A great, great loss, easily one of the sharpest minds of the 20th century, may he be at peace, and his family at solace.
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Uvantak
Uruguay1381 Posts
A great, great loss, easily one of the sharpest minds of the 20th century, may he be at peace, and his family at solace. BBC | ||
D-light
Finland7364 Posts
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m4ini
4215 Posts
Sad to see him go. Well, at least he had a good run. Well. | ||
Emnjay808
United States10625 Posts
On March 14 2018 13:55 D-light wrote: Well, at least he had a good run. I.. can’t. No... Anyways, I loved his into the universe series. Definitely opened up my mind to astrophysics I like to think of Stephen Hawking as one of the Great Persons that are born in Civ 5. Random thought. | ||
Grettin
42379 Posts
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Biff The Understudy
France7653 Posts
On March 14 2018 13:55 m4ini wrote: While i'm not sure i'm buying "hawking radiation", there's no doubt that he was one of the greatest minds. He was also funny as hell. Sad to see him go. Well. What do you mean, “not buying”? Do you doubt it exists or that he discovered it? | ||
Velr
Switzerland10414 Posts
On March 14 2018 13:55 D-light wrote: Well, at least he had a good run. He's on the stairway to heaven now. | ||
Amui
Canada10558 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States42201 Posts
RIP <3 | ||
DarkPlasmaBall
United States42201 Posts
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/14/stephen-hawking-professor-dies-aged-76?CMP=fb_us | ||
ahswtini
Northern Ireland22201 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51318 Posts
Just an all round great mind who made documentaries which were so fascinating. Also he was a great believer in not going to extreme with AI as he too was scared of the AI uprising potentially dooming humanity haha. Still, he got very far in life when he was not expected to last very long at all after his diagnosis. He will be sorely missed! | ||
awerti
227 Posts
Hawking lived and I am happy that I had the privilege of seeing his lectures and documentaries. | ||
m4ini
4215 Posts
On March 14 2018 16:18 Biff The Understudy wrote: Show nested quote + On March 14 2018 13:55 m4ini wrote: While i'm not sure i'm buying "hawking radiation", there's no doubt that he was one of the greatest minds. He was also funny as hell. Sad to see him go. Well, at least he had a good run. Well. What do you mean, “not buying”? Do you doubt it exists or that he discovered it? I doubt that it exists, obviously. Why would i doubt that he came up with the prediction? He didn't "discover" it btw, which would imply that it actually exists. He's on the stairway to heaven now. Well. | ||
KungKras
Sweden484 Posts
I say we celebrate that he stayed with us as long as he did! | ||
Plansix
United States60190 Posts
“One of Hawking’s regrets in life was not having an opportunity to run over Margaret Thatcher’s toes.” On top of the great mind was a sharp wit and gift for comedy. Source | ||
DarkPlasmaBall
United States42201 Posts
On March 15 2018 00:15 Plansix wrote: Show nested quote + “One of Hawking’s regrets in life was not having an opportunity to run over Margaret Thatcher’s toes.” On top of the great mind was a sharp wit and gift for comedy. Source "In June 2014, John Oliver sat down with renowned theoretical physicist Stephen W. Hawking for an interview. “You’ve stated that there could be an infinite number of parallel universes,” the host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight" asked Hawking. “Does that mean there’s a universe out there where I am smarter than you?” “Yes,” Hawking replied from his wheelchair, his lips bending up into a slight smile. “And also a universe where you’re funny.”" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/stephen-hawking’s-secret-to-surviving-his-terrible-condition-a-sense-of-humor/ar-BBKbTUF?li=BBnbcA1&srcref=rss | ||
Jockmcplop
United Kingdom8712 Posts
On March 14 2018 13:55 m4ini wrote: While i'm not sure i'm buying "hawking radiation", there's no doubt that he was one of the greatest minds. He was also funny as hell. Sad to see him go. There's an interesting discussion about this here: If you don't have time to watch, the conclusion is basically that there is such a huge gap between theoretical and experimental science that we have to rely on theoretical consensus right now for things like Hawking radiation, and the consensus is that it appears to be real. RIP Hawking <3 What an inspirational guy. | ||
Leporello
United States2845 Posts
A loss to the public and one of the few world-famous scientists who actually stayed firmly involved in his field instead of retiring to layman's books and documentaries, so an unknowable loss to actual science. He was still writing papers and correcting other physicists over things I can't even understand. | ||
darthfoley
United States7999 Posts
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