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 HAWKINGWhat 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.
More Stephen Hawking Quotes
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God abhors a naked singularity.
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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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The fact that no one understands you doesn’t mean you’re an artist.
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Quiet people have the loudest minds.
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Nothing cannot exist forever.
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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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Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.
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Look up at the stars, not down at your feet.
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I regard the afterlife to be a fairy story for people that are afraid of the dark.
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Its a crazy world out there. Be curious.
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It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.
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Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.
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Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations.
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We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet.
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When the going gets tough, the tough take a coffee break.
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