No one undertakes research in physics with the intention of winning a prize. It is the joy of discovering something no one knew before.

There is a real danger that computers will develop intelligence and take over. We urgently need to develop direct connections to the brain so that computers can add to human intelligence rather than be in opposition.

A lot of prizes have been awarded for showing the universe is not as simple as we might have thought.

A few years ago, the city council of Monza, Italy, barred pet owners from keeping goldfish in curved bowls... saying that it is cruel to keep a fish in a bowl with curved sides because, gazing out, the fish would have a distorted view of reality. But how do we know we have the true, undistorted picture of reality?

Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which we are in.

Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world's population.

I would rather be right than rigorous.