Stephen Hawking: Heaven is a fairy story

Original Source: Guardian.co.uk, Sunday 15 May 2011

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. In answer to a question on how we should live, he said, simply:

“We should seek the greatest value of our action.”

Hawking said he regards the brain as a computer which will simply stop working when it’s done.

“There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark,” he added.

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