Comments on: And The Answer Is… http://www.ysearchblog.com/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:49:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Otter http://www.ysearchblog.com/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/comment-page-1/#comment-3310 Otter Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:25:22 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/#comment-3310 One aspect of Mr. Hawkings question bears consideration in this way; If the vast majority of us cannot embark on the "human race lifeboat", will enough of us support the creation of it, since it would require significant resources of public funds (asuming the Gates foundation is not interested)? I believe the apparent simplicity of Mr. Hawkings remarks belies the intelligence behind it. Genius is often best demonstrated in the ability to reduce a problem to its' simpilest form, and then the solutions become self evident from that new perspective. Personally I feel that our species is deserving of being preserved, and though I have written of significant investments for its' survival, this amount should be compared to the sums we are prepared to spend on things like seeing movies such as 'Armegedon'...How many million was that? I will make my small contribution to a possible interum solution by describing in short what I would call 'sustitutional economics', which is not a revolutionary way of reorganizing our economic system, but does recognize the bases of many of our present ills in the current system as it is applied. For instance the substitution of the U.S.'s and others domestic energy supplies (preferably using green solutions) for foriegn ones would have a ripple effect across the globe. It would reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, improve the foreign trade deficit, create employment in new and well paying industries, encourage the creation of new industries while improving the efficiencies of existing ones, improve the level of health in cities by the reduction of harmful pollution, reduce the need for military interventions when the 'public good' is being threatened by potential energy disruptions, and stabilize the 'costs of production' of domestic industries and household energy expenditures. If a global calimity is on the horizon for the human race, then it is only reasonable that a less interdependant energy system would alleviate much of the suffering that would accompany it. This small solution would have a great benifit to many poor nations of the world, since they can ill afford the expenditures of precious foriegn capital on something that is ultimately burned up, and leaves no long lasting returns to these nations peoples. Unfortunatly the spectre of a global plague whether it is man made or natural, is highly likely and with the human species not being genectically diversified in its' makeup there is little biological protection available to us unless it is created in the lab. Presently our intercontinental travels on a massive scale results in our lack of protection from geographic isolation. So the importance of potentially isolating populations in a time of crises becomes even more important. One final thought is this; If for some improblable set of circumstances the earth and the human race is virtually alone in the Universe, then should we really be so cavalier in the preservation of it. Should we not hold to a higher duty to protect one of the rarest jewels in all of creation? One aspect of Mr. Hawkings question bears consideration in this way; If the vast majority of us cannot embark on the “human race lifeboat”, will enough of us support the creation of it, since it would require significant resources of public funds (asuming the Gates foundation is not interested)? I believe the apparent simplicity of Mr. Hawkings remarks belies the intelligence behind it. Genius is often best demonstrated in the ability to reduce a problem to its’ simpilest form, and then the solutions become self evident from that new perspective.
Personally I feel that our species is deserving of being preserved, and though I have written of significant investments for its’ survival, this amount should be compared to the sums we are prepared to spend on things like seeing movies such as ‘Armegedon’…How many million was that?
I will make my small contribution to a possible interum solution by describing in short what I would call ’sustitutional economics’, which is not a revolutionary way of reorganizing our economic system, but does recognize the bases of many of our present ills in the current system as it is applied. For instance the substitution of the U.S.’s and others domestic energy supplies (preferably using green solutions) for foriegn ones would have a ripple effect across the globe. It would reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, improve the foreign trade deficit, create employment in new and well paying industries, encourage the creation of new industries while improving the efficiencies of existing ones, improve the level of health in cities by the reduction of harmful pollution, reduce the need for military interventions when the ‘public good’ is being threatened by potential energy disruptions, and stabilize the ‘costs of production’ of domestic industries and household energy expenditures.
If a global calimity is on the horizon for the human race, then it is only reasonable that a less interdependant energy system would alleviate much of the suffering that would accompany it.
This small solution would have a great benifit to many poor nations of the world, since they can ill afford the expenditures of precious foriegn capital on something that is ultimately burned up, and leaves no long lasting returns to these nations peoples.

Unfortunatly the spectre of a global plague whether it is man made or natural, is highly likely and with the human species not being genectically diversified in its’ makeup there is little biological protection available to us unless it is created in the lab. Presently our intercontinental travels on a massive scale results in our lack of protection from geographic isolation. So the importance of potentially isolating populations in a time of crises becomes even more important.
One final thought is this; If for some improblable set of circumstances the earth and the human race is virtually alone in the Universe, then should we really be so cavalier in the preservation of it. Should we not hold to a higher duty to protect one of the rarest jewels in all of creation?

]]> By: magicrat1957 http://www.ysearchblog.com/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/comment-page-1/#comment-3309 magicrat1957 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 04:05:22 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/#comment-3309 Dear Dr. Halking Where the ansures to this question are will be debated and studied long after they will mean anything to the current inhabitents of this wreckege of the industreal revelution. By whom or what I don't know but if my opion is worth anything I would say that the distruction of the world as we know it came about because for some reason man got it into his head that the problems that our inventions have created can be cured not by abandoning them but by keeping them going with more inventions. for example if we find were using too much electricity we just look for more ways to generate more power insted of looking for ways get along with less . If we are short of gas do we stop driving SUVs and overpowered cars. no we kill people who have oil and wont sell it to us at a price we can live with . the world is already dead right now were just looking for a place to burry it. Dear Dr. Halking
Where the ansures to this question are will be debated and studied long after they will mean anything to the current inhabitents of this wreckege of the industreal revelution. By whom or what I don’t know but if my opion is worth anything I would say that the distruction of the world as we know it came about because for some reason man got it into his head that the problems that our inventions have created can be cured not by abandoning them but by keeping them going with more inventions. for example if we find were using too much electricity we just look for more ways to generate more power insted of looking for ways get along with less . If we are short of gas do we stop driving SUVs and overpowered cars. no we kill people who have oil and wont sell it to us at a price we can live with . the world is already dead right now were just looking for a place to burry it.

]]> By: Carol http://www.ysearchblog.com/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/comment-page-1/#comment-3308 Carol Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:08:46 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/#comment-3308 Wonderful question. My first reaction is that if Mr. Hawking does not know the answer then perhaps there is none. Ok here is my 2 cents..... Yes, I think we will survive....at least our DNA will. Certainly we did not originate from earch but arrived here by some means. As to the question will our race survive that is a little more difficult. I think that by the time our governments take seriously the effects of global warming, nuclear weapons ect both will need to practically freeze/burn them. That leaves the collective of individuals who inhabit our planet. We are far to comfortable to risk changing anything yet. We need to suffer. I know that this sounds sad but the inhabitants of North America have forgotten what our ancestors knew of war and struggle. I do not mean to overlook the tremendous human suffering associated with the present war or with 911. Do not mistake me nor my feelings toward those who have experienced struggle. It's just that we have lost the bone deep need for survival over the years while enjoying trips to Micky D's in our SUV's. We are no longer as a society "hungry" or desparate enough to drive us to make the changes needed for survival. Once we feel the pain of potential annilation then and only then will we turn our collective intelligence and love toward finding the answers to what ails us. Unfortunately that will leave us deplorably short of time. However, we may just make it in the end. It certainly is and will be a mathematical equation for all time.....will the human race survive? I personally don't have enough "RAM" in my cerebral computer to compute the odds but perhaps, by way of this discussion, one of you good people will find the answer. Thanks for asking, Carol Wonderful question. My first reaction is that if Mr. Hawking does not know the answer then perhaps there is none.

Ok here is my 2 cents….. Yes, I think we will survive….at least our DNA will. Certainly we did not originate from earch but arrived here by some means. As to the question will our race survive that is a little more difficult. I think that by the time our governments take seriously the effects of global warming, nuclear weapons ect both will need to practically freeze/burn them. That leaves the collective of individuals who inhabit our planet. We are far to comfortable to risk changing anything yet. We need to suffer. I know that this sounds sad but the inhabitants of North America have forgotten what our ancestors knew of war and struggle. I do not mean to overlook the tremendous human suffering associated with the present war or with 911. Do not mistake me nor my feelings toward those who have experienced struggle. It’s just that we have lost the bone deep need for survival over the years while enjoying trips to Micky D’s in our SUV’s. We are no longer as a society “hungry” or desparate enough to drive us to make the changes needed for survival. Once we feel the pain of potential annilation then and only then will we turn our collective intelligence and love toward finding the answers to what ails us. Unfortunately that will leave us deplorably short of time. However, we may just make it in the end. It certainly is and will be a mathematical equation for all time…..will the human race survive? I personally don’t have enough “RAM” in my cerebral computer to compute the odds but perhaps, by way of this discussion, one of you good people will find the answer.

Thanks for asking,
Carol

]]> By: TOby http://www.ysearchblog.com/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/comment-page-1/#comment-3307 TOby Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:52:11 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/#comment-3307 Thats pretty interesting i dont agree much with genetic engineering i go more towards revelations in the bible and how this was predicted in revelations and how its all supposed to happen. Aliens dont exist so thats why we dont see them. But ppl need to start realizing that there is more to life on earth and that we all need to stick together and help ppl. Help ppl come closer to God b4 its to late,. Thats pretty interesting i dont agree much with genetic engineering i go more towards revelations in the bible and how this was predicted in revelations and how its all supposed to happen. Aliens dont exist so thats why we dont see them. But ppl need to start realizing that there is more to life on earth and that we all need to stick together and help ppl. Help ppl come closer to God b4 its to late,.

]]> By: mike http://www.ysearchblog.com/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/comment-page-1/#comment-3306 mike Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:12:39 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/#comment-3306 to Chris regarding scientific change, fusion generators are real and coming to a utility near you, more importantly the New world order we keep hearing about is not a geopolitical thing it is about economics pure and simple.The confrontations in the middle east will be the catalyst for change and we about to see the use of Hydrogen weapons in Global reorganization. In terms of survival of the planet the world is no where near critical mass and we need to realise that alien technologies and intervention have always been amongst us.The world is a great place and faith is a good start towards building a better planet for all of mankind rather than just a few zealots and tyranical people. to Chris regarding scientific change, fusion generators are real and coming to a utility near you, more importantly the New world order we keep hearing about is not a geopolitical thing it is about economics pure and simple.The confrontations in the middle east will be the catalyst for change and we about to see the use of Hydrogen weapons in Global reorganization. In terms of survival of the planet the world is no where near critical mass and we need to realise that alien technologies and intervention have always been amongst us.The world is a great place and faith is a good start towards building a better planet for all of mankind rather than just a few zealots and tyranical people.

]]> By: Matt http://www.ysearchblog.com/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/comment-page-1/#comment-3305 Matt Sun, 06 Aug 2006 10:15:37 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/#comment-3305 Creating an atmosphere of fear and paranoia about our very survival is the reason why the race for nuclear capability came into being. It is the very reason why there is so much bloodshed in the world. There always has been and there always will be. I believe most of the American population, and lets not discount the British here because we are just as responsible for what has happened in Iraq, accepted the reasons proposed to us for going to war at the time. These reasons were based on fear for a our own survival which is one of the most primitive aspects of our nature. As long as governments and extremists manipulate this instinct then they will get away with murder. Another point I would like to comment on is in response to someone who said that mr Hawking was delivered in a very simplistic manner. Well, all the answers are in a very simplistic mannert. If he wanted the viepoint of intellectuals only, then he wouldn't have posted it on Yahoo. Rgds Creating an atmosphere of fear and paranoia about our very survival is the reason why the race for nuclear capability came into being. It is the very reason why there is so much bloodshed in the world. There always has been and there always will be. I believe most of the American population, and lets not discount the British here because we are just as responsible for what has happened in Iraq, accepted the reasons proposed to us for going to war at the time. These reasons were based on fear for a our own survival which is one of the most primitive aspects of our nature. As long as governments and extremists manipulate this instinct then they will get away with murder.

Another point I would like to comment on is in response to someone who said that mr Hawking was delivered in a very simplistic manner. Well, all the answers are in a very simplistic mannert. If he wanted the viepoint of intellectuals only, then he wouldn’t have posted it on Yahoo.

Rgds

]]> By: Babri http://www.ysearchblog.com/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/comment-page-1/#comment-3304 Babri Sat, 05 Aug 2006 19:46:23 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/#comment-3304 We are humans live in this planet giving to us by our God who created us, but we have to accomplish our live with peace full life. We are bond to live and move on with a new life it will began to us and see the future how will it look like to us, we do not know the future but we do know the present we live and we must continue this life we have. Being alive is a incredible thing to you can do when you were born , you have a future and live and have fun and spend that all your life with happenies. As I know the future, but I can't answer it because is no point to you people know it, if you want to know it than realize it and think, and you will know it if you have the gift on living. People are know are like beast and wild and monster, criminals and murders and robbers, this people has no future but only having fun killing people how they feel. This people wasn't gifted by God, it was gifted by Satana. We are people and we have to understand what is good or bad. Remember live always. Also America has no future but only war they can do well. America is a terriorist of the nation, they are beast and murderers, they have no future but only future for death. remember that! We are humans live in this planet giving to us by our God who created us, but we have to accomplish our live with peace full life. We are bond to live and move on with a new life it will began to us and see the future how will it look like to us, we do not know the future but we do know the present we live and we must continue this life we have. Being alive is a incredible thing to you can do when you were born , you have a future and live and have fun and spend that all your life with happenies. As I know the future, but I can’t answer it because is no point to you people know it, if you want to know it than realize it and think, and you will know it if you have the gift on living. People are know are like beast and wild and monster, criminals and murders and robbers, this people has no future but only having fun killing people how they feel. This people wasn’t gifted by God, it was gifted by Satana. We are people and we have to understand what is good or bad. Remember live always.

Also America has no future but only war they can do well. America is a terriorist of the nation, they are beast and murderers, they have no future but only future for death. remember that!

]]> By: ed http://www.ysearchblog.com/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/comment-page-1/#comment-3303 ed Sat, 05 Aug 2006 19:34:01 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/#comment-3303 I presume most of these answers are from citizens of the USA. Your points are childish, innane and short sighted. Oh, and you haven't learnt to spell yet. Perhaps the key to salvation is for Britain to colonise North America and create a foreign policy that will avoid alienating the entire Muslim world. Does anybody remember why we went to war with Iraq?? Well, according to the President of the USA, WMA (or, Weapons of Mass Destruction). Did they exist? No, not any, not anywhere. American incompetence and greed is antagonising and creating the only danger to world peace. All those who agree with American foreign policy should be ashamed of themselves. I presume most of these answers are from citizens of the USA. Your points are childish, innane and short sighted. Oh, and you haven’t learnt to spell yet. Perhaps the key to salvation is for Britain to colonise North America and create a foreign policy that will avoid alienating the entire Muslim world. Does anybody remember why we went to war with Iraq?? Well, according to the President of the USA, WMA (or, Weapons of Mass Destruction). Did they exist? No, not any, not anywhere. American incompetence and greed is antagonising and creating the only danger to world peace. All those who agree with American foreign policy should be ashamed of themselves.

]]> By: Prem http://www.ysearchblog.com/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/comment-page-1/#comment-3302 Prem Sat, 05 Aug 2006 19:23:00 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/#comment-3302 Dear Dr Hawking, You have hoped that genetic engineering will make us wise and less aggressive. I do believe we will become wiser and less aggressive because of the next revolution which is awaiting us – the spiritual revolution. After the industrial revolution and the information revolution, the next revolution WILL be the spiritual revolution. Whereas the industrial revolution enhanced our muscle power, and the information revolution the brain power, the spiritual revolution will touch our minds and spirits. And everyone will be much more spiritually evolved than we are – and that will result in the future generation being wiser and less aggressive. The hatred and violence will end and love pervade. The world will survive not just another 100 years, but millions of years. I invite you to read my article on “God and Religion – A New Look” (summary available at <a href="http://pukamble.tripod.com/gandrframe.htm," rel="nofollow">http://pukamble.tripod.com/gandrframe.htm,</a> full article available at <a href="http://pukamble.tripod.com/godbigframe.htm)," rel="nofollow">http://pukamble.tripod.com/godbigframe.htm),</a> which will convince you that this will happen. This article is not religious, not science or philosophy, but plain common sense which analyses the past and extrapolates into the future possibilities. And I am not religious to believe that the concept of God and Religion will bring about the change. It is only making the world worse. I believe that the laws of spiritual space will be “scientifically” explained in the spiritual revolution, just as the laws of physical space have been mathematically explained in the previous eras. I use “scientific” within quotes because I believe that it is not the present day physical science and mathematics which will explain the laws of spiritual space. There will be an invention of new “science” and mathematics, (which for convenience of discussion I have called “mentomatics” in my article), which will explain the laws of Spiritual space. The future spiritual era will have advanced tools to take you within minutes to a high mental state, the state that the likes of Buddha and Christ reached. Man will be able to attain a mental state which is high on love, compassion, faith, etc. The spiritual revolution will see the end of religious divide and killing as the research of that era will make it crystal clear to the common man that all religions are only tools with a single objective – that of spiritual upliftment. I know what’s in the reader’s mind. “Sounds stupid!” Right? All I will ask you to do is to transport yourself mentally to the stone age, and imagine that I am there too narrating to you stories of a future world having devices with which you can see and hear what was happening real time at the other end of the world, that you would have means to reach places several thousand miles away within hours, and so on. Your reaction would be the same – “sounds stupid!” But all that has happened today – you have television and aircrafts/spacecrafts which would have sounded like imaginations of a crazy mind to the Stone Age man. So do not discount what are the possibilities of the future. Whereas we are in the space age of the physical science today, we are in the stone age of spiritual science. You just need to let your imagination go wild to see what would be the possibilities when the world reaches the ‘space age’ of spiritual science. What we need to think is not whether it is possible, but how we can speed up the arrival of the spiritual revolution. In my article (at <a href="http://pukamble.tripod.com/godbigframe.htm)," rel="nofollow">http://pukamble.tripod.com/godbigframe.htm),</a> I have stated what are the first steps towards the invention of mentomatics, and what are the pitfalls we need to avoid. I have discussed how we come out of the spiritual kindergarten that we are stuck into because of our “religious trance” and graduate to higher schools of spirituality, how do we give up the “baby walker” that we are holding on to for too long even though we have already learnt to walk. And unless we give up the baby walker, we will not be able to sprint and run. Dear Dr Hawking,

You have hoped that genetic engineering will make us wise and less aggressive. I do believe we will become wiser and less aggressive because of the next revolution which is awaiting us – the spiritual revolution. After the industrial revolution and the information revolution, the next revolution WILL be the spiritual revolution. Whereas the industrial revolution enhanced our muscle power, and the information revolution the brain power, the spiritual revolution will touch our minds and spirits. And everyone will be much more spiritually evolved than we are – and that will result in the future generation being wiser and less aggressive. The hatred and violence will end and love pervade. The world will survive not just another 100 years, but millions of years. I invite you to read my article on “God and Religion – A New Look” (summary available at http://pukamble.tripod.com/gandrframe.htm, full article available at http://pukamble.tripod.com/godbigframe.htm), which will convince you that this will happen. This article is not religious, not science or philosophy, but plain common sense which analyses the past and extrapolates into the future possibilities.

And I am not religious to believe that the concept of God and Religion will bring about the change. It is only making the world worse. I believe that the laws of spiritual space will be “scientifically” explained in the spiritual revolution, just as the laws of physical space have been mathematically explained in the previous eras. I use “scientific” within quotes because I believe that it is not the present day physical science and mathematics which will explain the laws of spiritual space. There will be an invention of new “science” and mathematics, (which for convenience of discussion I have called “mentomatics” in my article), which will explain the laws of Spiritual space. The future spiritual era will have advanced tools to take you within minutes to a high mental state, the state that the likes of Buddha and Christ reached. Man will be able to attain a mental state which is high on love, compassion, faith, etc. The spiritual revolution will see the end of religious divide and killing as the research of that era will make it crystal clear to the common man that all religions are only tools with a single objective – that of spiritual upliftment.

I know what’s in the reader’s mind. “Sounds stupid!” Right? All I will ask you to do is to transport yourself mentally to the stone age, and imagine that I am there too narrating to you stories of a future world having devices with which you can see and hear what was happening real time at the other end of the world, that you would have means to reach places several thousand miles away within hours, and so on. Your reaction would be the same – “sounds stupid!” But all that has happened today – you have television and aircrafts/spacecrafts which would have sounded like imaginations of a crazy mind to the Stone Age man. So do not discount what are the possibilities of the future. Whereas we are in the space age of the physical science today, we are in the stone age of spiritual science. You just need to let your imagination go wild to see what would be the possibilities when the world reaches the ‘space age’ of spiritual science.

What we need to think is not whether it is possible, but how we can speed up the arrival of the spiritual revolution. In my article (at http://pukamble.tripod.com/godbigframe.htm), I have stated what are the first steps towards the invention of mentomatics, and what are the pitfalls we need to avoid. I have discussed how we come out of the spiritual kindergarten that we are stuck into because of our “religious trance” and graduate to higher schools of spirituality, how do we give up the “baby walker” that we are holding on to for too long even though we have already learnt to walk. And unless we give up the baby walker, we will not be able to sprint and run.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.ysearchblog.com/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/comment-page-1/#comment-3301 Michelle Sat, 05 Aug 2006 18:37:37 +0000 http://ysearchblog.com/blog/2006/08/01/and-the-answer-is/#comment-3301 I've found it really interesting considering the question in hand, listening to what Stephen has said and reading the replies here. We'll get through the next 100 years in the same way that we've managed to get through the last 50, by the skin of our feet and with dumb luck and optimism. Everyone has focused on one thing or other, but it's surely not about that. It's the mix of it all and the human race's ability to have blind hope and belief that we'll all wake up tomorrow. I’ve found it really interesting considering the question in hand, listening to what Stephen has said and reading the replies here.

We’ll get through the next 100 years in the same way that we’ve managed to get through the last 50, by the skin of our feet and with dumb luck and optimism.

Everyone has focused on one thing or other, but it’s surely not about that. It’s the mix of it all and the human race’s ability to have blind hope and belief that we’ll all wake up tomorrow.

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