The famous physicist Stephen middot; Hawking once said in an interview in 2011 that the earth will be destroyed in 200 years. The only way for mankind to avoid extinction is to migrate to other planets. In addition, Hawking also had six world shaking prophecies. What world shaking prophecies did Hawking say? The editor of this article takes stock of Hawking's six world shaking predictions. Let's see what Hawking has predicted.
Hawking said that if humans want to continue, they must migrate to Mars or other planets, and the earth will die sooner or later. As for this time limit, Hawking predicted that the earth would be destroyed in 200 years. So what is Hawking's prediction of China? Let's take a look.
Hawking's answer to China's prediction
Hawking did not predict China. Hawking predicted that humans would immigrate to Mars in 2050. In 2100, mankind entered outer space and new species appeared. The earth will face destruction in 2215. In 2600, the earth became a fiery 'fireball'.
Review Hawking's six world shaking prophecies:
1: 'black holes' don't exist
When Hawking put forward this conclusion in January 2014, he once shocked the scientific community because it was contrary to his own theories in the past. In 1974, Hawking put forward the famous' Hawking radiation 'theory, which is one of Hawking's greatest contributions to astrophysics. Hawking pointed out in this theory that while the mass of black holes decreases during their formation, they are also constantly emitting radiation to the outside world in the form of energy. However, once the black hole condenses and evaporates, all the information in it will disappear, which is contrary to the theory of quantum mechanics that this kind of material information will never disappear completely. This is the so-called 'black hole paradox'.
For many years, Hawking tried to explain this contradictory view with various speculations. Hawking believes that black holes do not exist, at least in terms of the black holes in human concept so far. He further believes that the so-called 'event dome' also does not exist. According to relevant theories, 'event dome' is an unobservable boundary in which all substances including light can be retained.
2: God's particles may destroy the universe
The Higgs boson is also known as the God particle. Hawking once bet with a professor at the University of Michigan that the Higgs boson would not be found. But then scientists at CERN announced the discovery of the God particle, and Hawking lost $100. However, Hawking later expressed his concern about God particles and warned that the emergence of God particles might accelerate the destruction of the earth and even the universe.
3: Heaven does not exist
Hawking has more than once denied the view that life continues after death. He believes that the brain is like a computer. When parts break down, it will stop running. For computers that stop running, there is neither heaven nor the continuation of life after death.
4: Human contact with aliens is dangerous
Hawking is convinced that intelligent life exists in other worlds outside the earth, but he warned that mankind should do everything possible to avoid contact with these alien life. Hawking said: 'in the infinite universe, there must be other forms of life.' The real challenge is to find the aliens. "
Hawking said: 'we only need to look at ourselves to know how intelligent life has developed to the point of being unable to be self-sufficient. I imagine they are now in big ships, which have exhausted all the resources on their planet. They may have become nomads, waiting for the opportunity to conquer and colonize any planet they can reach. If aliens visit humans, I think the result will become very similar to that when Columbus arrived in the new world, which is not good for the Native Americans. "
5: Within a thousand years, human beings must migrate to other planets, otherwise they will 'become extinct'
Hawking predicted that the next millennium will be the great limit of mankind. At that time, the earth will be unable to bear the consumption of mankind. Mankind can only choose to migrate to aliens or perish. Hawking believes that in the next 1000 years, it is basically certain that the earth will be destroyed by a major disaster, such as nuclear war or the greenhouse effect. Therefore, he stressed that mankind must migrate to other planets. Hawking said: "human extinction is possible, but it is not inevitable. I am an optimist. I believe that the development and progress of science and technology can eventually lead humans out of the solar system and to more distant places in the universe."
6: Artificial intelligence may end mankind
Hawking has repeatedly said that 'the thorough development of artificial intelligence may lead to the extinction of mankind'. Hawking claims that in the next 100 years, mankind will face the challenge of smarter artificial intelligence than mankind. In early 2015, Hawking worked with Tesla CEO Elon & middot; Musk jointly issued an open letter. They believe that the development of artificial intelligence should be controlled. The letter said that if intelligent machines can not guarantee security, mankind may fall into a dark future. The letter warned scientists that artificial intelligence would wipe out human beings.
In December 2017, at an event held by an institution in China, Hawking once again expressed his worries about the unlimited development of artificial intelligence. " Human beings cannot know whether we will be infinitely helped by artificial intelligence, despised and marginalized, or likely destroyed by it. We are worried that smart machines will be able to replace the work that human beings are doing and quickly eliminate millions of jobs. "
Artificial intelligence may also be the end of human civilization unless we learn how to avoid danger. I once said that the all-round development of artificial intelligence may lead to the extinction of mankind, such as maximizing the use of intelligent autonomous weapons. Unless artificial intelligence systems need to work according to human will. "
These are Hawking's six world shaking prophecies. You can understand them.