Answer to the Big Questions

Eshwar Venkatesh
4 min readMay 30, 2021

Things people agree to disagree or agree with and still are confused about whether is this the right answer for this question? I read a book by Stephen Hawkings on the topic “Brief Answers to the Big Questions”. Fascinating discoveries were made while reading and researching various topics discussed in the book; topics were sensible which I covered in the following. This was my first book in the starting era of the pandemic which kept me on my heels to search for the research papers spoken on it. It took me a while and I wanted to travel with the book slowly so that I could enjoy every moment. I can say that this book gave me the focus to search for the right content on the internet.

History of Hubble satellite

Hubble satellite had a big history started with a lot of critics from people. First, the goal was to look deep into the universe where it was considered black(which means nothing). Then, I found the images which Hubble captured(4681 images) to see on the NASA website click here; Is it worth it? I let you be the judge of that questions. Why Hubble telescope satellite? Scientists are curious people who wanted to find answers, by all means, possible even takes years to accomplish. are we the only people available in this universe? Is lifeform exists on other planets? what are those spots in the sun? Hubble was the starting point for all the questions helping us see the universe far say 12 million years(this is not the time but the distance unit used to locate distant objects).

Milky way Illustration

Are Aliens Exist?

People are creeping out of this question. Will, there be an alien co-existing or observing us from a distance? There is a possibility of observing us from a distance but if there is a lifeform higher than humans (which means aliens), then we would have been superseded. There will be a common occurrence of their existence not only in some places but almost everywhere (seems sensible from the book). Then, in the universe so far we are the most higher-order sensible being. Do we act like one? is the question raising my mind. Sometimes, I can’t stand my father’s argument, I get angry instead of keeping an open mind. Yes, the mind is a mystery and it always needed a focus.

Does God exist?

I asked this question since I was a child, how I was answered to not ask it, some said he is everywhere, one of my friends said that Atom was considered God, some told me there are lots of Gods and some told me there is only one and he named it God. I always imagined what if I were the God what have I done to this world “I love people the most”. Later, if God exists why there are feminists, religion, and terrorists. I believe, at some stage, he/she was a human (early), he protected a group of people, and they worshipped him as a protector. I don’t believe I just go to this temple so far and do some rituals and ask for a wish, then, “Kaboom”. If he loved us the most why he/she would stress us?

Will artificial intelligence outsmart us?

Hollywood and regional movies where they mentioned “Fiction” people don’t accept the meaning of it. According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary fiction is something invented by imagination. Artificial intelligence has rules/codes and mechanical parts which are given to them to assist us in the large manufacturing/protection. The primary goal of artificial intelligence is to assist us in our difficulties which were written and built by us. In the future, if the robot/computer has an intelligence exceeding us with its own goals, which was the greatest mistake done by the inventor/humans at our cost. We may face poverty, less biological evolution to compete since the invention of artificial intelligence and now the evolution is drastic.

Conclusions:

I think this covered reasonable statements and for further context refer to the book by Stephen Hawking “Brief Answers to Big Questions”. I pleased to publish this content so as to share my experience reading the book and to honor the legend I like to respect his thought process and achievements. He is one of my inspirations and top of that. Look at the achievements Hubble has done till now and we will get amused by it.

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