Stephen Hawking

**packerd_00** · 03-14-18, 11:27 AM

Sheldons queer,shock.

**RudyRuetigger** · 03-14-18, 12:04 PM

Look at his headlines

only thing he gets credited for is PREDICTING the future

not really a genius, his sidekicks did all the work and the theories that are "proven" were done without him

**Mac4Lyfe** · 03-14-18, 12:22 PM

He had Lou Gehrig's disease from a young age. To have lived this long and impact so many people was a miracle in itself. RIP

**RudyRuetigger** · 03-14-18, 12:40 PM

democrats love him

didnt he cheat on his wife with his caregiver???

**Fidel_CashFlow** · 03-14-18, 12:42 PM

Rudy , you have a serious gift for finding the worst in everything my man

**aliceinchains** · 03-14-18, 01:38 PM

He died on the day Einstein was born...And his birthday was the day Galileo died.
And also today is the Pi Day...Mindblownnn

**JohnGalt2341** · 03-14-18, 03:22 PM

Originally posted by Fidel_CashFlow

Rudy , you have a serious gift for ~~finding~~ looking for the worst in everything my man

Fixed it.

**TheMoneyShot** · 03-14-18, 10:58 PM

Originally posted by RudyRuetigger

democrats love him

didnt he cheat on his wife with his caregiver???

How did he cheat? Could he even move?

**The Giant** · 03-14-18, 11:16 PM

I didn't realize he had Lou Gehrig's disease. How did he live so long? That usually like a five-year death sentence, I thought.

RIP.

**RangeFinder** · 03-14-18, 11:27 PM

He found out that God exist's

**mrpapageorgio** · 03-14-18, 11:28 PM

Originally posted by The Giant

I didn't realize he had Lou Gehrig's disease. How did he live so long? That usually like a five-year death sentence, I thought.

RIP.

You ever think what a coincidence it was that Lou Gehrig died of Lou Gehrig's disease?

**ikid2groove415** · 03-14-18, 11:30 PM

Originally posted by TheMoneyShot

How did he cheat? Could he even move?

Don’t wanna be rude but I thought the same

**b1slickguy** · 03-14-18, 11:42 PM

Originally posted by slayer14

He was one of the great scientists RIP

He was about as much of a scientist as Bill Nye the science guy.

RIP

**TheMoneyShot** · 03-15-18, 01:00 AM

Originally posted by mrpapageorgio

You ever think what a coincidence it was that Lou Gehrig died of Lou Gehrig's disease?

That's what Yogi Berra once said.

**mrpapageorgio** · 03-15-18, 01:22 AM

Originally posted by TheMoneyShot

That's what Yogi Berra once said.

My inspiration was at the 30 second mark.

**The Kraken** · 03-15-18, 02:25 AM

Originally posted by Snowball

Black holes and the big bang only exist in mathematical theory.
These beliefs are not scientific, and neither was Stephen Hawking.

They exist, apparently just outside of your realm of comprehension.

You suffer from cognitive dissonance so you concoct alternate facts or explanations to create harmony amongst your beliefs.

The human brain is a fascinating thing. To be able to convince yourself that you are more correct about black holes and the big bang theory than Hawkings, even though you nothing about theoretical physics and applied mathematics, it's truly phenomenal.

**JohnGalt2341** · 03-15-18, 09:40 AM

Originally posted by The Kraken

They exist, apparently just outside of your realm of comprehension.

You suffer from cognitive dissonance so you concoct alternate facts or explanations to create harmony amongst your beliefs.

The human brain is a fascinating thing. To be able to convince yourself that you are more correct about black holes and the big bang theory than Hawkings, even though you know nothing about theoretical physics and applied mathematics, it's truly phenomenal.

Spot on. It also illustrates the quote I posted in post #24 "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge." --Stephen Hawking

**RudyRuetigger** · 03-15-18, 10:14 AM

Originally posted by TheMoneyShot

How did he cheat? Could he even move?

The Masons met Hawking when Elaine took a job as his caregiver in the 80s. At the time, David Mason worked as an engineer and was slated to help Hawking on a speech synthesizer — the one that Hawking himself created.
According to Vanity Fair, David Mason noted that he was a big fan of Hawking, saying that he “worshipped” him.
Hawking was also married when Mason started working for him, but the two grew very close to one another and ended up falling in love.
Mason left her husband of 15 years and their two sons to pursue a life with Hawking. Professor Hawking also left his family behind, getting a divorce from Jane and getting remarried to Mason less than one year later. The two exchanged vows on September 15, 1995, at the Cambridge Register Office. You can see a photo from their wedding day here.