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Stephen Hawking: Asking big questions about the universe

http://www.ted.com In keeping with the theme of TED2008, professor Stephen Hawking asks some Big Questions about our universe -- How did the universe begin? How did life begin? Are we alone? -- an...  
 
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cuenicorn (10 hours ago) Show Hide
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This 'great man' needs to be put out of his misery before he destroys the planet with his black hole experiments!
Nirad007 (11 hours ago) Show Hide
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he is an amazing genius
BlackofMouth (18 hours ago) Show Hide
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Such an incredibly smart man.
ArubaSailing (23 hours ago) Show Hide
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This is calld M theory(part of string theory...look it up.
kza79 (1 day ago) Show Hide
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he wasnt always disabled
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It could also be possible that their are other civilizations in our galaxy unkown to us because they still could be at a very primative state we didnt have radio 120 years ago little alone electricity I think its very possible that there is other civilization out there and its up to us the human race to speed up our space development and explore this galaxy .
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i cant understand how this conversation came out from a stephen hawking video
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why do people talk about his condition everytime he's on utube? JEEZ it's not what you are, it's WHO you are. Stephen Hawking is a brilliant man. long live!
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