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What I find interesting about htis story is how it seems to be reported differently in the US and UK.
The UK coverage says "Hawking says God was not needed", the US coverage seems to say "Hawking says there was no God".
It's subtle, but in science there is a very clear understanding that ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE IS NOT THE SAME AS EVIDENCE OF ABSENCE.
Hawking chose his words carefully, and in the interview I heard, he didn't state it is an atheist universe, he just stated that it doesn't prove there's a God.
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