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  1. Because there is a serious problem of physicists and others who get into things they don't understand and consider themselves experts in the humanities on the basis of some expertise in exact or natural sciences. But, as it turned out, philosophy is much more alive than Hawking.

  2. Speaking at Google's Zeitgeist Conference in Hertfordshire, the author of” A Brief History of Time ” said that fundamental questions about the nature of the universe cannot be solved without solid data such as those currently obtained using the Large Hadron Collider and space research. “Most of us don't worry about these issues most of the time. However, almost all of us should sometimes wonder: why are we here? where did we come from? Traditionally, these are questions of philosophy, but philosophy is dead. Philosophers are not keeping up with modern advances in science. In particular, in physics.

    Professor Hawking went on to claim that “scientists have become the torchbearers of discovery in our quest for knowledge. New theories lead us to a new and very diverse picture of the universe and our place in it.”

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    Speaking to Google’s Zeitgeist Conference in Hertfordshire, the author of 'A Brief History of Time' said that fundamental questions about the nature of the universe could not be resolved without hard data such as that currently being derived from the Large Hadron Collider and space research. “Most of us don't worry about these questions most of the time. But almost all of us must sometimes wonder: Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead,” he said. “Philosophers have not kept up with modern developments in science. Particularly physics.”
    Prof Hawking went on to claim that “Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge.” He said new theories “lead us to a new and very different picture of the universe and our place in it”.

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