English - Physicist | January 8, 1942 - March 14, 2018
Among physicists, I'm respected I hope.
Stephen Hawking
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Observations indicate that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate. It will expand forever, getting emptier and darker.
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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?
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Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity.
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For years, my early work with Roger Penrose seemed to be a disaster for science. It showed that the universe must have begun with a singularity, if Einstein's general theory of relativity is correct. That appeared to indicate that science could not predict how the universe would begin.
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There is no physical law precluding particles from being organised in ways that perform even more advanced computations than the arrangements of particles in human brains.
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If the rate of expansion one second after the Big Bang had been smaller by even one part in a hundred thousand million million, it would have recollapsed before it reached its present size. On the other hand, if it had been greater by a part in a million, the universe would have expanded too rapidly for stars and planets to form.
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Some forms of motor neuron disease are genetically linked, but I have no indication that my kind is. No other member of my family has had it. But I would be in favour of abortion if there was a high risk.
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I have wanted to fly into space for many years, but never imagined it would really be feasible.
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Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe.
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It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.
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There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.
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