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

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43396008

 

A very sad loss indeed:

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

 

The guy was a miracle of modern science in so many ways. R.I.P. Stephen Hawking.

 

Oh dear

 

Hi,

Just saw it a little while ago.

I saw the movie too, which made me understand his general living situation much better. It's amazing how he was able to endure though all that and still make landmark discoveries/theories.

 

Hi,
He was a shining example to us all of what one could achieve even while enduring such a terrible physical handicap.

E

 

He was really a great person and an interesting person. I caught a few of his appearances on Big Bang Theory and he had a special sense of humor to fit the script.

Ron

 

This news is both unsurprising and shocking at the same time.

I’m not a religious person but this quote comes to mind.

"We shall never forget them nor the last time we saw them, as they prepared for their mission and waved good-bye and slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God."

 

This news is both unsurprising and shocking at the same time.

I’m not a religious person but this quote comes to mind.

"We shall never forget them nor the last time we saw them, as they prepared for their mission and waved good-bye and slipped the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God."

That is an interesting quote. The following is credited to John Gillespie Magee Jr. and is his poem "High Flight".

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God"

I have seen that last sentence used several times in different writings with slight modifications.

Ron

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I seen him in a plane at zero gravity, the look on his face said, this is one of the best things thats ever happened to me, I'm so exited.

He was like a little kid in a candy store. He never stopped loving life nor stopped loving to help us with the long night of living, a shining example for us all.

R.I.P Steven.

kv

 

From the same town as mine, Growing up I must have rubbed shoulders with him at some point!
Max.

 

I’m not a religious person but this quote comes to mind.

Neither was he. He essentially killed God in A Brief History of Time.

 

Neither was he. He essentially killed God in A Brief History of Time.

To me, religion is about as personal a matter as it gets and I am not going to go there at all for myself or others here.

That being said, I'm not so sure that your characterization is completely accurate, although I see your point.

The article below specifically address the issue:
Did Stephen Hawking Believe in God? What Physicist Said About the Creation of the Universe

 

To me, religion is about as personal a matter as it gets and I am not going to go there at all for myself or others here.

That being said, I'm not so sure that your characterization is completely accurate, although I see your point.

The article below specifically address the issue:
Did Stephen Hawking Believe in God? What Physicist Said About the Creation of the Universe

In his book "The Everlasting Man" G.K. Chesterton explores the mind of those who expand their opinions beyond their own domain simply because they have become authorities in their own grounds. It's a human weakness to believe that our opinions must be true because we're rich, famous, powerful politicians, or soap-opera stars... and that applies to scientists too. Science and philosophy, although complementary and helpful to one another, are two completely different fields of specialty.

 

The arithmetic mistake...

The bad review

...and my personal favorite, neener, neener

 

That is an interesting quote. The following is credited to John Gillespie Magee Jr. and is his poem "High Flight".

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, --and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of --Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air...
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God"

I have seen that last sentence used several times in different writings with slight modifications.

Ron

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Hi,

Or another quote:
"He kicked the friggin bucket"

Interesting that the other quotes used the word, "surly".
That's an interesting usage, but i cant help but think "fragile" would fit in place of that word too because of the mass violence we see around the world these days. "He broke through the fragile bonds of Earth".

How about the darker:
"He fell into the deep, dark, black hole of death that surrounds us all."

 

The bet he lost. 25:00

According to the wiki, Hawking had made a bet with Nobel Prize-winning physicist Kip Thorne in 1974 about whether a recently discovered cosmic object called Cygnus X-1 was a black hole. If Hawking was right and the object was not a black hole, Thorne agreed to get him a four-year subscription to Private Eye (basically the British equivalent of The Onion). If Thorne was right and it did turn out to be a black hole, Hawking would have to get him a subscription to the softcore porn magazine Penthouse.

 

Hi,

He also said, "The universe doesn't need a God".

Wonder if he lost that bet too

 

Hi,

He also said, "The universe doesn't need a God".

Wonder if he lost that bet too

Prior to his death, the existence of God and an afterlife was indeterminate. Subsequently, the possibilities have resolved themselves -- for him.

If he's out there -- somewhere -- it'd be nice if he'd publish a paper.

 

If he's out there -- somewhere -- it'd be nice if he'd publish a paper.

I'd definitely give it a meticulous read...