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Post by watchman on May 17, 2011 18:31:03 GMT
I'm sure many of you must have seen this already but I thought it worth posting anyway ... Extract from the Stephen Hawkins interview in the Guardian. Q/ You had a health scare and spent time in hospital in 2009. What, if anything, do you fear about death? A/ I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first. 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. See more .. www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/may/15/stephen-hawking-interview-there-is-no-heaven |
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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on May 18, 2011 15:52:40 GMT
Yes this made many news places. I think he is probably right but hope he is not
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Post by mrjohnno on May 20, 2011 11:33:18 GMT
Yes this made many news places. I think he is probably right but hope he is not I take this to mean you hope there is an afterlife? The Abrahamic after life sounds horrible which ever way you go. The Hindu one sounds much more appealing and I'd like to come back as a gusset please. |
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Post by mrjohnno on May 20, 2011 11:36:46 GMT
PROFESSOR Stephen Hawking has calculated that heaven does not exist.
The eminent physicist applied Einstein's theory of mass-energy equivalence to his own theory of black holes to demonstrate that there is no heaven or afterlife, even in a multi-dimensional alternate universe where heaven could exist if it really wanted to.
He said: "If the total internal energy of a body at rest is equal to the product of its rest mass then the Archbishop of Canterbury is full of piss.
"In addition, mass-energy equivalence and quantum gravitational theory both fundamentally exclude the possibility of that Robin Williams film where they all die horribly and end up living forever in one of his wife's pathetically derivative paintings.
"I am cleverer than you and all your stupid bloody friends put together and even I have no idea how that piece of s*it got made."
He added: "Also, if heaven did exist then we would be able to see it with a really big telescope.
"If one day a massive telescope discovers an eternal afterlife theme park in some hitherto unexamined corner of the known multiverse then I will happily eat my chair."
It is hoped Professor Hawking's calculations will now bring the debate over the existence of heaven to a close.
But Tom Logan, a heating engineer from Stevenage, said: "I do not disagree with the conclusion, but I'm pretty sure I know as much about this as he does and no-one gave a tuppenny fuck when I said it last week."
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Post by star on May 20, 2011 12:53:18 GMT
;D Love the honesty.  |
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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on May 20, 2011 16:26:35 GMT
Yes this made many news places. I think he is probably right but hope he is not I take this to mean you hope there is an afterlife? The Abrahamic after life sounds horrible which ever way you go. The Hindu one sounds much more appealing and I'd like to come back as a gusset please. As long as i am not dead I couldnt care less. Although those 72 virgins sound fun |
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Post by mrjohnno on May 20, 2011 17:18:34 GMT
Although those 72 virgins sound fun 3:01 in |
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Post by watchman on May 20, 2011 18:21:00 GMT
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Post by mrjohnno on May 20, 2011 19:08:11 GMT
I read this on a US news site as I remember earlier today. I'm not sure of the accuracy of the findings because I was seeing a Catholic girl quite some years back as she banged like a s*it-house door when the plague is in town |
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Post by watchman on May 20, 2011 19:22:38 GMT
I haven't heard that phrase for years ... propper took me back.
and it must be right ,its in the Daily Wail.
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Post by mrjohnno on May 21, 2011 12:18:34 GMT
I haven't heard that phrase for years ... propper took me back. . Here is one you may not have heard as I've only ever heard it in NZ She went off like a belt fed mortar |
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Post by watchman on May 21, 2011 17:40:28 GMT
Love it....
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