"I didn't fancy the thought of being handed over to the Inquisition, like Galileo"
~Stephen Hawking joking about a comment by Pope John Paul II who stated that scientists should not study the origins of the universe, as it was "G-d's work".
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"I didn't fancy the thought of being handed over to the Inquisition, like Galileo"
~Stephen Hawking joking about a comment by Pope John Paul II who stated that scientists should not study the origins of the universe, as it was "G-d's work".
There was obviously a miscommunication between the two great minds.
Which two great minds? ;)
The Pope and Hawking?
The Pope and G-d?
Hawking and G-d?
Galileo and G-d?
Galileo and Hawking?
Galileo and The Pope?
:)
I almost spelled that out the first time!
The Pope and Hawking. I assume that neither of them communicated with Galileo, and that neither claimed complete understanding of whatever G-d communicated to them.
This is the same guy who thinks that aliens among us might not be such "mash-potatoey" fun, so why should I listen to him?
*makes room for gravey*
What, no gravey?
"....why should I listen to him?"
or his synthesizer, for that matter!
KEvron
or his synthesizer, for that matter!
I really hate it when he cranks up the base! Who does he think he is?
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