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227ac9d	We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.	science inspirational	Stephen Hawking
8c48546	Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe? The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?	science search-for-meaning	Stephen Hawking
14a36ea	I believe the simplest explanation is, there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization that there probably is no heaven and no afterlife either. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe and for that, I am extremely grateful.	science inspirational atheism	Stephen Hawking
febb565	The universe doesn't allow perfection.		Stephen Hawking
b43fa0c	This picture of a hot early stage of the universe was first put forward by the scientist George Gamow in a famous paper written in 1948 with a student of his, Ralph Alpher. Gamow had quite a sense of humor--he persuaded the nuclear scientist Hans Bethe to add his name to the paper to make the list of authors "Alpher, Bethe, Gamow,"		Stephen Hawking
f52331a	Roger Penrose and I showed that Einstein's general theory of relativity implied that the universe must have a beginning and, possibly, an end.		Stephen Hawking
780c30c	The big question in cosmology in the early 1960s was did the universe have a beginning? Many scientists were instinctively opposed to the idea, because they felt that a point of creation would be a place where science broke down. One would have to appeal to religion and the hand of God to determine how the universe would start off. This was clearly a fundamental question, and it was just what I needed to complete my PhD thesis. Roger Penros..	universe theory-of-general-relativity physics	Stephen Hawking
fa3c295	associates and collaborators were Roger Penrose, Robert		Stephen Hawking
5c9135d	associates and collaborators were Roger Penrose,		Stephen Hawking
073a532	It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.		Stephen Hawking
0cd4de9	I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers.		Stephen Hawking
da3098b	Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.		Stephen Hawking
8cb0429	I am discounting reports of UFOs. Why would they appear only to cranks and weirdos?		Stephen Hawking
55eb889	Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry.		Stephen Hawking
e670e69	To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.		Stephen Hawking
2982cb3	The Dreams that Stuff is Made of		Stephen Hawking
4195689	We should seek the greatest value of our action.		Stephen Hawking
d8219b1	Women. They are a complete mystery.		Stephen Hawking
82ec53b	Science could predict that the universe must have had a beginning.		Stephen Hawking
0296117	We hold these truths to be self-evident that all P-brains are created equal.		Stephen Hawking

227ac9d

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

science inspirational

Stephen Hawking

8c48546

Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe? The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?

science search-for-meaning

Stephen Hawking

14a36ea

I believe the simplest explanation is, there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization that there probably is no heaven and no afterlife either. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe and for that, I am extremely grateful.

science inspirational atheism

Stephen Hawking

febb565

The universe doesn't allow perfection.

Stephen Hawking

b43fa0c

This picture of a hot early stage of the universe was first put forward by the scientist George Gamow in a famous paper written in 1948 with a student of his, Ralph Alpher. Gamow had quite a sense of humor--he persuaded the nuclear scientist Hans Bethe to add his name to the paper to make the list of authors "Alpher, Bethe, Gamow,"

Stephen Hawking

f52331a

Roger Penrose and I showed that Einstein's general theory of relativity implied that the universe must have a beginning and, possibly, an end.

Stephen Hawking

780c30c

The big question in cosmology in the early 1960s was did the universe have a beginning? Many scientists were instinctively opposed to the idea, because they felt that a point of creation would be a place where science broke down. One would have to appeal to religion and the hand of God to determine how the universe would start off. This was clearly a fundamental question, and it was just what I needed to complete my PhD thesis. Roger Penros..

universe theory-of-general-relativity physics