I believe the simplest explanation is, there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realization that there probably is no heaven and no afterlife either. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe and for that, I am extremely grateful.
— Stephen Hawking Contemporary

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From his book 'The Grand Design' (2010), also cited in a 2011 Fox News article and a 2007 New Scientist interview.

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2010

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Shocking

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