R.I.P. Stephen Hawking

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/14/health/stephen-hawking-dead/index.html

R.I.P. Mr. Hawking
"It's a sad and beautiful world"
-Roberto Benigni

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  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,458
    Saw this a little bit ago. He was a brilliant person and did not let his disability inhibit him.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,961
    Ah man this is bad.  I worked at his sisters house locally. She is a genius also. How he carried on so long is a mystery. The best brain our country has ever had. Cruel disease of the highest degree


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    I'm amazed by how long Hawking lived with ALS-  mind boggling- not to mention the kind of concepts he worked with.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • kce8
    kce8 Posts: 1,636
    Really sad news this morning. 
    I think his strong will has led him through this disease for so long.
    The power of a really strong character.
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    A good day to listen to some Unified Theory.
    RIP Mr Hawking!

    His book was huge, along with Carl Sagan he inspired the general public to care a little more about physics, and that's a beautiful thing.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Amazing what he did on the face of such adversity. Massive respect for his impact and influence, though I gather he’s not as revered within his field. 
  • F Me In The Brain
    F Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,878
    Wow, just last night I was discussing Mr Hawking with the 13 year old and some of his thoughts on the beginning of the universe, as well as Einstein's theory of relativity.  It was one of those conversations I could really only have on a surface level, not being a physicist or as well read on the subject as one interested in physics. 
    Making some of the concepts of higher/deeper thought and understanding more accessible to non-scientists was a great thing Mr Hawking did for the world.
    RIP
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Also, Pi Day and Einsteins Bday, which is kinda neat.
  • Degeneratefk
    Degeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    DewieCox said:
    Also, Pi Day and Einsteins Bday, which is kinda neat.
    The universe talking
    will myself to find a home, a home within myself
    we will find a way, we will find our place
  • FoxyRedLa
    FoxyRedLa Lauren / MI Posts: 4,810
    RIP indeed.
    Oh please let it rain today.
    Those that can be trusted can change their mind.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Degeneratefk said:
    DewieCox said:
    Also, Pi Day and Einsteins Bday, which is kinda neat.
    The universe talking
    Yup.

    I just heard he lived 54 years with ALS?  Jesus.
  • WhatYouTaughtMe
    WhatYouTaughtMe Posts: 4,957
    hedonist said:
    Degeneratefk said:
    DewieCox said:
    Also, Pi Day and Einsteins Bday, which is kinda neat.
    The universe talking
    Yup.

    I just heard he lived 54 years with ALS?  Jesus.
    What a life he lived too. RIP
  • Hobbes
    Hobbes Pacific Northwest Posts: 6,438
    RIP
  • Lizard
    Lizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    RIP Stephen
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    edited March 2018
    “Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.”

    “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.”

    Stephen Hawking 

    He was a very interesting human being, thank you for all you’ve given to the world.
    RIP Stephen
    Post edited by Annafalk on
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,758
    DewieCox said:
    Amazing what he did on the face of such adversity. Massive respect for his impact and influence, though I gather he’s not as revered within his field. 
    he's not?
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,671
    edited March 2018
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    DewieCox said:
    Amazing what he did on the face of such adversity. Massive respect for his impact and influence, though I gather he’s not as revered within his field. 
    he's not?
    I've heard that also.  Not sure it's true or not though. In any case, he tenacity will never be denied.  I can't imagine going as long as he did with ALS.  Pretty amazing.
    Post edited by brianlux on
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    I'm really sad about this.
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,758
    brianlux said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    DewieCox said:
    Amazing what he did on the face of such adversity. Massive respect for his impact and influence, though I gather he’s not as revered within his field. 
    he's not?
    I've heard that also.  Not sure it's true or not though. In any case, he tenacity will never be denied.  I can't imagine going as long as he did with ALS.  Pretty amazing.
    this shocks me. he is, what I thought, universally considered one of the most intelligent men in our lifetime, our Einstein. how is he not revered within his field?
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,759
    edited March 2018
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    brianlux said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    DewieCox said:
    Amazing what he did on the face of such adversity. Massive respect for his impact and influence, though I gather he’s not as revered within his field. 
    he's not?
    I've heard that also.  Not sure it's true or not though. In any case, he tenacity will never be denied.  I can't imagine going as long as he did with ALS.  Pretty amazing.
    this shocks me. he is, what I thought, universally considered one of the most intelligent men in our lifetime, our Einstein. how is he not revered within his field?
    I feel like it's just about attitude, not his actual work or knowledge or genius. I've always have the impression that some of his peers kind of resented him for being such a public, well-known figure in the field who tended to simplify things for the sake of the general public's understanding.
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata

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