Abandon Earth Or Die, Warns Hawking 973
siliconbits writes "According to famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, it's time to free ourselves from Mother Earth. 'I believe that the long-term future of the human race must be in space,' Hawking tells Big Think. 'It will be difficult enough to avoid disaster on planet Earth in the next hundred years, let alone the next thousand, or million. The human race shouldn't have all its eggs in one basket, or on one planet. Let's hope we can avoid dropping the basket until we have spread the load.'"
His motives are showing... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Yeah, but where does this get ME? (Score:5, Funny)
Voice Over (Score:5, Funny)
mammals (Score:1, Funny)
Humans are mammals by the way
Re:A bit early for leaving (Score:5, Funny)
Nah, let's just write this one off as a practice planet. We won't make the same mistakes again since we're human after all :)
Re:Yeah, but where does this get ME? (Score:5, Funny)
You're asking a user named "TrisexualPuppy"
One word - Spanktervision
Re:Yeah, but where does this get ME? (Score:3, Funny)
Interplanetary service fees.
The survivors joke (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This is pretty much what I've been telling peop (Score:1, Funny)
After all, there are only so many jobs _THAT_ will tolerate semi-literate
jackasses like you.
http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/whoVwhVt.asp
(Blue Book)
Re:Just need a way to ascend to a higher plane (Score:2, Funny)
That's easy. Just start running out of ideas for plots relating to the Goa'uld.
Re:Oh, look, a content mill getting attention (Score:5, Funny)
Of course, it may not necessarily be plagiarism, because he's been saying this for years
Little known fact is that he has sentences pre-programmed into his voice synthesizer. Things like:
So yes, he does quite often mistakenly say it while ordering a cup of coffee, during a casual interview about his work.
Re:I submit this possibility (Score:4, Funny)
What if Earth isn't the first human colony, and these disasters have merely wiped out the evidence of our migration...
I am more comfortable being a descendant of some ape, than a bunch of hairdressers or telephone cleaners.
Re:mammals (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Yeah, but where does this get ME? (Score:3, Funny)
Will you give something to the future, or will you just be another leech?
Does one hell of a mess to clean up and having them pick up the tab count?