01c. 1980 ADScientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
02c. 1980 ADI used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my biggest blunder in science.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
03c. 1980 ADThe whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
04c. 1980 ADGod may exist, but science can explain the universe without the need for a creator.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
05c. 1980 ADIn the past, there was active discrimination against women in science. That has now gone, and although there are residual effects, these are not enough to account for the small numbers of women, particularly in mathematics and physics.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
06c. 1980 ADI 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.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
07c. 1980 ADThroughout history, people have studied pure science from a desire to understand the universe rather than practical applications for commercial gain. But their discoveries later turned out to have great practical benefits.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
08c. 1980 ADScience can lift people out of poverty and cure disease. That, in turn, will reduce civil unrest.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
09c. 1980 ADScience is increasingly answering questions that used to be the province of religion.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
10c. 1980 ADBefore we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
11c. 1980 ADI have found far greater enthusiasm for science in America than here in Britain. There is more enthusiasm for everything in America.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
12c. 1980 ADBefore I lost my voice, it was slurred, so only those close to me could understand, but with the computer voice, I found I could give popular lectures. I enjoy communicating science. It is important that the public understands basic science, if they are not to leave vital decisions to others.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
13c. 1980 ADIf you believe in science, like I do, you believe that there are certain laws that are always obeyed.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
14c. 1980 ADI believe there are no questions that science can't answer about a physical universe.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
15c. 1980 ADI'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
16c. 1980 ADI was born on January 8, 1942, exactly three hundred years after the death of Galileo. I estimate, however, that about two hundred thousand other babies were also born that day. I don't know whether any of them was later interested in astronomy.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
17c. 1980 ADI'm never any good in the morning. It is only after four in the afternoon that I get going.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
18c. 1980 ADI believe alien life is quite common in the universe, although intelligent life is less so. Some say it has yet to appear on planet Earth.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
19c. 1980 ADWe must develop as quickly as possible technologies that make possible a direct connection between brain and computer, so that artificial brains contribute to human intelligence rather than opposing it.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
20c. 1980 ADAs Irving Good realised in 1965, machines with superhuman intelligence could repeatedly improve their design even further, triggering what Vernor Vinge called a 'singularity.'Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
21c. 1980 ADPeople won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
22c. 1980 ADEven if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is impossible.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
23c. 1980 ADIt's time to commit to finding the answer, to search for life beyond Earth. Mankind has a deep need to explore, to learn, to know. We also happen to be sociable creatures. It is important for us to know if we are alone in the dark.Stephen Hawking / quote ↗
