In "The Brief History Of Time" Stephen Hawking said: "If we discover a complete theory, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason – for then we should know the mind of God."
But as you might be aware yet till date the "complete theory" or "the Universal Theory" or "Theory of Everything" is elusive....that Stephen Hawking was talking about to in "The Brief History of Time".
And still... "Dark Energy" or "Dark Matter" are called so because the scientific community does not know what it is and how it can be explained.
But according to the excerpts released from his new book, "The Grand Design", Stephen Hawking says, "....Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe exists, why we exist.... It is not necessary to invoke God to light the blue touch paper and set the universe going."
These excerpts have triggered so much heated debate between the scientific & religious community now and among the people who are not sure whether they are one side or the other, that the chatter about this excerpt from his new book has become the trending topic in Twitter.
I have high regards for Stephen Hawking. And I think, everyone is jumping guns to conclude that "there is no GOD" or "Stephen Hawking is wrong". While, I don't want to jump to conclusions, I can guess what Stephen Hawking would have meant. He probably just says that we (humans) know a lot now than before that we can now explain the beginning & the evolution of the Universe with the laws of physics & the theories that we know as of today. I don't think he says "there is no GOD".
Let's see how far this debate goes. Or will this debate continue for generations to come?
Srini, I dont think a true scientist will ever say there IS NO god until it is proven by the means and methods of science. As we stand today, it cannot be proven that there is no god as much as it cannot be proven that there is one. That does not however put both propositions on a par with equal probability. But, the one thing that can be seen is, as time rolls by, the role of god in the universe is diminishing. That the universe can be explained purely by physics with no need for a creator is another step towards that.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for reading my post. I think we are on the same page that, Hawking would not have concluded that "there is no GOD", instead some of the readers who read those excerpts from his yet to be published book, are making that conclusion.
Let's wait for the book. And probably Stephen Hawking himself will clarify what he meant.
Thank you for your comments.
Larry #King talks with Stephen #Hawking about his new book, science and his views on God. at 9 p.m. ET on Friday Sep 10, 2010 CNN - http://bit.ly/9CsmyX - see this preview clip
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