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699Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics. Stephen Hawking- 0 0 •
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Philosophers are not in tune with the modern developments in science. -
712Maybe I don't have the most common kind of motor neuron disease, which usually kills in two or three years. Stephen Hawking
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Stephen Hawking is saved as his ailment was not the most common kind of motor neuron disease, which usually kills in two or three years. -
732If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans. Stephen Hawking
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726I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my biggest blunder in science. Stephen Hawking
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748Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead. Stephen Hawking
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Stephen Hawking feels philosophy is dead. -
740Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity. Stephen Hawking
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How Stephen Hawking tried to overcome his disabilities. -
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Stephen Hawking's love towards music. -
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Stephen Hawking's belief in universal health care. -
706I believe everyone should have a broad picture of how the universe operates and our place in it. It is a basic human desire. And it also puts our worries in perspective. Stephen Hawking
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Every one should be aware how the universe functions. -
694There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition. Stephen Hawking
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computers should add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition. -
778I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming. Stephen Hawking
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698I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. Stephen Hawking
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Spreading in to space is the direst necessity for the human race to survive -
539Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein's general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that we could warp space-time so much that you could go off in a rocket and return before you set out. Stephen Hawking
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Time travel is no more a science fiction. -
549Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge. Stephen Hawking
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596I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will cease to run when the computer is turned off. Theoretically, it could be re-created on a neural network, but that would be very difficult, as it would require all one's memories. Stephen Hawking
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brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. -
560I don't want to write an autobiography because I would become public property with no privacy left. Stephen Hawking
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578Evolution has ensured that our brains just aren't equipped to visualise 11 dimensions directly. However, from a purely mathematical point of view it's just as easy to think in 11 dimensions, as it is to think in three or four. Stephen Hawking
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our brains just aren't equipped to visualise 11 dimensions directly.