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In the 21st-century, the inequality of income between the Haves and the Have-Nots continues to grow. It is said that in the United States alone, the top 5 percent of the wealthy controls nearly 50 percent of the nation's wealth. Globally, the race for natural resources, material possessions, and personal gain means the world will once again face turmoil and conflict. |
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How can intelligent human beings allow this to happen? The theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, while speaking about the idea of finding life elsewhere in the universe, said that he prefers to believe "Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on earth." |
