Today , we miss one of the greatest minds on the planet , Stephen Hawking .
While Hawking will always be remembered for his insights into black holes , the nature of space - time , and the root of the universe , he lent his bright psyche to the concerns of humanity on a fair few juncture – often with a knowing yet ominous warning .
However , his cautions were not grim story of pessimism . Like all visionaries , his substance was in the end one of hope and peace . He passionately trust our futurity will be found through the exploration of space beyond major planet Earth . The only job , he worried , was reaching a point where this was potential .
In 2016 , Professor Hawking warned that the fate of humanity could be doomed byour own progressbecause science and technology could create " raw ways things can go incorrect . " He was peculiarly wary of nuclear war , clime variety , and genetically - engineered virus , contend that they could cause humanity ’s downfall within 100 yr .
" Although the luck of a catastrophe to planet Earth in a given year may be quite low , it tally up over time , and becomes a near certainty in the next thousand or ten thousand yr , ” he told theBBC . “ However , we will not set up self - sustaining colonies in distance for at least the next hundred years , so we have to be very careful in this catamenia . ”
In late years , his concernswere often consumed by the boost of artificial intelligence agency . “The growth of full artificial word could spell the end of the human race , " he told theBBC in 2014 .
" It would take off on its own , and re - design itself at an ever - increase rate , " he warned . “ Humans , who are confine by slow biological evolution , could n’t vie , and would be supercede . "
He was also a vehement opposite of state of war . After the invasion of Iraq by the US and UK , he proclaimed“The war was establish on two lie , " arguing the claims of weapons of mass destruction and the link to 9/11 had show untrue . " It has been a tragedy for all the menage . If that is not a war crime , what is ? "
After more recent events , Hawking describedPresident Donald Trump’sdecision to abandonthe Paris Climate Agreement as “ the most serious and wrong decision on climate this domain has seen . ”
“ There is no new world , no utopia around the recess , ” Hawking separate the gang at the Starmus festival via Skype in Norway in 2017 . “ It is time to explore other Solar Systems . Spreading out may be the only thing that save us from ourselves . I am convinced that humans need to leave Earth . ”
Hawking ’s life is now over but his visual sensation of the time to come are apparently more relevant than ever . Perhaps , with a band of heavy study , we will soon satisfy his dream of becoming an interplanetary species and avoid any ego - induced demise .
