It’s clearly possible for a something to acquire higher intelligence than its ancestors: we evolved to be smarter than our ape-like ancestors, and Einstein was smarter than his parents.
I don’t think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet. But I’m an optimist. We will reach out to the stars.
Science can explain the universe without the need for a Creator.
The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the questions of why there should be a universe for the model to describe. Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?
For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk and we learned to listen.
The idea that we are alone in the universe seems to me completely implausible and arrogant, considering the number of planets and stars that we know exist, it’s extremely unlikely that we are the only form of evolved life.
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.
I have sold more books on physics than Madonna has on sex.
Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing.
Go the extra mile. It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker.
There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works.
If you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don’t throw it away.
It is a waste of time to be angry about my disability. One has to get on with life and I haven’t done badly. People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus.
Unless mankind redesigns itself by changing our DNA through altering our genetic makeup, computer-genera ted robots will take over our world.
Thirty years ago I was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, and given two and a half years to live. I have always wondered how they could be so precise about the half.
It is impossible to imagine a four-dimensional space. I personally find it hard enough to visualize a three-dimensional space!
The Simpsons is the best thing on American television.
We don’t let animals suffer, so why humans?
We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.