Hawking on Colonizing Space 🌌🚀

In this thought-provoking exchange, Neil deGrasse Tyson presents a compelling challenge to Elon Musk's vision of making humanity a multi-planetary species. While Tyson acknowledges he supports the idea of space exploration—"Who could argue that? I'm with you there"—he offers a “mild rebuttal” to Musk’s key argument of colonizing space to protect humanity from extinction-level events on Earth.
Tyson discusses how Musk defends his vision by pointing out the potential dangers on Earth, such as asteroid collisions or runaway viruses. However, Tyson counters at 29:36: "Isn't it easier to deflect an asteroid, easier to find a super serum to combat a deadly virus, than it is to terraform Mars and ship a billion people there?" He highlights that asteroid collisions are a minimal threat compared to more immediate dangers like nuclear war, climate change, and pollution, which he identifies as much greater risks.
This conversation sheds light on the fascinating debate of whether humanity should prioritize solving the problems we face here on Earth or focus on expanding beyond our home planet. Maybe the best approach combines both strategies—solving Earth’s most pressing issues while exploring the stars.
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[elvillian]

Something that people have not taken into consideration is that we were created to live on earth. Our survival outside earth will not be what people believe it will be.

[ErmentrudeCarroll]

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[davidtong]

How do you fight, tidal lock or solar expansion stay here long enough and humanity dies

[ronty]

We evolved to live in this environment, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to survive. Every living creature on earth, was born to live here and won't be able to survive in other environments without external survival equipment.

[mitchparrish]

We need to have multiple solar systems, that is capable of sustaining human life. If something happens to the Sun that's it for us

[MattSchulz-js]

Turns out no it's fairly easy to terraform mars, compared to stopping a comet city killer sized or bigger, and easier than curing every disease, dude doesn't do math math does him

[smithinkr]

Thousands of years ago, humans were not strong or technologically savvy enough to cross the rough seas and build lives beyond the continents they were born in. But here we are. So isn’t Neil, the science guy, being a bit stubborn about all of this and just thinking he is too smart to make misjudgements. All of these Sounds too familiar from history.

[stephenyoung]

Who even let that cabbage in the same room as Hawkin.

[camfitt]

I wonder what he got up to on epstein's island