[Grendel9]

"...Stephen Hawking, BAS Sponsor..."

That's all the further you need to read
on this piece!

[Mind-numbed Robot]

...Stephen Hawking, BAS Sponsor "...and to the perils we foresee if governments and societies do not take action now to render nuclear weapons obsolete and to prevent further climate change."

As Will Rogers said, "We are all ignorant, just about different things." Human nature and climate change are not Hawking's areas of expertise. Just as Michael J. Fox and others, he is letting himself be used by those with an agenda, even if it is his agenda also.