Stephen Hawking Declares His Support for RPGPunditYou
might recall that over a year ago on this blog I declared that, in my
opinion, it is critical that mankind make the jump into being able to
live in a self-sustaining way in space; to travel to other worlds in
our solar system and beyond. Not out of some kind of startrek nerdboy
fantasy but out of a real concern for the fact that humanity is grossly
overextending our resources on the earth. We are parasites, when it
comes down to it, consumers; and one world is no longer enough to
manage us. Also, because our energy consumption is such, and the lack
of viable alternatives to fossil fuels, that if we don't do it soon, we
might never be able to do it at all, and humanity would eventually sink
away and become one of the "might have beens" in the race of
civilizations that I have no doubt is occuring througout our universe.
Some
of you lesser mortals out there thought to disagree with me. That's
fine. I have people in my camp that make me more than secure in my
conviction that my logic is well-thought-out. Who, you ask as though
the title of this blog wasn't a dead giveaway?
That's right.
None other than quite possibly the smartest human being alive, and more
importantly an expert in physics, has come to the same conclusion I
have.
Stephen Hawkings Declares that Humankind Must Go Into SpaceApparently,
Stephen Hawkings, or "Steve-O" as his friends call him must have read
this blog sometime last year, and finally got around to expressing his
agreement with the Pundit's wisdom back in June. But, busy guy that he
is, I guess he forgot to send me an e-mail letting me know about his
little speech in Hong Kong. Fortunately, I got wind of this finally.
I
sincerely thank Steve-O (or "Wheelsy McGenius", as his friends call
him) for his steadfast support in backing up my argument and supporting
my position. Its glad to know that you can count on your loyal readers
to make public statements in support of your theories, and few friends
can make such statemetns like good old Wheelsy.
The article
doesn't actually mention whether he talks about this blog specifically,
but I'm sure that someone like Wheelsy (or "Robovoice 3000" as his very
dear friends call him) would have seen fit to cite the original source
of his position, and wouldn't just claim that such an idea sprang forth
from his own brilliance, brilliant though his brilliance is.
Robovoice's brilliance is so brilliant, in fact, that when you refract
it through a lens it can be used to cook meat.
Anyways, thanks
heaps for coming to the same conclusions I did, buddy. That's Stephen
"Steve-O" "Wheelsy" "Robovoice" Hawking for you; a genius of our times
(now proven, by his agreement with me), a genuine good guy, and
cheating the grim reaper like you wouldn't believe for over 40 years
now.
RPGPundit
Currently Smoking: Missouri Meerschaum Corncob + Monte Pas' Ark Royal
Originally posted: September 21, 2006
Comments (3)
I never read your original post until just now; but are you proposing we do this instead of transcending our role as "parasites"? Will we not, then, eventually use the resources of two worlds instead of one?
Perhaps we should learn to be symbionts before "infecting" another world?
Eclectic Will
Nope, its human nature. We're consumers. It makes sense, of course, for us to try curb some of our nature, especially in situations (like the ones we're all living right now) where our consumerism puts us in danger as a culture. We should certainly try to cut down on our abuse of the environment. But ultimately, we are consumers, and we will consume.
So in the long run, our survival will depend on our ability to move out beyond this planet and into others, and have access to the resources the universe has to offer us.
So... the glass is half empty?