When Stephen Hawking passed away in 2018, the world lost one of the most brilliant minds dedicated to solving some of science’s most complicated problems. His obituary in The Guardian described him as having ‘almost supernatural gifts,’ with a sense of humor and an ability to engage non-scientists in his work. It is widely accepted that multiverses exist.

Stephen Hawking’s last paper, ‘A Smooth Exit from Eternal Inflation?’, discusses the universe’s fate. However, the paper may be difficult for most people to understand. Stephen Hawking’s last paper, ‘A Smooth Exit from Eternal Inflation?’, discusses the universe’s fate. 

Stephen Hawking’s last paper, ‘A Smooth Exit from Eternal Inflation?’, discusses the universe’s fate. The concept of eternal inflation, which refers to the uneven expansion of the universe, serves as the basis for the paper. University at Buffalo professor Will Kinney explains this concept. According to University of Southern California professor Clifford Johnson, the universe’s expansion creates pocket universes with an ever-growing space between them. He uses the analogy of a bath full of different soap bubbles, where each soap bubble represents a different universe.

Additionally, it has been predicted that AI will replace humans.

  Even renowned physicist Stephen Hawking expressed concern in a 2017 interview with Wired that ‘The genie is out of the bottle…I fear that AI may replace humans altogether.’ The potential dangers of artificial intelligence are well-known, as evidenced by the famous ‘Terminator’ film franchise. Even renowned physicist Stephen Hawking expressed concern in a 2017 interview with Wired that ‘The genie is out of the bottle…I fear that AI may replace humans altogether.’ Even renowned physicist Stephen Hawking expressed concern in a 2017 interview with Wired that ‘The genie is out of the bottle…I fear that AI may replace humans altogether.’ Hawking warned that the development of self-replicating AI could lead to a new form of life that outperforms humans.

In November 2021, the Wyss Institute at Harvard announced a collaboration between Wyss, Tufts, and the University of Vermont that created the first-ever self-replicating living robots. 

While created with good intentions, the saying about the road to hell applies. Only time will tell if this technology will have unintended consequences. Bongard suggests that Xenobots can potentially remove microplastics from the environment and attack cancer cells. These are brilliant applications for this mind-blowing new technology. However, there is a concern that it may get out of hand, as Hawking pointed out.  

Climate change is a significant issue.

In 2021, the BBC reported on a study from the Weizmann Institute that found each person produces human-made mass waste greater than their body weight every week, on average. Even more concerning, the weight of artificial materials on the planet has surpassed that of naturally occurring materials.

The Los Angeles Times anticipated 2022 with the hope of achieving a series of small victories despite the challenges posed by the global pandemic, rising greenhouse gasses, unprecedented wildfires, and other natural disasters, as well as widespread misinformation.

The population is expanding.

Stephen Hawking warned about overpopulation years before COVID-19. 

According to the Pew Research Center, scientists are now puzzled about the population’s future due to falling fertility rates.

Scientists like Hawking may argue that it is in the planet’s best interest, but they are not the only ones with a voice. In early 2022, Pope Francis made headlines for condemning couples who choose not to have children, calling them ‘selfish.’ He stated (via the BBC), ‘Sometimes they have one child, and that’s it, but they have dogs and cats that take the place of children. This denies fatherhood and motherhood, diminishes us, and takes away our humanity.’ The irony.

Stephen Hawking may have said, ‘I told you so,’ if he had seen the COVID pandemic and the culture of science-denying anti-vaxxers that sprang up all over the world.

In 2017, when he spoke to Wired, the world was already on the anti-science warpath. Hawking explained that people didn’t trust science because they didn’t understand it. He warned that we live in a time when science and scientists are in danger of being held in low esteem, which could have serious consequences. He cautioned that we live in a time when science and scientists are in danger of being held in low esteem, which could have serious consequences. He warned that we live in a time when science and scientists are in danger of being held in low esteem, which could have serious consequences.

100 YEARS

It is not the case that people saw the dire things happening in the world and decided to get their collective act together. According to Stephen Hawking, the predictions for the end of days got worse.

During a lecture at Cambridge University in 2016, Hawking expressed his belief that humanity must escape beyond our fragile planet within the next 1,000 years to survive.

In 2017, he revised his estimate, setting the doomsday date at 2600. During his speech at the Tencent WE Summit, he stated (via GeekWire) that the world’s population would be standing shoulder to shoulder by the year 2600, and electricity consumption would make the Earth glow red-hot.

However, he later revised his statement, saying this would happen in 100 years. Vox modified his timetable after the United States withdrew from the Paris climate agreement. He considered this move catastrophic and suggested that humankind should start looking for a new planet to live on. The reason is that we have almost exhausted all the resources on this planet. How is humankind progressing towards meeting this deadline? NASA is proposing regular missions to Mars starting in the 2030s. While this may save some of humanity, we are in for a bumpy ride.