I have lots of respect for Professor Hawking and although I am NOT a Christian and adhere to NO religion, I must ask...........................
"Where did the chaos come from?"
The Mice maybe?
If so, where did The Mice come from?
Of course, these questions are indeed unanswerable and it is incredibly arrogant of anyone to to try to deny the existence of that which can do things which they cannot.
Can you make a tree? Can you create a Human baby from nothing? Can you even create a living Geico Gekko?
No, you cannot, therefore something greater than yourself did. The arrogance of Humankind loves to deny that which is greater than itself. I'm not certain why but the fact remains that something out there did create us and everything around us.
Where did that thing come from?
I have no clue and neither does anyone else.
I don't know and neither does anyone else but "religions" are made-up fictions which help people deal with that which they cannot expain but also as the result, are very, very dangerous, in that the "My Religion Is the Only TRUE Religion!" comes into play and people then die.
It will be a great day for all of Humanity when it is accepted that there are just things which we cannot now and never will be able to understand or explain.
I do believe though, that the answer to Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything is indeed "42".
Yours in Chaos.
Sister Sally.