Physicist Stephen Hawking has been garnering quite a bit of tending this calendar week , as Eddie Redmayne won anAcademy Awardfor his delineation of the scientist in " The Theory of Everything . " However , Professor Hawking is also making newspaper headline for a conversation he had with Adaeze Uyanwah , a 24 - year - old student from California . Uyanwah was treated to a tour of London’sScience Museumaccompanied by Hawking as part of her award package from the “ Guest of Honor ” contest byVisitLondon.com . During their time together at the museum , Uyanwah take vend which man trait he would most like to deepen .
“ The human failing I would most like to rectify is aggression . It may have had survival advantage in caveman day , to get more food , district or a mate with whom to regurgitate , but now it threatens to destroy us all , ” hawk answered her , according to theIndependent . " A major nuclear warfare would be the end of civilization , and maybe the end of the human race , ” he explain . ”
Not only does human aggressiveness no longer process an obvious purpose , but technical advances , such as nuclear implements of war , have made it so that an unbelievable amount of scathe could be done with very little feat by a small act of people . Hawking is n’t the only prominent scientist to have made this reflection ; Carl Sagan wasoutspokenagainst the development of nuclear arms during his life .
Uyanwah also ask the physicist which human trait he would like to see more often . Unsurprisingly , he comment that he would like to see more kindness and reason .
“ The quality I would most like to magnify is empathy . It brings us together in a peaceable , loving state , ” he replied .
pitch then sound on to hash out the immense grandness of continued space geographic expedition to the length of service of the human race . Again , echoing the sentiments of Sagan and others , Hawking spoke of extending the physical presence of humanity beyond the reaches of our own major planet or even our own moon .
" send off human being to the moonlight changed the futurity of the human raceway in way that we do n’t yet understand . It has n’t solved any of our straightaway trouble on planet Earth , but it has given us new perspectives on them and do us to look both outward and in , ” Hawking explained . " I believe that the tenacious term future of the human race must be blank space and that it represent an important life sentence insurance for our future survival of the fittest , as it could prevent the disappearance of humanity by colonizing other satellite . "
Uyanwah conduct how much she enjoyed her time with Hawking on Twitter , referring to him as a “ fable ” and an “ inspiration . ” Hawking also discussed the then - impend Academy Awards , praise Redmayne ’s portrayal of him , butquipped , “ Unfortunately Eddie did not inherit my good looking . ”
Talking to#StephenHawkingwas really inspirational and he has such an awesome sense of humour!pic.twitter.com / IKoXlWUu9z
— Londons Guest ( @LondonGuest)February 20 , 2015
