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Should we attach any weight to what Stephen Hawking says about God?

27 Sep 2010 Hamish Johnston

rees.jpgBy Hamish Johnston

“I know Stephen Hawking well enough to know he has read very little philosophy.”

So says Martin Rees (pictured right), who as president of the Royal Society is seen by many as the voice of British science.

Rees – who like Hawking is a cosmologist – was speaking to the Independent‘s Steve Connor about politics, the fate of mankind and Hawking’s views on the existence of God.

You can read Connor’s piece here.

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