There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works.
STEPHEN HAWKINGTo confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.
More Stephen Hawking Quotes
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Love the neighbour. But don’t get caught.
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Time and space are finite in extent, but they don’t have any boundary or edge. They would be like the surface of the earth, but with two more dimensions.
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It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.
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Time travel may be possible, but it is not practical.
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Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world’s population.
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We waste time, so you don’t have to.
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Mankind’s greatest achievements have come about by talking and its greatest failures by not talking. It doesn’t have to be like this.
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What I meant by ‘we would know the mind of God’ is, we would know everything that God would know, if there were a God. Which there isn’t. I’m an atheist.
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Science can explain the universe without the need for a Creator.
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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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The past, like the future, is indefinite and exists only as a spectrum of possibilities.
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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.
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The more you learn, the more you know. The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother to learn.
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Nothing cannot exist forever.
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Although I cannot move, and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind, I am free.
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Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
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My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
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I think the human race doesn’t have a future if we don’t go into space. We need to expand our horizons beyond planet Earth if we are to have a long-term future.
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There should be a better way to start a day than waking up every morning.
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It is very important for young people keep their sense of wonder and keep asking why.
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Scientific discovery may not be better than sex, but the satisfaction lasts longer.
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One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don’t throw it away.
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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.
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Its a crazy world out there. Be curious.
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There is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap.
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Our only chance of long-term survival is not to remain lurking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space.
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