The victim should have the right to end his life, if he wants. But I think it would be a great mistake. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there’s life, there is hope.
God abhors a naked singularity.
Simplicity is a matter of taste.
The media need superheroes in science just as in every sphere of life, but there is really a continuous range of abilities with no clear dividing line.
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.
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.
I want to know why the universe exists, why there is something greater than nothing.
Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics.
The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can’t solve the equations, directly in the abstract.
I used to think information was destroyed in black hole. This was my biggest blunder, or at least my biggest blunder in science.
Among physicists, I’m respected I hope.
Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in.
You can’t regulate every lab in the world.
Maybe I don’t have the most common kind of motor neuron disease, which usually kills in two or three years.
There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.
In Britain, like most of the developed world, stem-cell research is regarded as a great opportunity. America will be left behind if it doesn’t change policy.
Evolution has ensured that our brains just aren’t equipped to visualise 11 dimensions directly. However, from a purely mathematical point of view it’s just as easy to think in 11 dimensions, as it is to think in three or four.
I enjoy all forms of music – pop, classical and opera.
Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead.
The moment you understand the whole Universe is the moment you slightly begin to understand the way God’s mind works.