霍金留給世人最後的十個答案

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With the publication of his final book, Professor Stephen Hawking has revealed his answers to 10 fundamental questions he was constantly being asked.

在霍金教授最後一本書中，他向世人透露了10個經常被問及的「根本問題」的答案。

They range from questions about God, and whether there really is a heaven, to the likelyhood of alien life and time travel

這些問題涉及世上是否有神、天堂以及外星生物和時間旅行。

Now, his last profound realisation has been revealed- and he says that there is no afterlife or supreme being.

霍金教授最後的「深刻認識」被公諸於眾：來生和上帝都是不存在的。

We are each free to believe what we want, and its my view that the simplest explanation is that there is no God, he said, according to The Telegraph.

據《電訊報》報道，「我們有想自己所想的自由，而且我相信，最簡單的解釋是--世上沒有神，」霍金說道。

No one created the universe and no one directors out fate. This leads me to a profound realisation: there is probably no heaven and afterlife either. I think belief in the afterlife is just wishful thinking.

「這個宇宙不是任何人創造的，沒有人能主宰我們的命運。這讓我得出了深刻的認識：世上可能沒有天堂和來生。我認為來生只是人們一廂情願的想法。」

There is no reliable evidence for it, and it flies in the face of everything we know in science. I think that when we die we return to dust.

「我並沒有可靠的證據來證明這個問題，不過我們所知道的一切科學知識會告訴我們一切。我認為，我們在死後會回歸塵土。」

But there is a sense we live on, in our influence, and in the genes we pass to our children.

「但是從從某種意義上來說，我們不會死，因為我們依然會存在於我們的影響和傳給後人的基因中。」

STEPHEN HAWKINGS BIG QUESTIONS - AND HIS ANSWERS

霍金的大問題-和他的答覆

1. Is there a God? There is no God. No one directs the universe.

1.世上有沒有神？沒有，宇宙沒有被任何人主宰。

2. How did it all begin? In a hot Big Bang.

2. 宇宙是怎麼來的？熱大爆炸。

3. Is there other intelligent life in the Universe? There are forms of intelligent life out there. We need to be wary of answering back until we have developed a bit further.

3.宇宙中是否有其他智能生物？有，不過在沒有得出進一步的結論之前，我們必須謹慎地來回答這個問題。

4. Can we predict the future? No and yes. In principal the laws allow us to predict the future but in practice it is too difficult.

4.我們能預測未來嗎？有和沒有，從理論上來說，我們能夠根據規律預測未來，但實際上這太困難。

5. What is inside a Black Hole? Falling into a black hole is definitely bad news. If it were a stellar mass black hole your would be made into spaghetti before reaching the horizon

5.黑洞裡面有什麼？掉進黑洞無疑是一個壞消息。如果有恆心質量黑洞存在的話， 你在到達地平面時會變成義大利麵條。

6. Is Time Travel Possible? Travel back in time cant be ruled out according to our present understanding

6.有沒有時間旅行？根據我們目前的理解，不排除有時間旅行的可能。

7. Will we survive on Earth? The present world order has a future but it will be a very different one.

7. 人類在地球上能生存下去嗎？在現在的世界秩序下是有可能的，但它會於我們所想的不一樣。

8. Should we colonise space? I expect within the next hundred years we will be able to travel to anywhere in the Solar System

8.我們會開發太空嗎？預計在下幾個世紀中，我們可能去到太陽系的任何地方。

9. Will Artificial Intelligence outsmart us? A super-intelligent AI will be extremely good at accomplishing goals and if those goals arent aligned with ours were in trouble.

9.人工智慧會超過人的智商嗎？超級人工智極度擅長實現目標，如果它們的目標和我們的不一樣的話，我們會遇到麻煩。

10. How do we shape the future? Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet.

10.我們該如何塑造未來？「往上看而不要往下看。」

source:There is no God: Stephen Hawkings answers to the big questions