In A Brief History Of Time I used the word "God" like Einstein did as a shorthand for the laws of physics. However, this is not what most people mean by God, so I have decided not to use the term. The laws of physics can explain the universe without the need for a God.

It's clearly possible for a something to acquire higher intelligence than its ancestors: we evolved to be smarter than our ape-like ancestors, and Einstein was smarter than his parents.

A million million million million (1 with twenty-four zeros after it) miles, the size of the observable universe.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

To boldly go where no one has gone before

While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predicting human behavior because there are far too many equations to solve. I'm no better than anyone else at understanding what makes people tick, particularly women.

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