Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing.
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STEPHEN HAWKING Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is ...
STEPHEN HAWKING So Einstein was wrong when he said, "God does not play dice." Consideration of black holes suggests,...
STEPHEN HAWKING We got through all of Genesis and part of Exodus before I left. One of the main things I was taught ...
STEPHEN HAWKING It matters if you just don't give up
STEPHEN HAWKING In such a massive place as the cosmos
we only have to look at ourselves for prove that extremely unl...
STEPHEN HAWKING I put a lot of effort into writing A Briefer History at a time when I was critically ill with pneumo...
STEPHEN HAWKING Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would ...
STEPHEN HAWKING When asked, 'What did God do before he created the universe?' St. Augustine didnĀ“t reply, 'he was p...
STEPHEN HAWKING It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value
STEPHEN HAWKING If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by every...
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