Stephen Hawking's says We have entered a new phase of Evolution

Famed theoretical physicist, Stephen Hawkins has brought forth a new level of understanding in regards to human evolution. Beyond Darwin's theory of Evolution and natural selection. Hawking is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge.We are all aware of the of the information change around us. But are we aware that it's evolution taking place right before our eyes?

Stephen Hawking in Life in the Universe lecture.

"there are about 50,000 new books published in the English language each year, containing of the order of a hundred billion bits of information. Of course, the great majority of this information is garbage, and no use to any form of life. But, even so, the rate at which useful information can be added is millions, if not billions, higher than with DNA."

"At first, evolution proceeded by natural selection, from random mutations. This Darwinian phase, lasted about three and a half billion years, and produced us, beings who developed language, to exchange information."

"I think it is legitimate to take a broader view, and include externally transmitted information, as well as DNA, in the evolution of the human race,"

"an external transmission phase," where the internal record of information, handed down to succeeding generations in DNA, has not changed significantly. "But the external record, in books, and other long lasting forms of storage," Hawking says, "has grown enormously. Some people would use the term, evolution, only for the internally transmitted genetic material, and would object to it being applied to information handed down externally. But I think that is too narrow a view. We are more than just our genes."

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