Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)

Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)
Huldra Forsvant (Theodor Kittelsen)

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Life and Death According To Stephen Hawking

"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."

Ahh, I feel all warm and fuzzy.

From here.

2 comments:

Laetitia :-) said...

I wonder where he thinks emotions come from - last I knew, computers didn't feel them. Methinks he's angry at God because he has MND but can't admit it because then he'd have to admit that God exists.

Ben McLaughlin said...

I guess we can't really know what's on his heart. But it does seem like a very foolish thing for such a smart guy to say. How would he know?