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Stephen Hawking - DEAD AT 76

 
XDFIX 2018-03-14 00:18:45 

Stephen Hawking, whose brilliant mind ranged across time and space though his body was paralyzed by disease, has died, a family spokesman said.
"He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years," his children Lucy, Robert and Tim said in a statement.
The best-known theoretical physicist of his time, Hawking wrote so lucidly of the mysteries of space, time and black holes that his book, "A Brief History of Time," became an international bestseller, making him one of science's biggest celebrities since Albert Einstein.
Even though his body was attacked by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, when Hawking was 21, he stunned doctors by living with the normally fatal illness for more than 50 years.

 
hubert 2018-03-14 01:49:48 

In reply to XDFIX

RIP. A very special human being indeed.

 
sgtdjones 2018-03-14 02:22:49 

"He once said, 'It would not be much of a universe if it wasn't home to the people you love.'




Humanity lost a colossal mind and a wonderful spirit.

Rest in peace, Stephen Hawking

 
mikesiva 2018-03-14 02:56:31 

In reply to XDFIX

A truly great Briton.

RIP.

 
Runs 2018-03-14 06:47:52 

Have a few of his books, simply brilliant, one of the best minds of all time. RIP

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." Stephen Hawking

"I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

 
culpepperboy 2018-03-14 06:48:26 

Typical mathematician!! Dies on Pi day!!
cool

 
Bigzinc 2018-03-14 08:52:03 

In reply to XDFIX

A great thinker has gone. RIP...

 
DirtyDan 2018-03-14 08:56:13 

RIP Mr Hawkins.
Did he move us forward scientifically?

 
WI_cricfan 2018-03-14 09:09:07 

How many Noble prize did he win for all his scientific prowess?

 
pelon 2018-03-14 09:30:26 

What a legend.

He's been a personal hero of mine since age 11. Sad day.

His book "A Brief History of Time" remains in my top 3 life reads. I've posted his views here 1000 times.... no need to point out the personal influence - it is obvious.

This leaves only N. deGrasse Tyson and Ewart Walters as unattainable bars....

sigh
cry cry

 
Runs 2018-03-14 09:33:25 

In reply to DirtyDan

Are you serious with that question?

 
pelon 2018-03-14 09:42:07 

In reply to Runs

are YOU serious with that question... why ask?? that the original question was posed, should tell you everything you need to know.... lol lol lol

 
Chrissy 2018-03-14 09:42:43 

In reply to XDFIX

A great man - here are his thoughts on Trump


"He is a demagogue, who seems to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
Hawking on Trump.

 
Runs 2018-03-14 09:48:34 

In reply to Chrissy

That is about right lol

 
DirtyDan 2018-03-14 10:57:32 

What did he do that was not theoretical?

For that is no different than religious books.

Black holes emit radiation? C'mon man.

lol

No doubts about his intelligence though.

 
Star 2018-03-14 11:29:30 

In reply to Runs

There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.

Come on Runs, you of all people should never commit the cardinal sin of misquoting this brilliant man.

 
Runs 2018-03-14 11:58:20 

In reply to Star

That quote is factual sir cool

 
Star 2018-03-14 12:17:15 

In reply to Runs
When you leave out parts of a quote the meaning is skewed to mislead from the original intent. Below is the exact quote.

“I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.”

and here is the extention to the above:
“I believe the simplest explanation is, there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realisation that there probably is no heaven and no afterlife either. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe and for that, I am extremely grateful.”

Gives a different perspective in its totality, don't you think?

 
Runs 2018-03-14 12:26:59 

In reply to Star

juxtaposed cool

 
Star 2018-03-14 12:45:18 

In reply to Runs
Note the operative word probably as he relates it to heaven and the afterlife.

Do you draw anything from the interjection of the word probably?

 
Runs 2018-03-14 12:49:50 

In reply to Star

The guy was a scientist, he is basing his views on facts whereas religion is basing on faith. None has conclusive evidence.

 
WI_cricfan 2018-03-14 12:58:52 

In reply to Runs

The guy was a scientist, he is basing his views on facts whereas religion is basing on faith. None has conclusive evidence.


So what you just wrote, is it conclusive?

 
Runs 2018-03-14 13:03:22 

[b]In reply to WI_cricfan[/
Follow the thread cool
You just chimed in for what purpose again?

 
DirtyDan 2018-03-14 13:38:01 

awrite, hear it from the horse's mouth, his greatest achievement

"black holes are not entirely black"
C'mon Man!

 
Khaga 2018-03-14 13:50:07 

In reply to WI_cricfan

What is a Noble prize?

 
WI_cricfan 2018-03-14 13:51:55 

In reply to Runs
Just answer the question

 
DirtyDan 2018-03-14 13:54:38 

In reply to Khaga

A prize that aristocrats give and get - Noble prize. Not to be confused with Nobel.

 
Runs 2018-03-14 13:55:38 

In reply to WI_cricfan

You understood why Star added the rest of his speech I am assuming? Then why are you asking me for my opinion when the topic is about something Hawking said? What am I missing here? razz

 
XDFIX 2018-03-14 14:11:35 

I can't seem to wrap my mind around Hawking take of a no God -such a brilliant mind one would expect him to see God!

If there is no God then there is no justice!

 
XFactor 2018-03-14 16:42:49 

In reply to XDFIX

Lou Gehrig’s disease gave Hawkins a death sentence in his 20s but remarkably he survived another 50 years.

He had a lot of time to sit and think. Do you think his disability helped in making him a genius?

 
Runs 2018-03-14 16:48:01 

In reply to XFactor

The guy was doing his Phd at 21 wink

 
XFactor 2018-03-14 17:06:55 

In reply to Runs

Lots of people have a doctorate under their belt at an early age but academic success did not translate into a meaningful or satisfying life.

 
Runs 2018-03-14 17:19:54 

In reply to XFactor

Generalizing there, as we can see this individual was smart and put it to good use. cool

 
XFactor 2018-03-14 17:38:19 

In reply to Runs

Then it safe to say his genius was attributed to genetic inheritance or God given.

 
XDFIX 2018-03-14 21:17:34 

Try as I may I can't believe humankind is the be all and end all! If that's true I would have no choice but to agree with the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes - that the life of a man is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

 
XDFIX 2018-03-14 23:09:25 

For Hawking, the search was almost a religious quest — he said finding a "theory of everything" would allow mankind to "know the mind of God."
"A complete, consistent unified theory is only the first step: our goal is a complete understanding of the events around us, and of our own existence," he wrote in "A Brief History of Time."
In later years, though, he suggested a unified theory might not exist.
He followed up "A Brief History of Time" in 2001 with the more accessible sequel "The Universe in a Nutshell," updating readers on concepts like super gravity, naked singularities and the possibility of an 11-dimensional universe.
Hawking said belief in a God who intervenes in the universe "to make sure the good guys win or get rewarded in the next life" was wishful thinking.
"But one can't help asking the question: Why does the universe exist?" he said in 1991. "I don't know an operational way to give the question or the answer, if there is one, a meaning. But it bothers me."

 
steveo 2018-03-15 03:14:02 


In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

 
Runs 2018-03-17 08:50:53 

In reply to XFactor

Stephen Hawking had a disability, and Stephen Hawking used a wheelchair. His work was possible because of those things, not in spite of them.

 
nickoutr 2018-03-17 09:01:46 

In reply to Runs

hawkings copied blatantly from the vedas