"Data" is not the plural of "anecdote."
“Data” is not the plural of “anecdote.”
True, but in all fairness theoretical physics is flush with concepts that are highly conjectural extrapolations based on a small set of observations.
I agree with what others here have said about the outright dismissal of an afterlife being unscientific.
Physicists have theorized the existence of multiple parallel universes, and I would not be surprised if Dr. Hawking also embraces these theories. Why is it a fairy tale to believe that we exist for a purpose, and to believe that there are other planes of existence beyond this one, but perfectly ‘rational’ and scientific to believe that multiple parallel universes exist?