Udah betul-betul parah keadaan Dipo ini... Udah tahunan dia hadir disini dia belum juga tahu pendapat saya...
Sayangnya, seperti Hasan Basri, Dipo ini menolak berobat ke psikiater. --- In [email protected], "ajeg" <ajegilelu@...> wrote: > > > Mana pendapatmu? > Tinggal mengamini aja? > > --- "Bukan Pedanda" <bukan.pedanda@> wrote: > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/may/15/stephen-hawking-interview-there-is-no-heaven > > > > News > > Science > > Stephen Hawking > > > > Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story' > > > > In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, the cosmologist shares > > his thoughts on death, M-theory, human purpose and our chance > > existence > > Ian Sample, science correspondent > > guardian.co.uk, Sunday 15 May 2011 22.00 BST > > Article history > > > > Stephen Hawking > > Stephen Hawking dismisses belief in God in an exclusive interview > > with the Guardian. Photograph: Solar & Heliospheric > > Observatory/Discovery Channel > > > > A belief that heaven or an afterlife awaits us is a "fairy story" > > for people afraid of death, Stephen Hawking has said. > > > > In a dismissal that underlines his firm rejection of religious > > comforts, Britain's most eminent scientist said there was nothing > > beyond the moment when the brain flickers for the final time. > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > "I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 > > years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have > > so much I want to do first," he said. > > > > "I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its > > components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down > > computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark," he > > added. > > > > 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. 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. > > > > 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. He has since > > returned to his Cambridge department as director of research. > > > > 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. > > > > 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. "It would be the ultimate triumph of human reason > > for then we should know the mind of God," he wrote. > > > > The book sold a reported 9 million copies and propelled the > > physicist to instant stardom. His fame has led to guest roles in > > The Simpsons, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Red Dwarf. One of > > his greatest achievements in physics is a theory that describes how > > black holes emit radiation. > > > > 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." > > > > 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. > > > > 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 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. "Science predicts that many > > different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of > > nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in," he said. > > > > Hawking suggests that with modern space-based instruments, such as > > the European Space Agency's Planck mission, it may be possible to > > spot ancient fingerprints in the light left over from the earliest > > moments of the universe and work out how our own place in space > > came to be. > > > > His talk will focus on M-theory, a broad mathematical framework > > that encompasses string theory, which is regarded by many > > physicists as the best hope yet of developing a theory of > > everything. > > > > M-theory demands a universe with 11 dimensions, including a > > dimension of time and the three familiar spatial dimensions. The > > rest are curled up too small for us to see. > > > > Evidence in support of M-theory might also come from the Large > > Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern, the European particle physics > > laboratory near Geneva. > > > > One possibility predicted by M-theory is supersymmetry, an idea > > that says fundamental particles have heavy and as yet > > undiscovered twins, with curious names such as selectrons and > > squarks. > > > > Confirmation of supersymmetry would be a shot in the arm for > > M-theory and help physicists explain how each force at work in the > > universe arose from one super-force at the dawn of time. > > > > Another potential discovery at the LHC, that of the elusive Higgs > > boson, which is thought to give mass to elementary particles, might > > be less welcome to Hawking, who has a long-standing bet that the > > long-sought entity will never be found at the laboratory. > > > > Hawking will join other speakers at the London event, including the > > chancellor, George Osborne, and the Nobel prize-winning economist > > Joseph Stiglitz. > > Science, truth and beauty: Hawking's answers > > > > What is the value in knowing "Why are we here?" > > > > The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we > > can't solve the equations, directly in the abstract. We need to use > > the effective theory of Darwinian natural selection of those > > societies most likely to survive. We assign them higher value. > > > > You've said there is no reason to invoke God to light the blue > > touchpaper. Is our existence all down to luck? > > > > Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be > > spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance > > which we are in. > > > > So here we are. What should we do? > > > > We should seek the greatest value of our action. > > > > You had a health scare and spent time in hospital in 2009. What, if > > anything, do you fear about death? > > > > I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 > > years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have > > so much I want to do first. I regard the brain as a computer which > > will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or > > afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for > > people afraid of the dark. > > > > What are the things you find most beautiful in science? > > > > Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena > > or connections between different observations. Examples include the > > double helix in biology, and the fundamental equations of physics." > > > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! 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