“As Irving Good realised in 1965, machines with superhuman intelligence could repeatedly improve their design even further, triggering what Vernor Vinge called a 'singularity.'”
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“As Irving Good realised in 1965, machines with superhuman intelligence could repeatedly improve their design even further, triggering what Vernor Vinge called a 'singularity.'”
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“I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.”
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“There could be shadow galaxies, shadow stars, and even shadow people.”
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“The human race may be the only intelligent beings in the galaxy.”
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“The Paralympic Games is about transforming our perception of the world.”
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“I think we have a good chance of surviving long enough to colonize the solar system.”
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“I believe the universe is governed by the laws of science. The laws may have been decreed by God, but God does not intervene to break the laws.”
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“The cyclic universe theory predicts no gravitational waves from the early universe.”
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“Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing.”
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“My three children have brought me great joy.”
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“I grew up thinking that a research scientist was a natural thing to be.”
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“The voice I use is a very old hardware speech synthesizer made in 1986. I keep it because I have not heard a voice I like better and because I have identified with it.”
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“I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.”
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“I hope I have helped to raise the profile of science and to show that physics is not a mystery but can be understood by ordinary people.”
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“I wouldn't be here today if it were not for the NHS. I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived.”
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“I am in touch with a company that hopes to replicate my voice. However, they are not replicating my original voice - if they did that, I would sound like a man in his 20s, which would be ver...”
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“Although September 11 was horrible, it didn't threaten the survival of the human race, like nuclear weapons do.”
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“I have visited Japan several times and have always been shown wonderful hospitality.”
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“I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space.”
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“I think the human race doesn't have a future if it doesn't go into space.”
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