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I have to speak through a computer... in my mind, I am free. Free to explore the universe and ask the big questions...

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Stephen Hawking
Age: 76 †
Born: 1942
Born: January 8
Died: 2018
Died: March 14
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Many people do not like the idea that time has a beginning, probably because it smacks of divine intervention. (The Catholic Church, on the other hand, seized on the big bang model and in 1951 officially pronounced it to be in accordance with the Bible.
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Only time - whatever that may be - will tell.
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Time travel may be possible, but it is not practical.
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The laws of science, as we know them at present, contain many fundamental numbers, like the size of the electric charge of the electron and the ratio of the masses of the proton and the electron .... The remarkable fact is that the values of these numbers seem to have been finely adjusted to make possible the development of life.
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If what we regard as real depends on our theory, how can we make reality the basis of our philosophy? But we cannot distinguish what is real about the universe without a theory. It makes no sense to ask if it corresponds to reality, because we do not know what reality is independent of a theory.
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It would be very difficult to explain why the universe should have begun in just this way, except as the act of a God who intended to create beings like us.
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One is always a long way from solving a problem until one actually has the answer.
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When I get to heaven I'm gonna find the guy in charge of the weather and kick his rear.
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If human life were long enough to find the ultimate theory, everything would have been solved by previous generations. Nothing would be left to be discovered.
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Though we feel we can choose what we do, our understanding of the molecular basis of biology shows that biological processes are governed by the laws of physics and chemistry and therefore are as determined as the orbits of the planets.
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Quiet people have the loudest minds.
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The moment you understand the whole Universe, is the moment you slightly begin to understand the way God's mind works
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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 special.
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I'd say I don't believe in God, but I'm afraid He might hear me.
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If the rate of expansion one second after the Big Bang had been smaller by even one part in a hundred thousand million million, it would have recollapsed before it reached its present size. On the other hand, if it had been greater by a part in a million, the universe would have expanded too rapidly for stars and planets to form.
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Many people find the universe confusing - it's not.
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Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge.
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To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational.
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One can't predict the weather more than a few days in advance.
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