The boundary condition of the universe is that it has no boundary. Stephen Hawking More Quotes by Stephen Hawking More Quotes From Stephen Hawking Time and space are finite in extent, but they don't have any boundary or edge. They would be like the surface of the earth, but with two more dimensions. Stephen Hawking spacewould-betwo Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead. Stephen Hawking philosophy I have to speak through a computer... in my mind, I am free. Free to explore the universe and ask the big questions... Stephen Hawking mind Of course it is possible that UFO's really do contain aliens as many people believe, and the government is hushing it up Stephen Hawking governmentbelievepeople Not to take this web of dualities as a sign we are on the right track would be a bit like believing that God put fossils into the rocks in order to mislead Darwin about the evolution of life. Stephen Hawking rocksorderbelieve Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do. Stephen Hawking september-11survivalrace 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 atheistlaworder One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem. Stephen Hawking theoremsmathematicalarguing The universe does not behave according to our pre-conceived ideas. It continues to surprise us. Stephen Hawking surprisedoeideas I think the universe was spontaneously created out of nothing, according to the laws of science. It has no beginning and no end. Stephen Hawking endslawthinking There ought to be something very special about the boundary conditions of the universe and what can be more special than that there is no boundary? Stephen Hawking oughtboundariesspecial All my adult life people have been helping me. Stephen Hawking adultshelpingpeople It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value. Stephen Hawking intelligenceintelligentlong Everything that civilisation has to offer is a product of human intelligence; we cannot predict what we might achieve when this intelligence is magnified by the tools that AI may provide, but the eradication of war, disease, and poverty would be high on anyone's list. Success in creating AI would be the biggest event in human history. Unfortunately, it might also be the last. Stephen Hawking creatingeventswar If the total energy of the universe must always remain zero, and it costs energy to create a body, how can a whole universe be created from nothing? Stephen Hawking costzeroenergy If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future? Stephen Hawking time-traveltouristsifs Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales. Stephen Hawking equationswritingbook Equations are just the boring part of mathematics. I attempt to see things in terms of geometry. Stephen Hawking boredboringphysics Among physicists, I'm respected I hope. Stephen Hawking physicist Then we shall... be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist. If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason - for then we would know the mind of God. Stephen Hawking if-there-is-a-goddesignmind
