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?
God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be seen.
I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just ordinary people be able to take part in the discussion of why we and the universe exist.
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years.
It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.
Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty.
My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.
One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem.
Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.
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?
The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.
There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.
To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
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.
Stephen Hawking: To show this diagram properly, I would really need a four dimensional screen. However, because of government cuts, we could manage to provide only a two dimensional screen.
Stephen Hawking: I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was able to reason.
Stephen Hawking: There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end of the search for the ultimate laws of nature.
Stephen Hawking was a guest on the TV show "Alien Planet"
Stephen Hawking wrote the book On the Shoulders of Giants: The Great Works of Physics and Astronomy published in 2002.
Stephen Hawking wrote the book The Theory of Everything: The Origin and Fate of the Universe published in 2002.
Stephen Hawking co-authored the book Stephen Hawking's Universe: The Cosmos Explained published in 1998.
Stephen Hawking co-authored the book The Physics of Star Trek published in 1995.
Stephen Hawking wrote the book Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays published in 1993.
Stephen Hawking co-authored the book The Formation and Evolution of Cosmic Strings published in 1990.
Stephen Hawking co-authored the book Supersymmetry and Its Applications: Superstrings, Anomalies and Supergravity published in 1986.
Stephen Hawking wrote the book Is the End In Sight For Theoretical Physics? published in 1980.
His Chinese Astrological sign is a Snake.
Stephen Hawking: *Following an inquiry of his speech synthesiser* I find that American & Scandinavian accents work better with women
Stephen Hawking: Bodies like the earth are not made to move on curved orbits by a force called gravity; instead, they follow the nearest thing to a straight path in a curved space, which is called a geodesic. A geodesic is the shortest (or longest) path between two nearby points.
Stephen Hawking: All of my life, I have been fascinated by the big questions that face us, and have tried to find scientific answers to them. Perhaps that is why I have sold more books on physics than Madonna has on sex.
Stephen Hawking: *Following an inquiry of his IQ* I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers.
Stephen Hawking: The universe would have expanded in a smooth way from a single point. As it expanded, it would have borrowed energy from the gravitational field, to create matter. As any economist could have predicted, the result of all that borrowing, was inflation. The universe expanded and borrowed at an ever-increasing rate. Fortunately, the debt of gravitational energy will not have to be repaid until the end of the universe.
Stephen Hawking: When I gave a lecture in Japan, I was asked not to mention the possible re-collapse of the universe, because it might affect the stock market. However, I can re-assure anyone who is nervous about their investments that it is a bit early to sell: even if the universe does come to an end, it won't be for at least twenty billion years. By that time, maybe the GATT trade agreement will have come into effect.
Stephen Hawking: Disorder increases with time because we measure time in the direction in which disorder increases.
Stephen Hawking: 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?
Stephen Hawking: Marlon Brando is maybe the greatest actor of the last two centuries. But his mind is much more important than the acting thing. The way that he looks at things, doesn't judge things, the way that he assesses things. He's as important as, uh... who's important today? Jesus, not many people...
Stephen Hawking: It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value
Stephen Hawking: I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
Stephen Hawking: We could call order by the name of God, but it would be an impersonal God. There's not much personal about the laws of physics.
Stephen Hawking: My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
Stephen Hawking: Not only does God play dice with the Universe; he sometimes casts them where they can't be seen.
Stephen Hawking: It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability. One has to get on with life and I haven't done badly. People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
Stephen Hawking: I think that it's important for scientists to explain their work, particularly in cosmology. This now answers many questions once asked of religion.
Stephen Hawking: I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
He is the only person in any Star Trek series to play himself.
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