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Hawking predicts end of Earth within the next thousand years or so
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<blockquote data-quote="dgiharris" data-source="post: 69148280" data-attributes="member: 322579"><p>My thoughts are that we won't make it beyond the next 100 years</p><p></p><p>My prediction is based on our technological progression. As technology increases and becomes available to the masses, the ability of the few to hurt the many grows.</p><p></p><p>Imagine computer technology that is 10x to 20x more powerful than it is today, add in the proliferation of molecular, biology, and chemistry knowledge (i.e. the internet). Now mix in a semi-sentient smart program that the average person can direct, and it wouldn't take much for some nutball to whip up a virus or bioweapon that kills everyone that said nutball deems worthy of death. </p><p></p><p>Or some hacker takes it upon himself to see if he can engineer the ultimate destructive virus and it decimates all computer systems leading to a global wide crash that would make the Great Depression look like Woodstock. </p><p></p><p>It is a hundred times easier to burn a city down than it is to prevent someone from doing it. And with the rapid rise of technology, you essentially giving monkeys the power of god. </p><p></p><p>To put this into perspective. Imagine how powerful you would be if you could take a few computers, some solar panels and generators, and a few terrabytes of knowledge with you back to the 1700s. Within a couple of decades, you could literally take over and conquer the world. That is how powerful the knowledge we have today is, and as technology grows, that power will fall more and more into the hands of the knuckle dragging mouth-breathing monkey morons among us. ANd it won't take long for some whackjob to declare that the human race is no longer worthy to inhabit the earth and he makes it his personal mission to end us all...</p><p></p><p>So yeah, I predict a major world wide human caused catastrophe in the next hundred years caused by a handful of nutballs...</p><p></p><p>granted, my prediction isn't worth much compared to someone of Hawking's esteem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dgiharris, post: 69148280, member: 322579"] My thoughts are that we won't make it beyond the next 100 years My prediction is based on our technological progression. As technology increases and becomes available to the masses, the ability of the few to hurt the many grows. Imagine computer technology that is 10x to 20x more powerful than it is today, add in the proliferation of molecular, biology, and chemistry knowledge (i.e. the internet). Now mix in a semi-sentient smart program that the average person can direct, and it wouldn't take much for some nutball to whip up a virus or bioweapon that kills everyone that said nutball deems worthy of death. Or some hacker takes it upon himself to see if he can engineer the ultimate destructive virus and it decimates all computer systems leading to a global wide crash that would make the Great Depression look like Woodstock. It is a hundred times easier to burn a city down than it is to prevent someone from doing it. And with the rapid rise of technology, you essentially giving monkeys the power of god. To put this into perspective. Imagine how powerful you would be if you could take a few computers, some solar panels and generators, and a few terrabytes of knowledge with you back to the 1700s. Within a couple of decades, you could literally take over and conquer the world. That is how powerful the knowledge we have today is, and as technology grows, that power will fall more and more into the hands of the knuckle dragging mouth-breathing monkey morons among us. ANd it won't take long for some whackjob to declare that the human race is no longer worthy to inhabit the earth and he makes it his personal mission to end us all... So yeah, I predict a major world wide human caused catastrophe in the next hundred years caused by a handful of nutballs... granted, my prediction isn't worth much compared to someone of Hawking's esteem. [/QUOTE]
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