Stephen Hawking has mentioned that the advance of genetic engineering might lead to a new species of superhuman that could raze the rest of humanity.
The world-famous physicist and author, who died in March ancient 76, has laid down the theory in his new book, released Tuesday. The posthumous work, titled “Brief Answers to the Big Questions,” is a collection of Hawking’s articles and ventures that outline Hawking’s final thoughts on the universe.
In one section, Hawking represented an apocalyptic scenario should genetic engineering favor people who could grant to make themselves smarter, more disease resistant, and likely to endure longer.
“Once such superhumans appear, there will be consequential political problems with unimproved humans, who won’t be able to compete,” Hawking wrote in front adding “presumably, they will die out, or become unimportant.”
The physicist whispered he expected laws to be put in place to prevent genetic engineering in humans but in the final some would not be able to “resist the temptation” to improve their benign capabilities.
In March, it was revealed that Hawking had also made a theory drafting a separate prediction for the end of the world. Hawking’s final work when teeming — titled “A Smooth Exit From Eternal Inflation” — foreshadowed how our universe would eventually fade to darkness as the stars run out of energy.
The physicist, who was dialect mayhap best known for his work on black holes and the theory of relativity, has also in days of old pushed the theory that Earth will turn into a leviathan ball of fire by 2600.
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