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Post by Indonesia on Sept 3, 2010 7:54:12 GMT -5
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11172158"There is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe," - Stephen Hawking Way to put up with the monotheistic society Hawking. Though, I stand within no side but out of this. Like what Einstein had said before: A = x + y + zA = Life x = play hard y = study hard z = keeping your mouth shut
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SCIENCE. Science, my friends, Science.
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Post by USAlex on Sept 3, 2010 10:35:09 GMT -5
To take no position on an issue is a position in and of itself. Fortunately or unfortunately, none of us can escape having "an opinion" on something once we know of the question's existence. So, even you, "standing within no side but out of this", still stand somewhere.
That being said, go Hawking for having the guts to say what you really think. I would rather everyone discuss these types of issues until there is a relative peace on the subject, instead of just keeping differences undisclosed and turning a blind eye to other ways of seeing things. That would be 1) boring 2) unhelpful and 3) impossible to maintain.
I think what Hawking was trying to say, though, mostly, was that in /theories/ of creation (theories, which implies of a scientific nature), just saying "So-and-So did it" is not an explanation. There is no mechanism, there is no /understanding/ of how, which is the major goal of making a theory in the first place. It is a waste of time and thought in science to just make up theories with no way to prove or disprove them, and with no mechanism explained. In theology or other forms of philosophy (but NOT natural philosophy, which is science), perhaps, this is another story, but for the purposes of theories, which are scientific, yes, I agree with Hawking, let us leave empty speculation out.
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Post by Indonesia on Sept 3, 2010 21:29:01 GMT -5
Really, Alex if I were you I'd stay out of this. Hawking's just asking for death now that he mentioned this. In fact, I bet the church is planning to slaughter him right now. I do agree with him, to be honest o.o"
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