To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.” “We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of … - Stephen Hawking

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To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit.”

“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.”

-Steven Hawking

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About Stephen Hawking

Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS (8 January 1942 - 14 March 2018) was a British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge.

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Native Name: Stephen William Hawking
Alternative Names: Hawking S. W. Hawking stephen S. Hawking
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Yet if there really were a complete unified theory, it would also presumably determine our actions — so the theory itself would determine the outcome of our search for it! And why should it determine that we come to the right conclusions from the evidence? Might it not equally well determine that we draw the wrong conclusion? Or no conclusion at all?

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