Stephen Hawking believes there is no afterlife or heaven, dismissing the concept of heaven as a "fairy story" for those afraid of death. As a physicist, Hawking regards the brain as a computer that stops working upon component failure, with no afterlife for broken computers. Though he has lived decades longer than doctors predicted due to his motor neuron disease, Hawking does not fear death but wants to continue his work while alive.

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Physicist Stephen Hawking believes there is no afterlife, and that the concept of heaven is a "fairy story"
for people who fear death.
Physicist Stephen Hawking believes there is no afterlife, and that the concept of heaven is a "fairy story" for
people who fear death.
In an interview published in the Guardian, Hawking - author of the bestselling "A Brief History of Time" -
said that when the brain ceases to function, that's it.
"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail," he told the
Guardian's Ian Sample. "There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for
people afraid of the dark."
Hawking, 69, who has survived for nearly five decades with a motor neurone disease that doctors believed
would kill him while he was still in his early 20s, said he does not fear death. He also said that having lived
with the prospect of death from his incurable illness has ultimately led him to enjoy life more.
"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.
Hawking was the target of criticism from religious circles when his most recent book, "The Grand Design,"
argued that there was no need for a creator to explain the universe's existence.
In the Guardian interview - conducted in advance of his lecture at this week's Google Zeitgeist meeting in
London, where he will address the question: "Why are we here?" - Hawking rejects an afterlife and
emphasizes the need for people to realize their full potential on Earth.
When asked what is the value of knowing why are we here, Hawking replied, "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."
When asked what he found most beautiful in science, Hawking said, "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."
Hawking said that our existence is down to pure chance, and that one's goal should be to "seek the greatest
value of our action."
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