Stephen Hawking and the Existence of God

Via Why Evolution Is True

Stephen Hawking is in the news for saying that God doesn't exist. What he actually says is that modern physics has reached the point where there's no need to invoke God to understand the universe around us. And he's right.

TAGGED: PHYSICS, RELIGION, SCIENCE, SPACE, STEPHEN HAWKING


RELATED CONTENT

The Consolation of Philosophy

Lawrence M. Krauss - Scientific... 72 Comments

An update by the author of "A Universe from Nothing" on his thoughts, as a theoretical physicist, about the value of the discipline of philosophy

Has Physics Made Philosophy and...

Ross Andersen - The Atlantic 52 Comments


Has Physics Made Philosophy and Religion Obsolete?

Survey finds no hint of dark matter...

Ron Cowen - Nature 16 Comments

For decades, cosmic theories have relied on dark matter — which exerts gravitational pull but emits no light — to be the hidden scaffolding that explains how structure arose in the Universe, how galaxies formed and how the rapidly spinning Milky Way manages to keep from flying apart.

'Extreme Universe' puzzle deepens

Jason Palmer - BBC News - Science &... 5 Comments

The Molecule That Made the Universe

University of Arizona - Astrobiology... 15 Comments

Something From Nothing - An evening...

- - - 13 Comments

Something From Nothing - An evening with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss - Canberra

MORE

MORE BY SEAN CARROLL

The Case for Naturalism

Sean Carroll - Cosmic Variance -... 53 Comments

Jon Stewart Doesn’t Understand How...

Sean Carroll - Cosmic Variance -... 48 Comments

Jon Stewart Doesn’t Understand How Science Works Even a Little Bit

CERN Lectures on Cosmology and Particle...

Sean Carroll - Cosmic Variance 100 Comments

The Moral Equivalent of the Parallel...

Sean Carroll - Cosmic Variance 69 Comments

Why (Almost All) Cosmologists are...

Sean Carroll 109 Comments

The God Conundrum

Sean Carroll 24 Comments

MORE

Comments

Comment RSS Feed

Please sign in or register to comment