APPENDIX Z38: “The Mind of God”
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APPENDIX Z38:
“The Mind of God”
Stephen Hawking –
(1988)
“If we do discover a complete theory…then
we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just
ordinary people, be able to take part in the
discussion of the question of why it is that we
and the universe exist. If we nd the answer
to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of
human reason—for then we would know the
mind of God….”
– A Brief History of Time*
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Paul Davies –
(1992)
“I belong to the group of scientists who
do not subscribe to a conventional religion
but nevertheless deny that the universe is
purposeless accident. Through my scientic
work I have come to believe more and more
strongly that the physical universe is put
together with an ingenuity so astonishing
that I cannot accept it merely as a brute fact.
There must, it seems to me, be a deeper
level of explanation….”
– The Mind of God*
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1
Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time. New York: Random House, 1988. (p. 193)
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2
Paul Davies, The Mind of God, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. (p.16)
