Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [December 17, 2021]

Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Questions include: Do you think its possible to time travel, for real? - Has Darwinian evolution stopped in humans and of so are we descending to extinction because of dysgenics? - how likely is it for a big asteroid to hit earth? - ​How far ahead can you talk about human evolution adapting with technological progression? - Could gene drive technology replace natural evolution in favor of intelligent design?

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Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha and the Wolfram Language; the author of A New Kind of Science; and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research. Over the course of nearly four decades, he has been a pioneer in the development and application of computational thinking—and has been responsible for many discoveries, inventions and innovations in science, technology and business. On his podcast, Stephen discusses topics ranging from the history of science to the future of civilization and ethics of AI.