Stephen Hawking: I would consider assisted suicide if in great pain

The world famous physicist Stephen Hawking has revealed that he would consider assisted suicide if he were in great pain or had nothing left to contribute to the world and had become a burden to loved ones.

In an interview with Irish broadcaster Dara Ó Briain for BBC television, Hawking, 73, argues that keeping someone alive against their own wishes is the “ultimate indignity”.

The scientist, who suffers from motor neurone disease, also disclosed that he suffers bouts of loneliness because people can be afraid to talk to him or give him time to answer with the aid of his voice synthesizer.