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Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy story - 5/17/2011 12:06:53 AM

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I hope he can figure it all soon out before he dies.

Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'

Hawking's latest comments go beyond those laid out in his 2010 book, The Grand Design, in which he asserted that there is no need for a creator to explain the existence of the universe. The book provoked a backlash from some religious leaders, including the chief rabbi, Lord Sacks, who accused Hawking of committing an "elementary fallacy" of logic.

Hawking responded to questions posed by the Guardian and a reader in advance of a lecture tomorrow at the Google Zeitgeist meeting in London, in which he will address the question: "Why are we here?" In the talk, he will argue that tiny quantum fluctuations in the very early universe became the seeds from which galaxies, stars, and ultimately human life emerged. "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," he said.

His talk will focus on M-theory, a broad mathematical framework that encompasses string theory, which is regarded by many physicists as the best hope yet of developing a theory of everything. M-theory demands a universe with 11 dimensions, including a dimension of time and the three familiar spatial dimensions. The rest are curled up too small for us to see.

I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/may/15/stephen-hawking-interview-there-is-no-heaven

Stephen Hawking dismisses belief in God in an exclusive interview with the Guardian. Photograph: Solar & Heliospheric Observatory/Discovery Channel

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 12:09:46 AM

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While he is brilliant, its still just his opinion. He is entitled too it.

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 7:06:03 AM

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Some of the scientists that are working with him on this very theory do not dismiss spirituality...

I do not believe in a heaven after we die, but that does not mean that there is nothing else to it, either,

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 7:14:42 AM

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Some of the scientists that are working with him on this very theory do not dismiss spirituality...

I do not believe in a heaven after we die, but that does not mean that there is nothing else to it, either,

When we die we are dead.

There is no magical afterlife where we continue on forever.

What continues to amaze me is that the argument is "prove there is not" while there is absolutely no evidence otherwise.

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 7:17:50 AM

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In heaven, there is no beer..........

Hit it!!! Myron Floren, and his talking accordian!!!!!!

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 7:21:44 AM

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Some of the scientists that are working with him on this very theory do not dismiss spirituality...

I do not believe in a heaven after we die, but that does not mean that there is nothing else to it, either,

When we die we are dead.

There is no magical afterlife where we continue on forever.

What continues to amaze me is that the argument is "prove there is not" while there is absolutely no evidence otherwise.

I am not going to go on about near death experiences, etc etc etc... it is of no use.

I could really give a shit less what you think about what lies beyond this life. I do not care what Stephen Hawkes thinks. I do not care what my parents thought about this topic. I do not care what my siblings think about it...

See a theme developing here?

This is just me, but I do not want some religious leader telling me what my spirituality should or should not be, and I sure as hell don't want someone lacking spirituality to tell me a damn thing about it.

Since there is no one that ever came back we don't fucking know, and your guess that there is nothing after this is as good of a guess as angels with harps and Saint Peter at the gate... neither are the idea of an afterlife I would appreciate or desire

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 7:26:13 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

quote:

ORIGINAL: rulemylife

quote:

ORIGINAL: juliaoceania

Some of the scientists that are working with him on this very theory do not dismiss spirituality...

I do not believe in a heaven after we die, but that does not mean that there is nothing else to it, either,

When we die we are dead.

There is no magical afterlife where we continue on forever.

What continues to amaze me is that the argument is "prove there is not" while there is absolutely no evidence otherwise.

I am not going to go on about near death experiences, etc etc etc... it is of no use.

I could really give a shit less what you think about what lies beyond this life. I do not care what Stephen Hawkes thinks. I do not care what my parents thought about this topic. I do not care what my siblings think about it...

See a theme developing here?

This is just me, but I do not want some religious leader telling me what my spirituality should or should not be, and I sure as hell don't want someone lacking spirituality to tell me a damn thing about it.

Since there is no one that ever came back we don't fucking know, and your guess that there is nothing after this is as good of a guess as angels with harps and Saint Peter at the gate... neither are the idea of an afterlife I would appreciate or desire

It's not a guess.

It is accepting reality.

Spirituality enters in when people cannot accept their own mortality.

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 7:39:16 AM

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Spirituality enters in when people cannot accept their own mortality.

How convenient, you get to state your beliefs as facts, and conveniently spirituality is defined on your terms...I have no issue with how you define spirituality for yourself, just keep your mitts off mine.

How is this for acceptance, I basically don't give a fuck whether I am just worm food, or I get to climb the pearly gates... either way its all good for me. In one scenario I get to have some other life, in the other scenario I won't know what the fuck happened anyways.

The real difference between us? You have to have an answer to move on with your life, I don't need to answer every question. I can actually live with the suspense. It doesn't matter much to me in how I live my life whether there is something after this one or not. You, on the other hand, need definitive proof one way or another... and you need to make sure everyone agrees with you, too. If we don't agree, we are superstitious, in denial... blah blah blah blah blah

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 7:48:00 AM

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"Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing."

didnt read it because its not that often I see such an abortion of terms.

Last time I checked energy/matter can neither be created nor destroyed.

Are we sure they are not talking about the monetary system?

The rabbi is correct imo that the claims are both a fallacy in logic and reason

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 7:49:05 AM

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It's not a guess.

It is accepting reality.

Spirituality enters in when people cannot accept their own mortality

Actually, you are expecting us to accept your reality.

How is your reality any more or less real than anyone else's?

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 7:50:19 AM

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In a closed system. We are unsure of that closure, very unsure.

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 7:54:01 AM

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I doubt the meanings conveyed match hawkings work. If they really do then there is a problem. If by universe they are limiting it to a mathematical construct then sure, constructs are created from nothing. On the other hand he is still incorrect based on what the rabbi points out.

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 7:56:34 AM

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quote:

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Spirituality enters in when people cannot accept their own mortality.

How convenient, you get to state your beliefs as facts, and conveniently spirituality is defined on your terms...I have no issue with how you define spirituality for yourself, just keep your mitts off mine.

How is this for acceptance, I basically don't give a fuck whether I am just worm food, or I get to climb the pearly gates... either way its all good for me. In one scenario I get to have some other life, in the other scenario I won't know what the fuck happened anyways.

The real difference between us? You have to have an answer to move on with your life, I don't need to answer every question. I can actually live with the suspense. It doesn't matter much to me in how I live my life whether there is something after this one or not. You, on the other hand, need definitive proof one way or another... and you need to make sure everyone agrees with you, too. If we don't agree, we are superstitious, in denial... blah blah blah blah blah

No, I just don't accept anything that has no proof.

But you can believe whatever makes you happy.

Just don't try to convince me it is real unless you can find that proof.

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 7:58:32 AM

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what is "real"

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 8:01:22 AM

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I am not trying to convince you of anything, I thought the purpose of this thread was to convince everyone that they were all believers in fairytales for believing something different from you. That is what you are saying, isn't it?

I stay away from trying to convince people they are wrong about things I have no proof one way or another about. I may argue for an opinion based upon facts, but if I have no facts one way or another, I leave that alone.

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 8:01:33 AM

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I doubt the meanings conveyed match hawkings work. If they really do then there is a problem. If by universe they are limiting it to a mathematical construct then sure, constructs are created from nothing. On the other hand he is still incorrect based on what the rabbi points out.

You doubted on the wrong side of the issue, which we have come to expect, since you always do. We know that Natura abhorret a vacua. (But we also know that is not true) His nothing is the void. There is always something in nothing here.

Thats what he is talking about.

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 8:05:23 AM

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There is always something in nothing here.

Yanno...in my smokie-de-dope days, that statement would have kept me occupied for hours

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 8:05:40 AM

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hence the fundamental law of physics that matter/energy can be neither created nor destroyed.

what did you think I said, or what did you think that statement meant?

something in nothing is doublethink there is either something or nothing cant have it both ways.

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 8:07:56 AM

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in a closed system. lets not keep going around quoting with half the law as if it encompasses the whole law.

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RE: Stephen Hawking: There is no heaven; it's a fairy s... - 5/17/2011 8:11:24 AM

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zero works mathematically, but show me where it works practically

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