Stephen Hawking: "We are getting close to answering these old questions: why are we here, where did we come from?"

[incanada1234 0]

Do you have a link to an interview where he says that, gtigiant? I'd like to read it.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

In his best-selling book "A Brief History of Time", physicist Stephen Hawking claimed that when physicists find the theory he and his colleagues are looking for - a so-called "theory of everything" - then they will have seen into "the mind of God".

http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/intro/cosmohaw-body.html

[almaty 19]

Hawkins is the man in my book/.//

[Mirorgate 0]

Hawkins is the man in my book/.//

Damn... I just have crib notes... in there he is just "the Dude" need to get the book

seriously though... for a man of his abilities... he's definately awesome regardless

[incanada1234 0]

In his best-selling book "A Brief History of Time", physicist Stephen Hawking claimed that when physicists find the theory he and his colleagues are looking for - a so-called "theory of everything" - then they will have seen into "the mind of God".

http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/intro/cosmohaw-body.html

Interesting...

[gtigiant 0]

Yep, one place is in his book Brief History. He also stated the same in an interview on PBS when they were reviewing his life work. Ironically he was being interviewed by Carl Sagan. (IIRC...)

Edited June 15, 2006 by gtigiant

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[MsMariah 0]

Science=the straining of men to figure out the laws of the universe which have been in motion since "the beginning" (won't say time, since time was also created by men)

Science=generally generates more questions than answers

Religion=oversimplifying of the laws so people can be herded by someone with their hand on a big button of doom, yay!

And wow, I though good ol Hawking had already passed on to meet the big scientist in the sky.... ?

Peace,

Mariah

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Wow, how very inappropriate.

[NickD 203]

Stephen Hawkings' latest theory is that the gravitational force of a black hole is so great, that intelligence cannot escape it. Leaves some questions to be answered, is there actually intelligence in a black hole? Actually, I prefer Johnny Carsons' definition of a black hole, something you can stick your thingy in.

The other notion is that gravity has an attraction to intelligence and can suck it in. If there is any intelligence on this planet, it's on the surface of the earth where the effects of gravity are the greatest. Gravity decreases by the square of the distance when leaving the earth and decreases by a linear rate when going inward. So if gravity is sucking intelligence, it's being removed off the surface of the earth and being pull inward. Where does that leave us?

Gravity is not constant over the surface of the earth, far more powerful in such places as Washington DC.

[HannahP 119]

Bah. Physicists are obsessed with finding that theory of everything. Maybe things aren't that simple?!

[almaty 19]

He blinded me with science

[SMOKE 1,426]

Wow, how very inappropriate.

but, it still made you laugh.

[HAL 9000 96]

Wow, how very inappropriate.

but, it still made you laugh.

Made me laugh first... then cringe second at the insensitivity of making fun of a disease.

[almaty 19]

agree..making fun of people with a disease and a condition is not funny...and shows a lack of empathy