The Theory of Everything actually means getting physics and quantum physics to work with the same rules. And that, of course, does encompass everything.

Whatever an argument with Hawking would sound like, it would be very interesting.

Pointless? Pointless? gasp! We only have about 5 billion years to figure out how to get off this rock before our star goes red giant and swallows us! And we have to avoid going the way of the dinosaurs, dodging meteors, pulsar blasts, and niggling geological hiccoughs in the meantime.

To the stars, and beyond!