If human life were long enough to find the ultimate theory, everything would have been solved by previous generations. Nothing would be… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Everything that civilisation has to offer is a product of human intelligence; we cannot predict what we might achieve when this intelligence… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
We could call order by the name of God, but it would be an impersonal God. There's not much personal about the… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
One can imagine that God created the universe at literally any time in the past. On the other hand, if the universe… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Then we shall... be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
But a machine that was powerful enough to accelerate particles to the grand unification energy would have to be as big as… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The human race is just a chemical scum on a moderate-sized planet, orbiting around a very average star in the outer suburb… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will cease to run when the… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Do you ever wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges? — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If we ever do find a complete theory of the universe, it would be a great triumph of human reason but it… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I think [contacting an alien civilization] would be a disaster. The extraterrestrials would probably be far in advance of us. The history… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Not to leave planet Earth would be like castaways on a desert island not trying to escape...Sending humans to other planets ...… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It would be very difficult to explain why the universe should have begun in just this way, except as the act of… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
We shouldn't be surprised that conditions in the universe are suitable for life, but this is not evidence that the universe was… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
It [AI] would take off on its own and redesign itself at an ever increasing rate. Humans, who are limited by slow… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
We believe human begins have existed for only a small fraction of cosmic history, because human race has been improving so rapidly… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
If it were only a few degrees, that would be serious, but we could adapt to it. But the danger is the… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The doctor who diagnosed me with ALS, or motor neuron disease, told me that it would kill me in two or three years. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
We are the product of quantum fluctuations in the very early universe. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The human race does not have a very good record of intelligent behavior. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“We have finally found something that doesn’t have a cause, because there was no time for a cause to exist in. For me this… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
[On President Bush's plan to get to Mars in 10 years] Stupid. Robots would do a better job and be much cheaper because you… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I believe the simplest explanation is, there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The Paralympic Games is about transforming our perception of the world. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The increase of disorder or entropy is what distinguishes the past from the future, giving a direction to time. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, and science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“In the eighteenth century, philosophers considered the whole of human knowledge, including science, to be their field and discussed questions such as: Did the… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
A model is a good model if first it interprets a wide range of observations in terms of a simple and elegant model, and… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
![“I think [contacting an alien civilization] would be a disaster. The extraterrestrials would probably be far in advance of us. The history of advanced races meeting more primitive people on this planet is not very happy, and they were the same species. I think we should keep our heads low.” quote by Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/585/stephen-hawking-389_aliens_i-think-contacting-an-alien-civilization_1727877.jpg)
![“It [AI] would take off on its own and redesign itself at an ever increasing rate. Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn't compete and would be superseded.” quote by Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e85/stephen-hawking-389_artificial-intellige_it-ai-would-take-off-on-its-own-and-rede_2869907.jpg)
![“[On President Bush's plan to get to Mars in 10 years] Stupid. Robots would do a better job and be much cheaper because you don't have to bring them back.” quote by Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4f9/stephen-hawking-389_better-job_on-president-bush-s-plan-to-get-to-mars_42167.jpg)
