Stephen Hawking Warns Human Aggression Could 'Destroy Us All' If Left Unchecked

Stephen Hawking, the British theoretical physicist fears that human aggression may be the tragic flaw that could lead to our demise, according to a report.

"The human failing I would most like to correct is aggression," Hawking said, according to a blog post on the website for London's Science Museum. "It may have had survival advantage in caveman days, to get more food, territory or partner with whom to reproduce, but now it threatens to destroy us all."

The remark was in response to a question about what human shortcomings he would most like to alter. Hawking suffers from a neurological disease similar to Lou Gehrig's disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

The 73-year-old famed theoretical physicist, the subject of the Oscar-winning film "The Theory of Everything,"  believes humanity needs to change.

"The quality I would most like to magnify is empathy. It brings us together in a peaceful, loving state," he added.

These thoughts were offered in response to a two-part question from Adaeze Uyanwah, a 24-year-old from California.

Stephen Hawking also told her that the future of man lies beyond Earth.

"I believe that the long-term future of the human race must be space and that it represents an important life insurance for our future survival, as it could prevent the disappearance of humanity by colonizing other planets," Hawking said, according to the Cambridge News.

Hawking said putting humans on the moon "changed the future of the human race in ways that we don't yet understand."

"It hasn't solved any of our immediate problems on planet Earth," Hawking said. "But it has given us new perspectives on them and caused us to look both outward and inward."