[english story]霍金:人类生存危机
Hawking: If we survive the next 200 years, we should be OK.
CAMBRIDGE, England (CNN) -- Professor Stephen Hawking, one of the world's great scientists, is looking to the stars to save the human race -- but pessimism is overriding his natural optimism.
Stephen Hawking, here delivering a lecture in May, spoke recently to CNN about his vision of the future.
Hawking, in an exclusive CNN interview, said that if humans can survive the next 200 years and learn to live in space, then our future will be bright.
"I believe that the long-term future of the human race must be in space," said Hawking, who is almost completely paralyzed by the illness ALS.
"It will be difficult enough to avoid disaster on planet Earth in the next 100 years, let alone 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."
Hawking is one of the few scientists known to a wide audience outside academia thanks to his best-selling books, a guest spot on "The Simpsons" and an ability to clearly explain the complexities of theoretical physics.
He has 12 honorary degrees, was awarded the CBE in 1982 and since 1979 has been at Cambridge University's Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, where he is Lucasian Professor of Mathematics -- a post once held by Isaac Newton.
Speaking at Cambridge's Centre for Mathematical Studies, he said: "I see great dangers for the human race. There have been a number of times in the past when its survival has been a question of touch and go. The Cuban missile crisis in 1963 was one of these.
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"The frequency of such occasions is likely to increase in the future. We shall need great care and judgment to negotiate them all successfully.
"But I'm an optimist. If we can avoid disaster for the next two centuries, our species should be safe, as we spread into space."
Twenty years ago, Hawking wrote "A Brief History of Time." Now he is looking forward to a space flight of his own next year.
He said: "I don't think the human race has a moral obligation to learn about space, but it would be foolish and short sighted not to do so. It may hold the key to our survival."
CAMBRIDGE, England (CNN) -- Professor Stephen Hawking, one of the world's great scientists, is looking to the stars to save the human race -- but pessimism is overriding his natural optimism.
Stephen Hawking, here delivering a lecture in May, spoke recently to CNN about his vision of the future.
Hawking, in an exclusive CNN interview, said that if humans can survive the next 200 years and learn to live in space, then our future will be bright.
"I believe that the long-term future of the human race must be in space," said Hawking, who is almost completely paralyzed by the illness ALS.
"It will be difficult enough to avoid disaster on planet Earth in the next 100 years, let alone 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."
Hawking is one of the few scientists known to a wide audience outside academia thanks to his best-selling books, a guest spot on "The Simpsons" and an ability to clearly explain the complexities of theoretical physics.
He has 12 honorary degrees, was awarded the CBE in 1982 and since 1979 has been at Cambridge University's Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, where he is Lucasian Professor of Mathematics -- a post once held by Isaac Newton.
Speaking at Cambridge's Centre for Mathematical Studies, he said: "I see great dangers for the human race. There have been a number of times in the past when its survival has been a question of touch and go. The Cuban missile crisis in 1963 was one of these.
Watch the interview in full »"The frequency of such occasions is likely to increase in the future. We shall need great care and judgment to negotiate them all successfully.
"But I'm an optimist. If we can avoid disaster for the next two centuries, our species should be safe, as we spread into space."
Twenty years ago, Hawking wrote "A Brief History of Time." Now he is looking forward to a space flight of his own next year.
He said: "I don't think the human race has a moral obligation to learn about space, but it would be foolish and short sighted not to do so. It may hold the key to our survival."
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huhuhaha 2008-10-10 18:11:17说：
pessimism is overriding his natural optimism
悲观 pessimism,,,,overriding 超越
let alone next thousand 更别谈一千年
悲观 pessimism,,,,overriding 超越
let alone next thousand 更别谈一千年
huhuhaha 2008-10-10 18:30:28说：
世界著名科学家霍金教授正指望恒星挽救人类---但是对地球的悲观已经超过他天生的乐观.
他在一个CNN的专访里谈到,如果人类希望能在接下来的200年幸存下来并且学习在太空生活,那么人类的未来将是光明的.
他说: "我相信未来很长一段时间人类将必须生活在太空里.
他在一个CNN的专访里谈到,如果人类希望能在接下来的200年幸存下来并且学习在太空生活,那么人类的未来将是光明的.
他说: "我相信未来很长一段时间人类将必须生活在太空里.
huhuhaha 2008-10-10 18:37:42说：
在21世纪,行星地球发生致命的灾难是不可避免的,更别谈未来的1000年或百万年.人类不应该将所有的鸡蛋防在一个篮子里.我们寄托于在人类上太空生活之前不要将篮子砸坏了.
huhuhaha 2008-10-10 18:45:29说：
由于霍金的全球畅销的时间简史、作为辛普森节目的特邀嘉宾以及清晰的解释复杂的理论物理学的能力，使他成为学术界外广为人知的少数科学家。
huhuhaha 2008-10-10 18:52:35说：
他有12个名誉学位，在1982年被封最高等巴思爵位，自1979年被任命为剑桥大学应用数学和理论物理学卢卡斯数学教授席位，牛顿曾经拥有这个头衔。
2Bprincess 2008-10-10 19:53:05说：
If it is the real case, this will certainly lead advantages to developed countries and disadvantages to the less developed ones.
