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We lived in a tall, narrow Vi...

We lived in a tall, narrow Victorian house, which my parents had bought very cheaply during the war, when everyone thought London was going to be bombed flat. In fact, a V-2 rocket landed a few houses away from ours. I was away with my mother and sister at the time, but my father was in the house.

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Some scientists think it may ...

Some scientists think it may be possible to capture a wormhole and enlarge it many trillions of times to make it big enough for a human or even a spaceship to enter.

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As Irving Good realised in 19...

As Irving Good realised in 1965, machines with superhuman intelligence could repeatedly improve their design even further, triggering what Vernor Vinge called a 'singularity.'

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Obviously, because of my disa...

Obviously, because of my disability, I need assistance. But I have always tried to overcome the limitations of my condition and lead as full a life as possible. I have traveled the world, from the Antarctic to zero gravity.

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God not only plays dice, but ...

God not only plays dice, but also sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen.

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The voice I use is a very old...

The voice I use is a very old hardware speech synthesizer made in 1986. I keep it because I have not heard a voice I like better and because I have identified with it.

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Philosophers have not kept up...

Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics.

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There is a real danger that c...

There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition.

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Only black holes of very low ...

Only black holes of very low mass would emit a significant amount of radiation.

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I think the human race doesn'...

I think the human race doesn't have a future if it doesn't go into space.

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The fastest manned vehicle in...

The fastest manned vehicle in history was Apollo 10. It reached 25,000 mph.

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The cyclic universe theory pr...

The cyclic universe theory predicts no gravitational waves from the early universe.

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We must develop as quickly as...

We must develop as quickly as possible technologies that make possible a direct connection between brain and computer, so that artificial brains contribute to human intelligence rather than opposing it.

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Maybe I don't have the most c...

Maybe I don't have the most common kind of motor neuron disease, which usually kills in two or three years.

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I am in touch with a company ...

I am in touch with a company that hopes to replicate my voice. However, they are not replicating my original voice - if they did that, I would sound like a man in his 20s, which would be very strange! They are actually trying to replicate the synthesizer that sits on my wheelchair.

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Science predicts that many di...

Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in.

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My first popular book, 'A Bri...

My first popular book, 'A Brief History of Time,' aroused a great deal of interest, but many found it difficult to understand.

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I think those who have a term...

I think those who have a terminal illness and are in great pain should have the right to choose to end their own life, and those that help them should be free from prosecution.

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A zero-gravity flight is a fi...

A zero-gravity flight is a first step toward space travel.

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When we understand string the...

When we understand string theory, we will know how the universe began. It won't have much effect on how we live, but it is important to understand where we come from and what we can expect to find as we explore.

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....