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Post by dividavi on Jan 11, 2018 10:18:05 GMT
nypost.com/2017/11/06/stephen-hawking-says-the-earth-will-be-a-fireball-by-2600/?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_2208730Stephen Hawking says the Earth will be a fireball by 2600 By Margi Murphy, The Sun November 6, 2017 | 3:21pm | Updated Modal Trigger Stephen Hawking says the Earth will be a fireball by 2600 Mastermind Stephen Hawking has warned that the human race will perish on Earth after we turn it into a sizzling fireball in less than 600 years. He declared that humans must “boldly go where no one has gone before” if we fancy continuing our species for another million years. If we don’t, the world will become overcrowded and increased energy consumption will turn the planet into a ball of fire because of our soaring energy consumption as the population rises. Making a video appearance at the Tencent WE Summit in Beijing on Sunday, Hawking appealed to investors to back his plans to travel to the closest star outside of our solar system, with the hope that a livable planet might be orbiting it. Alpha Centauri is one of the closest star systems at 4.3 light-years away. Scientists believe it may have exo-planets that could foster life, just like Earth. Hawking is backing Breakthrough Starshot, a venture to reach this system within two decades using a tiny aircraft that could travel at the speed of light. He said: “The idea behind this innovation is to have the nanocraft on the light beam.” “Such a system could reach Mars in less than an hour, or reach Pluto in days, pass Voyager in under a week and reach Alpha Centauri in just over 20 years.” If successful, a generation may be able to see the probe reach the star. Starshot Breakthrough’s director, the former head at NASA’s Ames Research Center, also made an appearance in Beijing. He said: “Maybe if all goes well, sometime a little after the middle of the century, we’ll have our first picture of another planet that may be life-bearing orbiting the nearest star.”
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2018 12:09:44 GMT
I don`t see why i should care about what happens after i am dead.
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Post by captainbryce on Jan 11, 2018 13:25:09 GMT
1) No physical craft can travel at the speed of light because that would give it infinite mass and require infinite energy. It would also cause time dilation according to Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
2) IF it were possible to travel at the speed of light, a trip to Alpha Centauri would take approximately 4.3 years, not 20 years.
3) No crew would survive a trip of that duration in space aboard a “tiny aircraft”. They would run out of food and water within days/weeks (assuming they didn’t perish from cosmic radiation, explosive decompression, or micrometeoroid impacts first). They would require a large ship, with massive engines, fuel reserves, and some kind of suspended animation or cryogenic hibernation to sustain even a small crew for that amount of time in deep space. No such technologies currently exist (or have even been tested). So this is not going to happen in a couple decades!
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Post by Vegas on Jan 11, 2018 13:34:46 GMT
Doe he really say it?   |
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Post by Isapop on Jan 11, 2018 13:53:01 GMT
Well, we know for a fact that he is wrong. Ecclesiastes 1:4 says "Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever."
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2018 14:09:30 GMT
Well, we know for a fact that he is wrong. Ecclesiastes 1:4 says "Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever."
Hawking might be wrong, but that Ecclesiastes bloke is certainly wrong. The Earth will not remain forever. |
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Post by Catman on Jan 11, 2018 14:16:57 GMT
That's okay. Cats already have an evacuation plan in place.
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Post by charzhino on Jan 11, 2018 14:18:55 GMT
Looks like we need a wormhole.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Jan 11, 2018 14:25:26 GMT
Is there an article out there that literally explains how this happens?
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Post by Terrapin Station on Jan 11, 2018 14:30:43 GMT
It just goes to show that although someone can be really, really smart in a specific area, that's no guarantee that they won't have pretty stupid or crazy ideas in other areas--as stupid as any random Joe Blow off the street.
The problem is that because of the expertise in a particular area, we tend to give more credence to what the person says overall . . . such as thinking that their stupid idea is important enough to waste newspaper space on it.
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Post by Isapop on Jan 11, 2018 14:41:27 GMT
Well, we know for a fact that he is wrong. Ecclesiastes 1:4 says "Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever."
Hawking might be wrong, but that Ecclesiastes bloke is certainly wrong. The Earth will not remain forever. For your information, that "Ecclesiastes bloke" (your use of the word "bloke" is a giveaway that you're English and therefore probably a snob to start with) got his information from God, who is a much more reliable source than from where you get yours (probably some book with a lot of made up stuff). |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2018 14:56:10 GMT
Hawking might be wrong, but that Ecclesiastes bloke is certainly wrong. The Earth will not remain forever. For your information, that "Ecclesiastes bloke" (your use of the word "bloke" is a giveaway that you're English and therefore probably a snob to start with) Oh, I'm definitely a snob to start with. How do you know he did? How do you know he is? He could have made up stuff even more than my book did. |
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Post by Isapop on Jan 11, 2018 15:20:43 GMT
For your information, that "Ecclesiastes bloke" (your use of the word "bloke" is a giveaway that you're English and therefore probably a snob to start with) Oh, I'm definitely a snob to start with. How do you know he did? How do you know he is? He could have made up stuff even more than my book did. How do I know? I know from the evidence.
And now I expect you'll respond with something like, "What evidence?" (and probably with that condescending attitude that all faithless snobs have been trained in). And the predictability of that response just shows how brainwashed and robot-like you doubters are.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2018 15:23:44 GMT
Oh, I'm definitely a snob to start with. How do you know he did? How do you know he is? He could have made up stuff even more than my book did. How do I know? I know from the evidence. What evidence?
Well predicted! So... are you going to tell me this evidence? Or will it be (to make a prediction of my own!) that you will use some tired excuse to avoid giving the evidence? |
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Post by Isapop on Jan 11, 2018 15:28:38 GMT
How do I know? I know from the evidence. What evidence?
Well predicted! So... are you going to tell me this evidence? Or will it be (to make a prediction of my own!) that you will use some tired excuse to avoid giving the evidence? First, YOU tell ME something.
How do you break up quotes so you can respond to a piece at a time? It's annoying that I don't know how to do that.
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Post by captainbryce on Jan 11, 2018 15:48:21 GMT
First, YOU tell ME something.
How do you break up quotes so you can respond to a piece at a time? It's annoying that I don't know how to do that. You see the button that says “quote” in the toolbar at the top of the response window? Click it, then copy and paste what you want to quote, and respond to it. Repeat as necessary. If you want to ensure the person knows you are talking to them, tag them at the beginning using the @ symbol, followed by their name/handle. Isapop |
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Post by captainbryce on Jan 11, 2018 16:05:23 GMT
Hawking might be wrong, but that Ecclesiastes bloke is certainly wrong. The Earth will not remain forever. For your information, that "Ecclesiastes bloke" (your use of the word "bloke" is a giveaway that you're English and therefore probably a snob to start with) got his information from God, who is a much more reliable source than from where you get yours (probably some book with a lot of made up stuff). With all due respect Isapop, Isaiah, Jesus, John, and Peter all supposedly got their information from God too. And they all agree with Hawking that the earth will be destroyed by fire. Isaiah 51:6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail. Isaiah 65:17 “See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. 2 Peter 3:12-13 as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. Revelation 21:1 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. The book of Ecclesiastes is wisdom literature in the form of poetry. It is not to be taken literally. According to Wikipedia: Ecclesiastes has taken its literary form from the Middle Eastern tradition of the fictional autobiography, in which a character, often a king, relates his experiences and draws lessons from them, often self-critical. So (as a Christian) you have to be careful when interpreting scripture from Ecclesiastes, and not assigned literal meaning to it. Particularly when it contradicts many other literal scriptures. |
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Post by general313 on Jan 11, 2018 16:28:45 GMT
1) No physical craft can travel at the speed of light because that would give it infinite mass and require infinite energy. It would also cause time dilation according to Einstein’s theory of special relativity. 2) IF it were possible to travel at the speed of light, a trip to Alpha Centauri would take approximately 4.3 years, not 20 years. 3) No crew would survive a trip of that duration in space aboard a “tiny aircraft”. They would run out of food and water within days/weeks (assuming they didn’t perish from cosmic radiation, explosive decompression, or micrometeoroid impacts first). They would require a large ship, with massive engines, fuel reserves, and some kind of suspended animation or cryogenic hibernation to sustain even a small crew for that amount of time in deep space. No such technologies currently exist (or have even been tested). So this is not going to happen in a couple decades! I think one can reasonably infer from the article that the nanocraft would be unmanned and travel at a fraction of the speed of light, and that it would serve as a first step reconnaissance mission. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2018 16:34:02 GMT
What evidence?
Well predicted! So... are you going to tell me this evidence? Or will it be (to make a prediction of my own!) that you will use some tired excuse to avoid giving the evidence? First, YOU tell ME something.
How do you break up quotes so you can respond to a piece at a time? It's annoying that I don't know how to do that.
Where you want to end the quote, you type square brackets with /quote in them. Then type the response to that bit. Then follow that with square brackets with quote in them. And so on. It can be a bit awkward, but with practice you soon get used to it. |
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Post by Isapop on Jan 11, 2018 16:35:34 GMT
First, YOU tell ME something.
How do you break up quotes so you can respond to a piece at a time? It's annoying that I don't know how to do that. You see the button that says “quote” in the toolbar at the top of the response window? Click it, then copy and paste what you want to quote, and respond to it. Repeat as necessary. If you want to ensure the person knows you are talking to them, tag them at the beginning using the @ symbol, followed by their name/handle. Isapop You see the button that says “quote” in the toolbar at the top of the response window? Click it, then copy and paste what you want to quote, and respond to it. Repeat as necessary.
So, I clicked "quote". Then I copied and pasted the first part of your answer. And you can see that your words look like my answer, and your quote is all together. I'm not doing something right. Technology is not my friend.
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