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Stephen Hawking Takes Ice Bucket Challenge, And All Seems Right With The Universe

Stephen Hawking Takes Ice Bucket Challenge On His Own Terms
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General Assignment Reporter, HuffPost

Since Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with ALS at age 21, no fundraising effort to benefit research for the disease has reached the grand scale of the recent ice bucket challenge. So it makes sense that the celebrated theoretical physicist, now 72, would take the challenge.

Hawking's children provide critical assistance in the stunt, as you can see in the video above, while Hawking uses his electronic voice to urge viewers to help "eliminate this terrible disease."

The ice bucket challenge is a global phenomenon that has raised more than $100 million for the ALS Association.

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Stephen Hawking Quotes
Stephen Hawking's Great Quotes(01 of07)
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People who boast about their IQ are losers.
(02 of07)
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My goal is simple. It is a complete understanding of the universe, why it is as it is and why it exists at all.
(03 of07)
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I don't think the human race will survive the next thousand years, unless we spread into space. There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet. But I'm an optimist. We will reach out to the stars.
(04 of07)
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I think computer viruses should count as life ... I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
(05 of07)
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We are so insignificant that I can't believe the whole universe exists for our benefit. That would be like saying that you would disappear if I closed my eyes.
(06 of07)
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We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.
(07 of07)
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What I have done is to show that it is possible for the way the universe began to be determined by the laws of science. In that case, it would not be necessary to appeal to God to decide how the universe began. This doesn't prove that there is no God, only that God is not necessary.
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