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by Christophe » 09/11/17, 00:40

In google translated ... for the leak (physical), I would not be as optimistic as him!

Stephen Hawking: "Earth will be a big fireball by 2600. But there is a way out"

Renowned Professor Stephen Hawking once again warned that the days of our planet are numbered. He did so this Sunday at a summit of scientists in the Chinese city of Beijing. "By 2600, the earth will turn into a big ball of fire," the scientist revealed. "Mankind must make plans to leave the planet or we will be exterminated." He immediately suggested a revolutionary project that could mean our salvation.

As the cause of the destruction of the Earth, the eminent physicist at the Tencent WE Summit was the growth of the world's population and the growing demand for energy. According to him, humanity must look at the stars to go out. Alpha Centauri - the star system closest to ours - would have the best maps to find a new inhabitable planet.

Alpha Centauri

However, the problem has appeared. Alpha Centauri is 4,37 light year of the earth, converted to 41 billion (41,000,000,000,000) kilometers. With the fastest space package we have now, we would spend about 30 000 years. But there is an alternative according to Hawking, and for that he tried to find financiers in Beijing immediately. (read below)

He was after the Breakthrough Starshot project, with, among others, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Who wants to develop an ultrasonic space probe and which could reach Alpha Centauri in almost 20 years (!). "The nanocraft would have a sail and would be propelled by a ray of light", he argues. “It would be 1000 times faster than the spaceships we have now. Mars could reach us in less than an hour and Pluto, at the edge of our solar system, in a few days.” (Read below)

According to breakthrough starter Pete Worden of Starshot, in the middle of this century, we should have the first images of a habitable planet in a nearby galaxy. The project started with a budget of 100 million, but it would probably be between 5 and 10 billion to complete the mission.

Artificial intelligence

And that wasn't the only opportunity Hawking had heard over the past few days. At the 2017 Web Summit in the Portuguese capital of Portugal, the professor also warned of the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) yesterday. “It could be the best or the worst that humanity has ever encountered,” he said. “AI can help disease and poverty help the world, but it also threatens millions of jobs by robots taking over people's jobs. We must be aware of the possible dangers and identify the solutions in advance. "



Stephen Hawking: "Aard zal tegen 2600 grotes vuurbal worden. Maar er is een uitweg "

From Stephen Stephen Hawking heeft opnieuw gewaarschuwd dat dagen van eleven planet geteld zijn. Hij deed dat zondag tijdens and top van wetenschappers in Chinese stad Peking. "Tegen 2600 zal of aarde in een grote vuurbal veranderen", poneerde of wetenschapper. "From the point of view of the planetary maken om of planets and verlaten, anders riskeren we uitgeroeid te worden." Hij stelde meteen een revolutionair project voor dat eleven redding zou kunnen betekenen.

Als oorzaak voor de ondergang van de aarde wees de prominente natuurkundige tijdens de Tencent WE Summit naar de toenemende wereldbevolking en de groeiende vraag naar energie. Volgens hem moet of mensheid naar of sterren kijken voor een uitweg. Alpha Centauri - het sterrenstelsel dat het dichtste bij dat van ons ligt - zou de beste kaarten hebben om een ​​nieuwe bewoonbare planeet te vinden.

Alpha Centauri

Het probleem is echter daar geraken. Alpha Centauri ligt op 4.37 lichtjaar van of aarde, omgerekend zo'n 41 biljoen (41.000.000.000.000) kilometer. We are talking about ruimteraket die we nude hebben, zouden we er ongeveer 30.000 jaar over doen. Maar er is een alternatief Hawking volgens in daarvoor probeerde hij in Peking meteen financial te vinden. (lees hieronder verder)


Hijme zich immers buy het Breakthrough Starshot-project, samen met onder meer CEO van Facebook Mark Zuckerberg. Dat wil een ultrasound ruimtesonde ontwikkelen in die zou Alpha Centauri in amper 20 jaar (!) Kunnen bereiken. "From nanocraft zou een zeil hebben in voortgestuwd worden door een lichtstraal", argumenteert hij. "Dat zou 1.000 keer sneller dan gaan ruimteschepen die we nu hebben. Mars zouden we op kleinen bereiken in minder dan een uur en Pluto, aan de rand van ons zonnestelsel, in enkele dagen. "(Lees hieronder verder)


Volgens topman Pete Worden van Breakthrough Starshot zouden we tegen het midden van deze eeuw de eerste foto's moeten hebben van een bewoonbare planet een naburig sterrenstelsel. Het project is gestart puts in the budget of 100 miljoen dollar, maar er zou nog zeker tussen of 5 in 10 miljard nodig zijn om missie te kunnen volbrengen.

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In het was niet of snow gelegenheid dat Hawking zich of afgelopen dagen liet horen. Op of 2017 Web Summit in Portugese hoofdstad Lissabon waarschuwde of professor gisteren ook weer voor de gevaren van artificiële intelligentie (AI). "Het zou het beste of het slechtste kunnen worden of mensheid ooit overkwam", zei hij. "AI kan helpen om ziekte en armoede de wereld uit te helpen, maar het bedreigt ook miljoenen banen door robots die taak van mensen overnemen. We do not hesitate to contact him for more information on the subject. "


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by Bardal » 09/11/17, 10:21

And what is this story of Earth fireball in 2600? I had never heard of that before ...
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by sen-no-sen » 09/11/17, 12:08

bardal wrote:And what is this story of Earth fireball in 2600? I had never heard of that before ...


This is a reference to the Venus effect, ie a runaway global warming:

An American study indicates that the planet is not immune to a super warming that would turn the Earth into a desert, like Venus. An event that would not happen, however, for millions of years.

More: http://www.maxisciences.com/terre/et-si ... 30381.html
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http://www.maxisciences.com/terre/et-si-terre-finissait-par-ressembler-a-venus_art30381.html


What says Stephen Hawking is more of a joke than a serious one, it is a customary fact.
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by Bardal » 09/11/17, 12:22

"What Stephen Hawking says is more joke than serious, it is customary facts."


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by Lolounette » 09/11/17, 12:30

joke or not, the attitude "after me the flood" of certain humans sometimes discourages me, especially when it is mediatized scientists who convey it ...

He does not say: maybe you should move your ass to save the planet and all forms of life that people, he prefers: let's break before it implodes and too bad for those who stay! thank you egocentrism : Evil:
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by Christophe » 09/11/17, 15:23

It is clear that the term "fireball" seems inappropriate to me, especially on the part of Hawking, who was able to democratize a lot of things in astrophysics for the general public with simple words ...

Maybe a desire on his part to want to wake up people? I do not believe in the joke on his part
..he remains one of the greatest living spirits ...

The runaway warming and the "Venusication" of the Earth could make it uninhabitable long before the atmosphere ignites ...

Atmosphere that would have already ignited at least once during the extinction of the Jurassic ... see: science-and-technology / off-the-dinosaurs-grids alive-a-800-c-t10297.html
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by sen-no-sen » 09/11/17, 15:34

A scenario worthy of interstellar! : Lol:
More seriously, it is not possible to leave the earth to colonize another, the future of humanity is here.
The closest "potential" planets are located light years away and there is no evidence that these would be colonizable.
It is necessary to make a distinction between a temporary scientific base and a definitive colonization "without nets".
Logistics in this area is simply not within our reach, and flagship argument, whatever the state of degradation of our planet, the state of the biosphere will always be infinitely higher than what could be found elsewhere.

On the issue of global warming, do not panic, there are already plans B like geoengineering (!), Or even better ... a general collapse of civilization (but not life on the contrary) ) who should settle this question most simply in the world!
Demography is the same thing, it is integrally related to living conditions, in case of collapse the problem will itself be regulated by natural selection ... : roll:

In the opposite case, that of a super-growth world doped with thermonuclear fusion, we should follow a r / K trend of the families, and the decrease of natalities will follow automatically (less children but with a greater education) .
Many countries have in a short period of time succeeded in appreciably reducing their demographics, this is the case of Bangladesh where the birth rate has dropped by 60% in 50 years!
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by Ahmed » 09/11/17, 19:23

What would be counterproductive to take this scenario seriously is that the technological development that this implies to hope (?) Leave the earth, would be likely to create the conditions for the fulfillment of this dark prediction: it is obviously an example of self-fulfilling prophecy or counterfactual event.
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by Christophe » 09/11/17, 22:20

Christophe wrote:... for the (physical) escape, I would not be as optimistic as him!


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by Lolounette » 10/11/17, 10:27

at the same time, the particular case of Stephen Hawking surely explains his announcement: technology has been his salvation, it will be the salvation of humanity and he does not consider any other solution because his life is unfortunately very much cut off from many things ... it is understandable certainly ... but given its media coverage it worries me anyway!
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