Editor's Comment: Yes, we are living in a science experiment, and those running things aren't too worried about us ending up as collateral damage as they work towards new goals in the awful and incredible progress of science and technology.

Are things reaching a tipping point for the survival of life on Earth? CERN alone raises many important questions, and so does the rise of artificial intelligence. Then there's Fukushima, the BP gulf oil spill and the still-ongoing methane leak in California. There's quite a bit of propaganda about things like global warming, but one could still see the desirability of getting out of the way of the destructive elite. But who do you think will be building the off-world colonies and spacecraft? Did anyone see the Bond film Moonraker?

Let's hope this madness can be cutoff at its source, or they won't treat us any better in orbit either. Not that our ticket is likely to come up soon; we don't exact have a lot of control in the situation.

Stephen Hawking Warns Humanity: Leave Earth Before the Ruling Class Destroys It