If there really is a complete unified theory that governs everything, it presumably also determines your actions. But it does so in a way that is impossible to calculate for an organism that is as complicated as a human being. The reason we say that humans have free will is because we can't predict what they will do.
Stephen HawkingI have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
Stephen HawkingI am discounting the reports of UFOs. Why would they appear only to cranks and weirdos?
Stephen HawkingIf I knew what was going to happen in ten years I would do it now. I just follow my nose.
Stephen HawkingMy first popular book, 'A Brief History of Time,' aroused a great deal of interest, but many found it difficult to understand.
Stephen HawkingThe question is: is the way the universe began chosen by God for reasons we can't understand, or was it determined by a law of science? I believe the second. If you like, you can call the laws of science 'God', but it wouldn't be a personal God that you could meet, and ask questions.
Stephen Hawking