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| Stephen Hawking says New Technologies could make Human Race Self-destruct |
When questioned how the world will end — "naturally" or whether man would put an end to it — Hawking explained that, most of the threats the human race is facing emanates from progress made in science and technology.
He itemized but a few, like nuclear war, catastrophic global warming and genetically engineered viruses.
"However, we will not establish self-sustaining colonies in space for at least the next hundred years, so we have to be very careful in this period," he joked, provoking laughter from the audience.
"We are not going to stop making progress, or reverse it, so we have to recognize the dangers and control them. Im an optimist, and I believe we can,"he further explained.
