I have lived with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first. I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark. ✨ Stephen Hawking: 'There is no heaven; it's a fairy story'. Interview with Ian Sample, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2011.
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