Stephen Hawking Quotes About Universe
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One does not have to appeal to God to set the initial conditions for the creation of the universe, but if one does He would have to act through the laws of physics.
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One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn't exist.....Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist
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Or in other words, why does disorder increase in the same direction of time as that in which the universe expands?
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The universe doesn't allow perfection.
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If I have questions about the universe on my mind when I go to bed, I can't turn off. I dream equations all night.
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In real time, the universe has a beginning and an end at singularities that form a boundary to space-time and at which the laws of science break down.
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One can imagine that God created the universe at literally any time in the past. On the other hand, if the universe is expanding, there may be physical reasons why there had to be a beginning. One could imagine that God created the universe at the instant of the big bang, or even afterwards in just such a way as to make it look as though there had been a big bang, but it would be meaningless to suppose that it was created before the big bang. An expanding universe does not preclude a creator, but it does place limits on when he might have carried out his job!
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Many people find the universe confusing - it's not.
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We each exist for but a short time, and in that time explore but a small part of the whole universe
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If everything in the universe depends upon everything else in a fundamental way, it might be impossible to get close to a full solution by investigating parts of the problem in isolation.
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While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there are far too many equations to solve. I'm no better than anyone else at understanding what makes people tick, particularly women.
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Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing.
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We find ourselves in a bewildering world. We want to make sense of what we see around us and to ask: What is the nature of the universe? What is our place in it and where did it and we come from? Why is it the way it is?
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It is my view that the simplest explanation is there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization. There is probably no heaven, and no afterlife either. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe, and for that, I am extremely grateful.
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We shouldn't be surprised that conditions in the universe are suitable for life, but this is not evidence that the universe was designed to allow for life. We could call order by the name of God, but it would be an impersonal God. There's not much personal about the laws of physics.
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The Universe in a Nutshell
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The lesson of the book is that the universe is governed by the laws of science.
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The question is: is the way the universe began chosen by God for reasons we can't understand, or was it determined by a law of science? I believe the second. If you like, you can call the laws of science 'God', but it wouldn't be a personal God that you could meet, and ask questions.
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We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence.
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I am damned if I'm going to die before I have unraveled more of the universe
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Science could predict that the universe must have had a beginning.
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If the total energy of the universe must always remain zero, and it costs energy to create a body, how can a whole universe be created from nothing?
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The universe does not behave according to our pre-conceived ideas. It continues to surprise us.
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As we shall see, the concept of time has no meaning before the beginning of the universe. This was first pointed out by St. Augustine. When asked: What did God do before he created the universe? Augustine didn't reply: He was preparing Hell for people who asked such questions. Instead, he said that time was a property of the universe that God created, and that time did not exist before the beginning of the universe.
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Before we understand science, it is natural to believe that God created the universe. But now science offers a more convincing explanation.
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A lot of prizes have been awarded for showing the universe is not as simple as we might have thought.
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I’m not religious in the normal sense. I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws.
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Humanities deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for continuing our quest. and our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in.
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I think the universe was spontaneously created out of nothing, according to the laws of science. It has no beginning and no end.
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It would be very difficult to explain why the universe should have begun in just this way, except as the act of a God who intended to create beings like us.
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