The history of such directors making similar leaps is a mixed one: some have found great success and shown they can work on a big canvas, others have been sent back to the indie world with their tail between their legs. (indiewire.com)
As an agnostic, it sounds like Mr. Hawking is making a similar leap of faith in saying there is no god / afterlife as religious people who say there is... (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
A similar leap occurs in both writers» interpretation of nature. (religion-online.org)