I put a lot of effort into writing 'A Briefer History' at a time when I was critically ill with pneumonia because I think that it's important for scientists to explain their work, particularly in cosmology. This now answers many questions once asked of religion.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

There should be a better way to start a day than waking up every morning.

I think the brain is essentially a computer and consciousness is like a computer program. It will cease to run when the computer is turned off. Theoretically, it could be re-created on a neural network, but that would be very difficult, as it would require all one's memories.

One can't predict the weather more than a few days in advance.

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

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.