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" There's no way to remove the observer - us - from our perceptions of the world. "

Stephen Hawking

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" The radiation left over from the Big Bang is the same as that in your microwave oven but very much less powerful. It would heat your pizza only to minus 271.3*C - not much good for defrosting the pizza, let alone cooking it. "

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" If we want to travel into the future, we just need to go fast. Really fast. And I think the only way we're ever likely to do that is by going into space. "

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" There 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. "

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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 purely destructive. We've created life in our own image. "

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" We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet. "

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" I 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. "

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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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" There is no unique picture of reality. "

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" It was Einstein's dream to discover the grand design of the universe, a single theory that explains everything. However, physicists in Einstein's day hadn't made enough progress in understanding the forces of nature for that to be a realistic goal. "

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" I was not a good student. I did not spend much time at college; I was too busy enjoying myself. "

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" A few years ago, the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls... saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides because, gazing out, the fish would have a distorted view of reality. But how do we know we have the true, undistorted picture of reality? "

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" We should seek the greatest value of our action. "

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" Observations indicate that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate. It will expand forever, getting emptier and darker. "

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" The doctor who diagnosed me with ALS, or motor neuron disease, told me that it would kill me in two or three years. "

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" I have a full and satisfying life. My work and my family are very important to me. "

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