Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSAis an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge. His scientific works include a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity, and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. Hawking was the first to set forth a theory of cosmology explained by a union of the general theory of...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth8 January 1942
CityOxford, England
People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.
It is all right to make mistakes; nothing is perfect because with perfection, we would not exist.
Although I cannot move and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind I am free.
It is reasonable to ask who or what created the universe, but if the answer is God, then the question has merely been deflected to that of who created God.
Look up at the stars, not down at your feet.
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.
It is very important for young people keep their sense of wonder and keep asking why.
People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
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.
There is no unique picture of reality.
We are only the temporary custodians of the particles which we are made of. They will go on to lead a future existence in the enormous universe that made them
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.
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.