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So Einstein was wrong when he said, "God does not play dice." Consideration of black holes suggests, not only that God does play dice, but that he sometimes confuses us by throwing them where they can't be seen.


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C.S. LEWIS He who does not love does not know God; for God is love
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STEVEN WRIGHT Black holes are where God divided by zero.
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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 didn´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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