A brief history of the end of life as we know it
Dr. Stephen Hawking, or "Mr. Good News Happy Guy'' as I've come to think of him, has decided it's time for all of us to get out of Dodge while the getting's good.
The scary-smart physicist has recently declared that it's time to start thinking about colonizing space because Earth is doomed. He says there are any number of ways that Earth could kick the bucket and be unable to push up daisies: sudden global warming, nuclear war, a virus or stuff so bad we haven't even thought of it yet.
And, apparently, Earth is in a bad neighborhood.
"We won't find anywhere as nice as Earth unless we go to another star system,'' Hawking has been quoted as saying.
Well, that's really gonna mess with my commute.
Truth to tell, even if the spaceships were ready to leave tomorrow, I wouldn't be going.
And neither would you.
Let's face it. There ain't room on the lifeboat for the likes of most of us.
You and me, we're like the poor and infirm stuck in New Orleans after Katrina.
If the world is not long for this world, we should at least enjoy what time we have left and, like they say at Mardi Gras, "Let the good times roll.''
Maybe Hawking can send us a postcard from Alpha Centuri.
The scary-smart physicist has recently declared that it's time to start thinking about colonizing space because Earth is doomed. He says there are any number of ways that Earth could kick the bucket and be unable to push up daisies: sudden global warming, nuclear war, a virus or stuff so bad we haven't even thought of it yet.
And, apparently, Earth is in a bad neighborhood.
"We won't find anywhere as nice as Earth unless we go to another star system,'' Hawking has been quoted as saying.
Well, that's really gonna mess with my commute.
Truth to tell, even if the spaceships were ready to leave tomorrow, I wouldn't be going.
And neither would you.
Let's face it. There ain't room on the lifeboat for the likes of most of us.
You and me, we're like the poor and infirm stuck in New Orleans after Katrina.
If the world is not long for this world, we should at least enjoy what time we have left and, like they say at Mardi Gras, "Let the good times roll.''
Maybe Hawking can send us a postcard from Alpha Centuri.
posted by Michael Riley at 10:46 AM
8 Comments:
hopefully, it is handicap accessible for him!
It was disconcerting to read that Stephen Hawking thinks mankind might be doomed. Could he be another one of those "end-is-near" prophets, differing only in that he has PhDs and a good reputation?
if I were in his situation, trapped in that wheelchair and communicating only with my breath into a computer, watching my body deteriorate daily, I would pray for legalized euthanasia or the end of the world, whichever came first...
dg, life is sacred. Mr. Hawking obviously finds great value in his life. Euthanasia is the basis for the trendy "living wills" movement. When my father was very ill, they asked me at the hospital if he had a living will, but they never asked me what the content of the will was. They just ASSUMED that "living will" means pull the plug. They didn't see value in my father's life ... but how did they know that HE didn't find value in his life?
it's one thing, if he doesn't want to die..another if wants to - in a dignified manner at his own choosing..even animals are "put down' in more humane manner!
dg, I don't know if this is the right forum to debate. It is, after all, Riley's playing field. Let me just say that this romantic notion of "dignified death" which folks are talking grandma and grandpa into, should be more truthfully referred to as "convenient death."
riley invites honest debate when he offers up a public blog to interact with him and all the responding bloggers..that's the point of it...it's a roundtable of sorts..you are still missing my point, if the dying person wishes to die, let him/her..they will make it known in conversation throughout life to those surrounding them or in a living will, DNR (do not resuscitate), etc..or point blank..."please LET me die in dignity"...and is not always grandma/grandpa..could be any age..if my 23 yr. old had a terminal illness and expressed her wishes to help her die..I would do it BECAUSE I love her...we euthanize pets and they do not ask us!
Some people are too "scary-smart" for their own good.God made things simple but man chooses to complicate things.If you believe in the God of the Bible then you already know the ending.
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