Stephen Hawking:

Although the chance of a disaster to planet Earth in a given year may be quite low, it adds up over time, and becomes a near certainty in the next thousand or 10 thousand years.

— Stephen Hawking Contemporary

Black holes, cosmology

Context

During a public Q&A session after the BBC Reith lecture in England.

Date / Period

2016

Source

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Verification

Unverifiable

Explanation

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Method

Cross Reference

Sources Checked

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