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Stephen Hawking – 75th birthday lecture

Stephen Hawking – 75th birthday lecture

Stephen Hawking being presented by his daughter Lucy Hawking at the lecture he gave for NASA's 50th anniversary in 2008. Photo: NASA/Public domain

After almost 250 years we finally got to see a black hole! Now listen to the words of the worlds most famous black hole scientist, Stephen Hawking.

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Sam Harris – Death and the present moment

Sam Harris – Death and the present moment

The reality of death is something we’re all going to have to face.

Since the last two episodes where talks from great men who died too young this is a good time to meditate a bit on life and death.

Sam Harris is a well known atheist with some controversial ideas and statements, but you don’t have to agree with him on anything to find something worth contemplating in this talk about how to handle death, and life, as an atheist.

At about 30 minutes in you might want to find a chair and sit down for about 7 minutes.