Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. Examples include the double helix in biology and the fundamental equations of physics. Stephen Hawking More Quotes by Stephen Hawking More Quotes From Stephen Hawking Simplicity is a matter of taste Stephen Hawking simplicity taste matter We shouldn't be surprised that conditions in the universe are suitable for life, but this is not evidence that the universe was designed to allow for life. We could call order by the name of God, but it would be an impersonal God. There's not much personal about the laws of physics. Stephen Hawking law names order "Sooner or later disasters such as an asteroid collision or a nuclear war could wipe us all out, But once we spread out into space and establish independent colonies, our future should be safe." Stephen Hawking independent space war 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. By contrast, computers double their speed and memories every 18 months. 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. Stephen Hawking real race memories There is no way that we can predict the weather six months ahead beyond giving the seasonal average. Stephen Hawking weather average giving What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise. Stephen Hawking rubbish giants world Many people do not like the idea that time has a beginning, probably because it smacks of divine intervention. (The Catholic Church, on the other hand, seized on the big bang model and in 1951 officially pronounced it to be in accordance with the Bible. Stephen Hawking hands people ideas Disability need not be an obstacle to success. Stephen Hawking disability obstacles needs The human race shouldn't have all its eggs in one basket, or on one planet. Let's hope we can avoid dropping the basket until we have spread the load. Stephen Hawking dropping eggs race Our population and our use of the finite resources of planet Earth are growing exponentially, along with our technical ability to change the environment for good or ill. Stephen Hawking population growing use The Universe in a Nutshell Stephen Hawking universe In real time, the universe has a beginning and an end at singularities that form a boundary to space-time and at which the laws of science break down. Stephen Hawking space real law God not only plays dice, he throws them in the corner where you can't see them. Stephen Hawking play funny science You cannot understand the glories of the universe without believing there is some Supreme Power behind it. Stephen Hawking behinds glory believe In this way, Edwin Hubble worked out the distances to nine different galaxies. We now know that our galaxy is only one of some hundred thousand million that can be seen using modern telescopes, each galaxy itself containing some hundred thousand million stars. Stephen Hawking distance different stars Only a very few would allow creatures like us to exist. Thus our presence selects out from this vast array only those universes that are compatible with our existence. Although we are puny and insignificant on the scale of the cosmos, this makes us in a sense the lords of creation. Stephen Hawking cosmos creation spring Scientists tend to risk theories they admire Stephen Hawking scientist risk theory It is said that there's no such thing as a free lunch. But the universe is the ultimate free lunch. Stephen Hawking ultimate lunch said We see the universe the way it is because we exist. Stephen Hawking universe way A million million million million (1 with twenty-four zeros after it) miles, the size of the observable universe. Stephen Hawking size four twenties
