newspaper what he thought of Hawking’s pronouncement that the creation of the universe did not require a God. Rees replied, “I know Stephen Hawking well enough to know that he has read little philosophy and less theology, so I don’t think his views should be taken with any special weight.”9 He made the same point in Hawking’s obituary. Unfortunately, the idea that science is the only way to truth often leads people to think that “scientific” means the same as “rational,” that is, in accord with reason.