An Open Letter Addressed to Chinese President Hu Jintao and AmericanPresident Obama



Writtenduring Obama's visit to Chinaby a scholar, who has studied human problems for 30 years



http://<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> D... <br /> <br />http://<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> T...> We know that<a name="OLE_LINK12">science and technologywas still at a very low level in the mid-18th century before the industrialrevolution. But within only 200 years it has reached such a high level ofdevelopment that a nuclear bomb could instantly destroy a city of millions ofpeople, and biological toxins using transgenic technology may be more terriblethan nuclear weapons. If science and technology still moves forward on thebasis of such a high scientific level, it is not hard to figure out what kindof situation in which the world will be fifty or a hundred years from now. The developmentof science and technology is accelerating and fission-like: that is to say, thedevelopment of today is much faster than that of the past, and the developmentof the future will be much faster compared with that of today.







In fact,in today&#39;s scientific research, many projects that had people worried abouttheir security are not already the problem of how much harm they might have on people,but whether they can cause human extinction. Scientists were worried about theatomic bomb and hydrogen bomb test, which would ignite the atmosphere, and the RelativisticHeavy Ion Collider experiment would extinguish humans. However, those concerns seemto be unnecessary afterwards. Today scientists are worried that the EuropeanHadron Collider experiment, which may invent the black hole, unlimited nano-robotsreproduction, as well as uncontrolled intelligent robots, will be the cause of humanextinction. However, these scientific studies are still in progress, and no onecan stop them. Let us think rationally: There are a number of scientificresearchers that you think may be the potential power of mankind’s extinction.You may resolutely oppose them, but I think they are safe and strongly supportthem. The opponents cannot out-argue thepromoters and vice versa. Since the uncertainty is the inherent characteristicof science and technology, and many high-end scientific researchers are verydifficult to judge very accurately, both sides can not really convince eachother. As a result, science and technology firmly moves forward, forward, andforward out of control. Even the basic reasoning tells us that your shoes willbe wet if you walk along the riverside often, and you get more chances to meeta ghost if you often take night trips. When this non-rational behavior in scienceand technology marches forward step by step to a higher level, we are bound to runinto the "ghost" and human beings also come to an end when this takesplace.







We as humanbeings should manage our own affairs. As a very common person, I also have thissense of responsibility, a feeling that human extinction is impending. I writebooks, publish articles, use the Internet to present my ideas, give lectures,talk with my friends who are influential, write letters to leaders and so on. Ihave tried all kinds of approaches to arouse people’s attention; however, in thepast 30 years I have done that all by myself and have gotten little success. Iam just a small potato and it is difficult for me to attract great attention. However,opinions put forward by the humble can be reasonable. Asking you two for helpduring Barack Obama&#39;s visit to China jumps into my mind because the UnitedStates and China are the world&#39;s most influential powers, and you are thequalified leaders capable of solving humanity’s problems.







I ventureto urge you respected leaders to think about a few questions: How far are wefrom the emergence of extinction means when scientific and technologicaldevelopment is at today&#39;s level? Can various systems and measures of humansocieties make a promise that there will be no extreme evil on this planet of60 billion people, and no one will use the means of extinction after it showsup? Can our scientists ensure that every development of science and technology isin their control when science and technology develop to the level of destroyinghuman beings? So, how can we solve it when we are sure about the conclusionthat the continued development of science and technology will soon extinguish humans?







I thinkthe only solution is to restrict the development of science and technology tohigher levels, because there is a connection between the development of scienceand technology and the extermination of humans, so restriction is a uniquesolution.







Restrictionson scientific and technological development are not denying the role of scienceand technology, or excluding the use of it. Science and technology canguarantee that all humanity lives an affluent life if widely spread to all overthe world.







However,it is unrealistic to limit the continued development of science and technology,but also make rational and full use of existing secure and mature scientificand technological achievements in today&#39;s society. Because today&#39;s society is anational society, even the United Nations can not control the coexistence of anumber of countries, because all countries go their own ways. Moreover, therestriction on the development of science and technology will have afundamental influence on a country&#39;s international competitiveness. Therefore,no country would truly want to implement this measure. Even I, strongly infavor of limiting the development of science and technology, firmly oppose thatChinatakes the initiative to abandon the development of science and technology, becausewe all know that backwardness leaves you vulnerable to attack, a lesson we havelearnt in blood from Chinese modern history. Therefore, only the great union ofhuman beings can achieve something. The great union will generate only oneworld power, which will consider the fundamental interests of all humans anddeal with humanity events of the future, in the absence of competition andconfrontation. In fact, the great union of humans is not only necessary inavoiding extinction. A series of problems facing humanity brought by the rapidadvancement of industrial civilization has greatly affected mankind&#39;s survivaland well-being of the future. Examples of such issues are of environment,resource, population and so on. At the same time, some of the inherent problemsthe agricultural civilization possesses are particularly serious during theperiod of new technological conditions, such as war, terrorism, the gap betweenthe rich and the poor, and so on. The solutions to those problems have come toa dead end. However, the great union can solve them fundamentally, and someother issues can be greatly eased and improved.







Take theenvironmental issues as an example. The Copenhagen meeting will be held inearly December, and the meeting of you two presidents should be one of the maintopics. So, what can be achieved at the Copenhagenmeeting? The best estimate is that a consensus on limitation of carbonemissions can be reached, but it is just a temporary solution after the nationalbargaining and compromise, not a permanent cure. But the great union will makea great difference. The world power will come up with a radical program, anduse its power of regime firmly implement it, which is the real solution to theproblem.







More than50 years ago, the European countries got the idea of combination, because ofthe fear of being isolated by the two super powers of the United States and theSoviet Union. This led to the European Union. Sensing the crisis of being marginalizedby the two powers of America and China, today&#39;s European Union has acceleratedthe process of European unification. They have just adopted the "Lisbon Treaty",and an EU "President" is also on the way. We know that there is nounity in Europe&#39;s history, but its history has been changed, driven by a senseof crisis. Human extinction should be more serious than being marginalized,right? Is this reason more convincing?







Viewing humanhistory, political entity has been continuously expanding, and the realobstacles to this process of expanding are transport and communication. Thedifferences among peoples, religions, classes, languages, writings, and so on canbe alleviated through the implementation of a variety of sound policies andmeasures. It is time for the great union of human beings, since moderntransport, communications and media tools have shrunken the world into a globalvillage!







As thetwo world&#39;s most influential countries, the United States and China are themost qualified to promote the great cause of unification of mankind, and the jointoperation between the two countries are powerful enough to wake up the world.







DearPresident Obama and Hu Jintao, you two have the authority and ability of doingyour part to save mankind. The world will take instant response and the greatunion of human will be generated soon if you are involved in the efforts tosave human beings and promote the great union. If this great aim can be achieved,your honors will go down in history and your glorious names will be forever remembered.







You two distinguishedleaders should believe that this is not nonsense from an ignorant person. Thisis a scientific conclusion by a scholar who has conducted continuous researchand thinking for 30 years.







Hu Jiaqi



November15, 2009



Beijing







(Notice: this letter will be released in bothChinese and English, and the Chinese shall prevail if there are contradictions.)







Everyonewho has love for human beings is welcome to repost this letter.