Posted on 07/08/2006 5:43:39 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
NEW YORK (AP) -- Some questions even stump Stephen Hawking.
The famed British astrophysicist and best-selling author has turned to Yahoo Answers, a new feature in which anyone can pose a question for fellow Internet users to try to answer. By Friday afternoon, nearly 17,000 Yahoo Inc. users had responded to Hawking.
Hawking's question: "In a world that is in chaos politically, socially and environmentally, how can the human race sustain another 100 years?"
Some of the answers were short -- "get rid of nuclear weapons" -- and others vague -- "Somehow we will." Many were doubtful: "I don't think it is possible unless we expand into space."
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Here the answer SH, LEAVE us alone. We survived for millions or billions of years without your help, we will be just fine.
One year at a time.
The world has always been in caos politically, socially, and environmentally. We will get through the next 100 years in exactly the same way as we got through the past 10,000 years...one day at a time.
I wouldn't worry too much, dude's in a wheelchair.
... and between them all, there was not a single sufficient answer...
Can't even Steven Hawking help us? WE'RE DOOMED! /s
The answer is this. Some of us wont survive, But the Human race will.
Maybe if we started to live more closely to the standards set out by the Ten Commandments we'd stand a better chance of surviving another 100 years.
It's nuts, I know. Call me a radical.
Elect Algore as president. He will save us.
The guy can't be very bright, if that's his question. In the history of life on this planet, species die from too few, not too many members. Large populations always spawn, what some might call "chaos". I reject the premise of the question.
there, fixed that.
:-)
Sounds like Hawking expects us to agree with his assessment of our world.
Why would we do that? He lives in one very small part of the world - restricted and inexperienced in "daily life" with which we have to deal regularly.
I would not waste my time taking part in such a rhetorical question when he leads with the answers he seeks.
I agree. Nothing is any different than yesterday, last week, last year, or last cetury, and so on. It's just that the entire world news is at your fingertips instantly.
It's surprising that such a smart man would think otherwise.
Remove Islam from the planet.
1.2 million....
not as the current specie....more like a hundred thou....that is, as we are today...
...our humanoid ancestors of course do go back at least that far....
The question demonstrates the arrogance of humanity. WE can't save us. That's what we need a Savior for; His Name is Jesus Christ.
If you don't like that, don't get mad at me. Take it up with HIM.
The degree of political, environmental, and social chaos is no more significant today than at any other time in history. Thinking that times are worse now than they have ever been is staple of history.
Steve, the human race has managed just fine through thousands of years of chaos. I think it can survive a few more.
SH: Shut up and do differential equations. (With apologies to Laura Ingraham).
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