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Hawking's prediction in his later years: In 100 years, human beings will be expelled from the earth. Will his prediction come true?

"The earth can satisfy human needs, but not human greed." - Gandhi

By VickyPublished 2 years ago 3 min read

As human beings have entered the space age, all capable countries have carried out the exploration of outer space, including but not limited to the search for extraterrestrial life, exploration of other planets, galaxies, etc. Among them, the most outstanding progress is the United States, the Soviet Union, and our China.

The vast universe is boundless, if only a corner of the earth can give birth to life, how lonely it will be for human beings. In order to be able to find other intelligent civilizations in the universe, and to find a suitable planet as a "retreat" for human beings, human beings are paying more and more attention to space exploration, and there are more and more related works of art, such as the "Three-Body Problem" is known as China's "Sci-Fi Pride".

As the pace of human space exploration goes farther and farther, the three classic philosophical questions "Who am I, where do I come from, and where do I go?" have been put on the agenda of daily discussion by scientists. However, the "I" in this discussion is not me, but the destiny of all mankind.

As a scientific great man in the field of astrophysics, Hawking has also pondered the fate of mankind for many days. In an interview with BigThink, a famous American intellectual video sharing website, Hawking made a very controversial remark: "Within 100 years, human beings will be expelled from the earth." In the documentary "Expedition to the New Earth" broadcast by the British Radio (BBC) in 2017, this matter was pointed out again.

In fact, Hawking has always advocated that humans migrate to aliens. Since 2011, he has repeatedly proposed on the Internet that the earth may no longer be suitable for human habitation due to asteroid impacts, environmental pollution, nuclear war and other reasons, and migrating to aliens is Humanity's best choice.

Hawking's status in the scientific community is unquestionable. He has already achieved fame and does not need to gain fame through grandstanding. What drives Hawking to speak is that he is really worried about the future of humanity, and that he really believes that migrating to aliens is the only way to save humanity.

Hawking died of illness in March 2018. He himself has not seen the predictions he once made, but as an influential scientist, we have to pay attention to his warnings to human beings, and there are various signs in nature these years. In reality, Hawking is not aimless.

In recent years, the number of human beings on the earth has increased, but the speed of species extinction has been accelerating, and the environment has gradually deteriorated. If this situation continues, the earth will become unviable in less than a hundred years.

In the long process of development, the earth has naturally experienced five mass extinctions. The causes of these extinctions are often some disasters in nature, such as sudden climate changes, etc.; but we are now facing the sixth mass extinction. , but it was created by human beings, and due to the destruction of the earth by human beings, after this species extinction, it is difficult for new life to appear like the previous five times. This is likely to subvert the earth's environment and subvert our human society. important reasons.

"Watermelon Snow" in Antarctica, increasingly erratic weather, accelerated melting glaciers, polar creatures that have lost their living environment, holes in the ozone layer, rising sea levels, disappearing coral reefs... All of these are confirmed , If human beings continue like this, Hawking's prediction will really become a reality.

So does human beings only unilaterally destroy the environment? Not really. Since the environment has deteriorated significantly, more and more people have begun to pay attention to environmental problems and have begun to carry out targeted environmental governance work in a planned way. For example, our country's Three-North Shelter Forest Project has achieved remarkable results in protecting the environment. The project started in the 1970s with a duration of 73 years and is expected to plant 534 million mu of trees.

In addition to the Three North Shelter Forest, there is also an "ant forest" activity that many of us are participating in today. As long as we carry out activities such as energy conservation and emission reduction, we can accumulate "energy", and then use the "energy" to buy saplings, and then there are special People go and plant on those lands that need vegetation, and help the earth dress again.

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