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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 sp...more

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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 pu...more

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The downside of my celebrity is that I cannot go anywhere in the world without being recognized. It is not enough for me to wear dark sunglasses and a...more

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The role played by time at the beginning of the universe is, I believe, the final key to removing the need for a Grand Designer, and revealing how the...more

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Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.

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Time 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 s...more

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It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.

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God is the name people give to the reason we are here. But I think that reason is the laws of physics rather than someone with whom one can have a per...more

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My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a b

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My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.", December 12, 2004)]

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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...more

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Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or ot...more

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I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cros...more

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Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe.

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I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws.