Liffguard Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43396008 Quote World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said. An extraordinary individual in every respect. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stannis Eats No Peaches Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 It’s staggering that he lived for 50 years longer than predicted. How lucky we were. May he rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Northman Reborn Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 RIP. Like most, I knew of him by reputation only. For those who are more familiar with his comparative achievements, can you give some insight into his true stature as a scientist first and foremost? Was his renown partly linked to the challenges he had to overcome, thus making his achievements extraordinary for someone with his disabilities? Or were his achievements extraordinary in their own right, warranting the popular title of "greatest physicist alive", as he was frequently described in general conversation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 8 minutes ago, Free Northman Reborn said: RIP. Like most, I knew of him by reputation only. For those who are more familiar with his comparative achievements, can you give some insight into his true stature as a scientist first and foremost? Was his renown partly linked to the challenges he had to overcome, thus making his achievements extraordinary for someone with his disabilities? Or were his achievements extraordinary in their own right, warranting the popular title of "greatest physicist alive", as he was frequently described in general conversation? His achievements in physics, particularly his analysis of black hole behaviour and the fact that they can evaporate, were groundbreaking. The fact that he could do this work, with his severe physical limitations, made him truly astonishing. Not only that but appearing on the Simpsons, Star Trek:TNG, and Big Bang Theory also showed that he had a very good sense of humour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Just saw on Twitter - he was born on the anniversary of Galileo's death, and died on Einstein's birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Which Tyler Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I'm going straight to hell for this, but... Has someone tried turning him off and on again ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 5 hours ago, Free Northman Reborn said: RIP. Like most, I knew of him by reputation only. For those who are more familiar with his comparative achievements, can you give some insight into his true stature as a scientist first and foremost? Was his renown partly linked to the challenges he had to overcome, thus making his achievements extraordinary for someone with his disabilities? Or were his achievements extraordinary in their own right, warranting the popular title of "greatest physicist alive", as he was frequently described in general conversation? His work on black holes and the Big Bang was groundbreaking and would have been of epochal importance even without his disabilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingintheNorth4 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 RIP to one of humanity's greatest minds. Science has lost a giant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 A great mind who contributed a lot to physics and so a loss to humanity that he is now gone. But a boon to humanity that he lived and was highly productive for 50 years with a disease that frequently kills within 10. But I think he was overly paranoid about the danger to humanity from aliens. If aliens were going to wipe us out and take our resources I think they would have done it already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deminelle Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 22 minutes ago, The Anti-Targ said: A great mind who contributed a lot to physics and so a loss to humanity that he is now gone. But a boon to humanity that he lived and was highly productive for 50 years with a disease that frequently kills within 10. But I think he was overly paranoid about the danger to humanity from aliens. If aliens were going to wipe us out and take our resources I think they would have done it already. They wait for us to destroy each other first. Less mess for the aliens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukle Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 48 minutes ago, The Anti-Targ said: But I think he was overly paranoid about the danger to humanity from aliens. If aliens were going to wipe us out and take our resources I think they would have done it already. Maybe, maybe not. He also said that AI was a likely threat. He mentioned computer viruses behave a lot like life, and that means that, "Humans made life in their own image. Destructive." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 3 hours ago, Which Tyler said: I'm going straight to hell for this, but... Has someone tried turning him off and on again ? As has already been noted, the man had a great sense of humour. He'd have laughed at that one, I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Posted this in the RIP thread in Entertainment, but re-posting here. Compilation of some of his best pop-culture moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maltaran Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 13 minutes ago, Spockydog said: As has already been noted, the man had a great sense of humour. He'd have laughed at that one, I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAROVORKIN Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 One of the greatest Scientific minds In all of History . He contributed so much to our understand of how the Universe works . Rest in Peace Stephen Hawking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mother of The Others Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Now who will save us from the first wave of A.I. ? An aging George Wendt? worst pi day ever It's like he went deeper into solving pi than the rest of us, and disappeared into it. He didn't stop at the first 5 decimal places. Hey the glasses guy from Lost, Person of Interest, and Arrow once said pi eventually gets around to including every possible set of numbers, like it contains every string of digits you could shout out. I'd like to think Hawking's essense merged with pi and became encoded in it, or maybe all our personal info is already in there since the dawn of time 600 years ago. Well, fare ye well, Steven. As a fellow frequent sitter, I felt a kinship with you and was always amazed by the flushing action and the swirling motion of my local black hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamMe90 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 On 3/14/2018 at 9:30 AM, Free Northman Reborn said: RIP. Like most, I knew of him by reputation only. For those who are more familiar with his comparative achievements, can you give some insight into his true stature as a scientist first and foremost? Was his renown partly linked to the challenges he had to overcome, thus making his achievements extraordinary for someone with his disabilities? Or were his achievements extraordinary in their own right, warranting the popular title of "greatest physicist alive", as he was frequently described in general conversation? Lol. One of the great scientific minds of our generation passes and one of your first thoughts is "I wonder if he was really that great, or if all the praise he gets is just 'cuz he was all DisAbled and ppl felt sorry for him..." What a strange way of thinking. I don't even know what you hoped to get from this post that you couldn't have just gotten by doing some cursory google searching yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Northman Reborn Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 1 hour ago, IamMe90 said: Lol. One of the great scientific minds of our generation passes and one of your first thoughts is "I wonder if he was really that great, or if all the praise he gets is just 'cuz he was all DisAbled and ppl felt sorry for him..." What a strange way of thinking. I don't even know what you hoped to get from this post that you couldn't have just gotten by doing some cursory google searching yourself. Sigh. I hoped to get exactly the responses I got upthread, which were simply answers to my question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mance Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 21 minutes ago, Free Northman Reborn said: Sigh. I hoped to get exactly the responses I got upthread, which were simply answers to my question. No, you're right. That was totally a question worth asking. I mean, libruls these days, probably try to give the man a Nobel Peace Participation Prize or something. Amirite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukle Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 4 hours ago, Free Northman Reborn said: Sigh. I hoped to get exactly the responses I got upthread, which were simply answers to my question. Stephen Hawking muse a few times that it's possible that his disability was the stimulus for much of his genius, rather than an inhibition to it. He said that being paralysed gave him much more time to think. He also suggested that thinking he was about to die in a few years spurred him to achieve as much as he could in (what he thought was) the little time he had left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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