Gene 'selfish' in people contains the germ of the destruction of humanity

The lack of human genes causes humanity to continue to give birth despite the Earth's imminent feeding of a huge population that is rapidly increasing.

Humans are in trouble and need to settle another planet in the next 100 years or face extinction - physicist Stephen Hawking said so in a forthcoming BBC documentary. ' Stephen Hawking: Expedition New Earth '.

According to Hawking, with climate change, epidemics and population growth . the fate of our "planet becomes increasingly precarious".

Meanwhile, it is easier to move to another planet than to do it many times. In addition, many people can be left behind and have to deal with disasters.

There are some views that, because of genes, it is difficult for humans to stop laying on their own to protect the Earth (Photo: Shutterstock).

So is there any way to replace migration? The answer is the population problem.

According to official figures, humanity has recently surpassed the figure of 7.5 billion people. Although the Earth's tolerance estimates vary widely, most people accept that we are causing serious damage to the mother planet.

And with a population of nearly 10 billion by 2050, it may take ten times as much resources as the planet has to maintain.

If this population growth could be reversed, we could avoid Hawking's out-of-space migration solution. But we have two vulnerabilities related to human DNA: our genes and our inability to make reasonable choices make this difficult.

Serious Errors?

Our genetic problem comes from Richard Dawkins 'The Selfish Gene' . The work contains the idea that all organisms are merely pathways for genes to move from one generation to another through different bodies. They move on to the next generation purely on their own interests, not necessarily for the benefit of the creatures.

Our genes can do this because our ancestors cannot or do not want to resist the urge to breed. We have gone against the selfish gene lure by teaching contraception (especially giving "selfish" arguments about the future happiness of the individual, not because of saving the planet). However, the population continues to grow.

Stephen Hawking says the fate of our planet is increasingly "precarious" - (Photo: PA).

Another idea of 'The Gene Selfish' is the choice of family . It shows that lying in our bodies is not only the motivation to spread genes but we must also protect and nurture our relatives' genes.

This idea implies that we are all racist - conscious or unconscious - with those who share our genes.

If this idea is true, it is an additional explanation that we are not able to think about the best things for all of humanity.

For example, if you want to reduce population because of humanity, it means that the country will have fewer young people and can let young people migrate from more crowded countries. But are we ready to mix our own genes with young foreigners?

In addition, there is something else in our nature that directs us to unprotected intercourse. We are like prisoners of the desire of selfish genes.

In the best-selling book of 2011 - 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' , Nobel laureate Daniel Kahnemann convincingly explains why we must fight to There are good choices for seemingly simple problems, especially those with strong emotional factors. That includes resisting the urge to breed.

If that is true, it means that people are not completely confident about population control. Even knowing it would benefit the great benefit of humankind, humanity is easy to forget that benefit.

As Kahnemann himself answered in an interview when asked how to learn to escape this trap: "This is not the case, read this book and then you will think differently. I wrote This book, and I don't think otherwise '.

Daniel Kahnemann, author of 'Thinking, Fast and Slow'.

Meaning

So what hope is there to solve those aspects? Certainly there is no acceptance that human reproduction is a bad thing. Even those who understand how people continue to give birth too much will be detrimental to the world, it is always a great thing to organize a celebration of the birth of a baby.

However, our responsibility for reproduction is a huge task. We know that education can be useful and in some countries a declining birth rate is a good start.

We can also learn from China's controversial one-child policy. This policy has significantly reduced the number of people born in China. If we can overcome the unbearable sufferings, actively implement gender equality, this policy is still possible.

But first, it needs to be more widely recognized that we are struggling with our biological constraints. In the coming decades, we will be able to create a new civilization somewhere else in the solar system or even beyond. But looking at ourselves, we will see that we are still basic shortcomings.