Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?

Quote by Stephen Hawking

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If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad...

If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad...

I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail....

I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail....

Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.

Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.

Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very...

Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very...

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very...

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very...

God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be...

God not only plays dice, He also sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be...

It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep...

It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep...

All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is...

All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is...

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is...

My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is...

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.

The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen...

The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen...

There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe...

There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe...

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very...

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very...

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have

I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human...

I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human...

Many people say 'I'm horrible at computers,' but I think that computers are horrible at...

Many people say 'I'm horrible at computers,' but I think that computers are horrible at...

The only way to make your PC go faster is to throw it out a...

The only way to make your PC go faster is to throw it out a...