Oh, and Hawking’s crummy science is crap too.
His black holes theory is coming apart due to quantum radiation.
The Big Bang is unraveling and will be finally overthrown in the next 10-20 years if not sooner.
Science depends ultimately on common sense. Hawking has none.
I am unfamiliar with any evidence that the Big Bang is unraveling. There is definite evidence that the universe is expanding and has been for a long time. But if you believe in the Big Bang, and I do, you still need an ultimate cause. You need a Big Banger. If nothing existed, someone or something outside of the universe had to cause the Bang in the first place. It is the principle of causality