart from being spectacularly unscientific, his prophecy is also wrongheaded. Let’s see if I have this right: we have trashed the earth – with the help of science, I might add, given that he asserts technology-gone-wrong is part of our current mess – so now what? Earth be damned, we must save our own hides, and quickly? Ah, yes. So many more planets to ruin, so little time."
"Apart from being spectacularly unscientific, his prophecy is also wrongheaded. Let’s see if I have this right: we have trashed the earth – with the help of science, I might add, given that he asserts technology-gone-wrong is part of our current mess – so now what? Earth be damned, we must save our own hides, and quickly? Ah, yes. So many more planets to ruin, so little time."
