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13 Mar 2018, 11:32 pm

I found this article claiming that Stephen Hawking is dead, though some other articles online claim his death is a hoax.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/14/stephen-hawking-professor-dies-aged-76

This isn't funny anymore. Is he dead or alive?


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13 Mar 2018, 11:51 pm

Not sure. I saw the same article.


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13 Mar 2018, 11:55 pm

i saw that first on buzzfeed news. i'm willing to bet the guardian is a better source of information.


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14 Mar 2018, 12:01 am

Is he dead or alive? Is he perhaps in the same box with Schrodinger's cat?
I know, that's a dick thing for me to joke about, especially if the guy's dead. :oops:


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14 Mar 2018, 12:03 am

DarthMetaKnight wrote:
I found this article claiming that Stephen Hawking is dead, though some other articles online claim his death is a hoax.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/14/stephen-hawking-professor-dies-aged-76

This isn't funny anymore. Is he dead or alive?



All of the major media outlets have picked up the story, as well as Snopes. One site refutes his death but the site is a satire site.

I do believe he has left us. But how amazing that he lived as long as he did. May someone be able to build on his contributions.



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14 Mar 2018, 12:10 am

Yes he passed away.



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14 Mar 2018, 12:12 am

I looked it up on Google, and sure enough, it says he passed on due to his ALS... which was supposed to have killed him by age 25.


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14 Mar 2018, 12:15 am

he belongs to the ages now in the pantheon of the science greats. this world lost a bit of its good sense.



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14 Mar 2018, 12:19 am

I was going to make a Schrodinger Cat joke, but someone beat me to it. :(



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14 Mar 2018, 12:48 am

He had a head injury when he was young, btw.

When he regained consciousness, they gave him an IQ test and he STILL was exceptionally gifted.
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Also, he did VERY complex Maths in his head for many years, secondary to his loss of physical function.

He claims he did ~ 1hr of homework per day in Uni. and still achieve a good GPA.

May his atoms one day enter the BH he devoted his life to understanding.

I am genuinely saddened, especially by what he suffered. :( :( :( :( :(



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14 Mar 2018, 12:51 am

"... the triumph of intellect over adversity":

https://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/ ... -adversity

I was profoundly moved by the news of his death. What a life. What a mind. What a survivor. The most famous living disabled man in the world has died..



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14 Mar 2018, 12:52 am

I've just heard that he died, amazing that he lived for so long with MND RIP stephen hawking.



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14 Mar 2018, 1:11 am

slave wrote:
He had a head injury when he was young, btw.

When he regained consciousness, they gave him an IQ test and he STILL was exceptionally gifted.
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Also, he did VERY complex Maths in his head for many years, secondary to his loss of physical function.

He claims he did ~ 1hr of homework per day in Uni. and still achieve a good GPA.

May his atoms one day enter the BH he devoted his life to understanding.

I am genuinely saddened, especially by what he suffered. :( :( :( :( :(


I imagine he must have experienced a lot of frustration.



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14 Mar 2018, 1:44 am

I've compared Hawking to those of us with significant/severe nonverbal autism. In that how one appears outwardly physically, can be quite deceptive as far as how the mind operates.



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14 Mar 2018, 2:11 am

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14 Mar 2018, 2:18 am

he had a mental toughness and sense of purpose that enabled him to persevere in the face of obstacles that would have killed lesser men. it was a living embodiment of Nietzsche's statement, "He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how."