English - Physicist | January 8, 1942 - March 14, 2018
In less than a hundred years, we have found a new way to think of ourselves. From sitting at the center of the universe, we now find ourselves orbiting an average-sized sun, which is just one of millions of stars in our own Milky Way galaxy.
Stephen Hawking
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If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans.
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Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers we have not yet thought of.
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Imaginary time is a new dimension, at right angles to ordinary, real time.
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The human race may be the only intelligent beings in the galaxy.
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To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational. The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like.
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If I had a time machine, I'd visit Marilyn Monroe in her prime or drop in on Galileo as he turned his telescope to the heavens.
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We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence.
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There could be shadow galaxies, shadow stars, and even shadow people.
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Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.
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The doctor who diagnosed me with ALS, or motor neuron disease, told me that it would kill me in two or three years.
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Nothing cannot exist forever.
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