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Is Stephen Hawkings losing it?

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Howard_Casto:
You guys do realize that he's probably one of the smartest men on the planet.  So even if he did lose a step due to age/illness the fact that you think some of his theories are bunk probably has less to do with him losing something and more to do with all of us being too dumb to fully comprehend what he is saying. 

drventure:
Sorry if I misled anyone. I wasn't +actually+ saying "meh" to him being a theoretical physicist!

I have nothing but admiration for what the guy's accomplished. Seriously. He's easily one of the brightest minds out there now, or in recent history.

Dartful Dodger:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on May 03, 2010, 05:21:45 pm ---I really don't want to get into another Hawking argument, but what meaningful, tangible contribution has he made to our lives?  He's got a lot of unproveable theories and some books - and he's inspirational.  
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With all due respect, one of my unproveable theories is that when people end a statement by asking a volatile question it means they are fishing for an argument, just like when they start a statement "with all due respect" they really want to be insulting.

saint:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on May 03, 2010, 05:21:45 pm ---I really don't want to get into another Hawking argument, but what meaningful, tangible contribution has he made to our lives?  He's got a lot of unproveable theories and some books - and he's inspirational.  He's the world record holder for living with ALS, scientists cannot explain how he's managed to live so long and that's pretty neat.

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Well, he hasn't made me dinner or anything, I'll grant you that. He has studied math and physics and black holes and such. Wrote a few books that explained some bits about science to the general masses. Wrote some technical books for the non-masses. Studied theoretical astronomy and cosmology at Cambridge.  Had 11 doctoral students. Co-supplied a mathematical proof (which I understand is a pretty big thing) relating to the properties of black holes. You know, things that might make him maybe a bit qualified to speak... Dunno.

So who *do* you think is qualified?

pinballwizard79:
Time dilation is cool, I like to talk about it when I am wasted for some reason but none of my friends get it.

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