You've probably already heard the latest blunt comment from Stephen Hawking:
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.
I like it. Very clear.
Now a newspaper wants to know what you think.
Yes
30%
No70%
I think we can improve those numbers.
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