English - Physicist | January 8, 1942 - March 14, 2018
Stem cell research is the key to developing cures for degenerative conditions like Parkinson's and motor neuron disease from which I and many others suffer. The fact that the cells may come from embryos is not an objection, because the embryos are going to die anyway.
Stephen Hawking
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I believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to appear on planet Earth.
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The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities.
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Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.
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There is no unique picture of reality.
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Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last, unless we learn how to avoid the risks.
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With genetic engineering, we will be able to increase the complexity of our DNA, and improve the human race. But it will be a slow process, because one will have to wait about 18 years to see the effect of changes to the genetic code.
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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.
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No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one knew before.
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The radiation left over from the Big Bang is the same as that in your microwave oven but very much less powerful. It would heat your pizza only to minus 271.3*C - not much good for defrosting the pizza, let alone cooking it.
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I was never top of the class at school, but my classmates must have seen potential in me, because my nickname was 'Einstein.'
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Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. Examples include the double helix in biology and the fundamental equations of physics.
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