It is a matter of chance which we are in," he said. "Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. In the talk, he will argue that tiny quantum fluctuations in the very early universe became the seeds from which galaxies, stars, and ultimately human life emerged. Hawking responded to questions posed by the Guardian and a reader in advance of a lecture tomorrow at the Google Zeitgeist meeting in London, in which he will address the question: "Why are we here?" In answering another, he wrote of the beauty of science, such as the exquisite double helix of DNA in biology, or the fundamental equations of physics. In answer to a question on how we should live, he said, simply: "We should seek the greatest value of our action." In the interview, Hawking rejected the notion of life beyond death and emphasised the need to fulfil our potential on Earth by making good use of our lives. One of his greatest achievements in physics is a theory that describes how black holes emit radiation. His fame has led to guest roles in The Simpsons, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Red Dwarf. The book sold a reported 9 million copies and propelled the physicist to instant stardom. "It would be the ultimate triumph of human reason – for then we should know the mind of God," he wrote. In his bestselling 1988 book, A Brief History of Time, Hawking drew on the device so beloved of Einstein, when he described what it would mean for scientists to develop a "theory of everything" – a set of equations that described every particle and force in the entire universe. The physicist's remarks draw a stark line between the use of God as a metaphor and the belief in an omniscient creator whose hands guide the workings of the cosmos. He has since returned to his Cambridge department as director of research.
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The 69-year-old physicist fell seriously ill after a lecture tour in the US in 2009 and was taken to Addenbrookes hospital in an episode that sparked grave concerns for his health. The book provoked a backlash from some religious leaders, including the chief rabbi, Lord Sacks, who accused Hawking of committing an "elementary fallacy" of logic. Hawking's latest comments go beyond those laid out in his 2010 book, The Grand Design, in which he asserted that there is no need for a creator to explain the existence of the universe. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark," he added. "I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. I have so much I want to do first," he said. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. "I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years.
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The incurable illness was expected to kill Hawking within a few years of its symptoms arising, an outlook that turned the young scientist to Wagner, but ultimately led him to enjoy life more, he has said, despite the cloud hanging over his future. Hawking, who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease at the age of 21, shares his thoughts on death, human purpose and our chance existence in an exclusive interview with the Guardian today.