The title of this thread influenced my reasoning, thus, my veiw is that Mr. Hawking espouses very nice labels.
I stopped reading after the first sentence;
"Ignorance of nature's ways led people in ancient times to postulate many myths in an effort to make sense of their world."
Good on you, Mr. H, for being published. (Tell me something I don't know!)
This is akin, IMHO, to a any Cook who thinks that their dish is better than the other guys because his uniform was starched clean! Maybe I'm wrong, but....
JMHO,
Holly