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" I think it quite likely that we are the only civilization within several hundred light years; otherwise we would have heard radio waves. "

Stephen Hawking

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" With genetic engineering, we will be able to increase the complexity of our DNA, and improve the human race. But it will be a slow process, because one will have to wait about 18 years to see the effect of changes to the genetic code. "

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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 space-time so much that you could go off in a rocket and return before you set out. "

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

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" My discovery that black holes emit radiation raised serious problems of consistency with the rest of physics. I have now resolved these problems, but the answer turned out to be not what I expected. "

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" I first had the idea of writing a popular book about the universe in 1982. My intention was partly to earn money to pay my daughter's school fees. "

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" If I had to choose a superhero to be, I would pick Superman. He's everything that I'm not. "

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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 personal relationship. An impersonal God. "

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" I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming. "

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