Life after death is a fairy tale

The recently famous physicist Stephen Hawking explained his belief that without God and humans, should therefore find the most valuable way of life they can when on Earth.

Writer Ian Sample of The Guardian asked Hawking if he was afraid of death in a story published May 15. And this is his answer:

'I have lived with the risk of an early death for 49 years. I am not afraid to die, but I am not in a hurry to die. I have a lot of things I want to do first. I consider the brain like a computer that will stop working when its parts fail. Without heaven or the afterlife for broken computers, it is a fairy tale for those who are afraid of the dark . '

Hawking's 'History of Time' , published in 1988, sold 9 million copies, and Hawking mentioned God metaphorically as a force that could explain creativity. of the universe.

But in 2010, Hawking told Diane Sawyer that "science will win " in a battle with religion "because it works".

" What can be defined about God [is a concept of divinity] is the embodiment of natural laws. However, this is not what most people will think of as God." Hawking told Sawyer. "They created a human-like species with people who could have a personal relationship. When you look at the vast size of the universe and how insignificant it is for your accidental life. who in it, that seems to be the most impossible thing ".

Hawking's latest book, " The Grand Design, " challenged Isaac Newton's theory that the solar system may not have been created without God. " Because there is a rule like gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creativity is the reason there is something more than nothing, why the universe exists. , why do we exist? There is no need to call God to . arrange the universe , "he wrote.

Hawking was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's degenerative disease at the age of 21. He lost his power of speech and for decades he talked through an electronic speech synthesizer. This device allowed him to continue his studies and achieve the highest research degree in Cambridge, which was previously held by Newton. His most famous theory is to explain how black holes emit radiation, according to The Guardian .

So if everyone has fate to turn off the power like computers at the end of their lives, what do people need to do to live for meaning?

"We have to find the greatest value in our actions ," Hawking told the newspaper.