Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics. Stephen Hawking Read Quote
My discovery that black holes emit radiation raised serious problems of consistency with the rest of physics. I have now resolved these problems, but the answer turned out to be not what I expected. Stephen Hawking Read Quote
Evolution has ensured that our brains just aren’t equipped to visualise 11 dimensions directly. However, from a purely mathematical point of view it’s just as easy to think in 11 dimensions, as it is to think in three or four. Stephen Hawking Read Quote
We think that life develops spontaneously on Earth, so it must be possible for life to develop on suitable planets elsewhere in the universe. But we don’t know the probability that a planet develops life. Stephen Hawking Read Quote
Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world, especially in my field. Stephen Hawking Read Quote
In the past, there was active discrimination against women in science. That has now gone, and although there are residual effects, these are not enough to account for the small numbers of women, particularly in mathematics and physics. Stephen Hawking Read Quote
