If it [the universe] was expanding fairly slowly, the force of gravity would cause it eventually to stop expanding and then to start contracting. However, if it was expanding at more than a certain critical rate, gravity would never be strong enough to stop it, and the universe would continue to expand forever.

Perhaps we could write code to optimize code, then run that code through the code optimizer?

There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over.

Science makes God unnecessary.

Many people do not like the idea that time has a beginning, probably because it smacks of divine intervention. (The Catholic Church, on the other hand, seized on the big bang model and in 1951 officially pronounced it to be in accordance with the Bible.

We each exist for but a short time, and in that time explore but a small part of the whole universe

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.