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Stephen Hawking dead at 76
03-16-2018, 06:12 PM
I knew there was something evil about that Gil Gadot. Showing her true colors on Twitter, and not a moment too soon. Glad I found out about this before spending money to see "Wonder Woman." Next thing you know, she will be saying that K. Jenner is just a sad confused man in a dress, or that blind people can't see, or that amputees are missing a limb. Where does this kind of hate come from?
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Stephen Hawking dead at 76
03-16-2018, 10:12 PM
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Bro, if you're questioning Hawking's contribution to physics you need to wrap up that undergraduate degree. "Testing" is not the preserve of theoretical physics, that's why it's called "theoretical."
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03-16-2018, 11:07 PM
Has anyone read the popular physics books by Brian Greene? He's supposed to be really good at explaining physics concepts to average yo-yos like myself.
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Stephen Hawking dead at 76
03-17-2018, 06:34 AM
Personally I'll always be grateful to Hawking for his contributions to comedy.
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Stephen Hawking dead at 76
03-18-2018, 08:02 AM
Quote: (03-16-2018 04:46 PM)Mercenary Wrote:
Quote: (03-16-2018 04:03 PM)Teedub Wrote:
Like others have noted, his work on black holes is his main achievement, particularly his discovery of what ended up being known as 'Hawking Radiation'. But yes, his main achievement was probably as a populariser of science. He's the person most primarily responsible for us knowing what black holes even are, as general members of the public.
No human has ever been in or near a black hole.
No human is going to one anytime soon.
No way to verify if he is a genius or total fraud.
Way too convenient.
Nobody has been to a black hole, they've observed them from great distance, but you're right, nobody has. It's theoretical physics, so yeah, it's all theory really.
But people
have been to earth, and they've been around it,
not just theoretically, and filmed it for our pleasure. Yet you're most famous on here for believing the earth is flat.
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So you didn't answer my question and just linked to arbitrary article?
Yeah. I'm not invested enough in the subject matter to do some in-depth research on your behalf. Apologies if I'm coming across as snarky, it's just I'm always suspicious of people who are overly cynical of other people's achievements, particularly when those achievements or praise aren't doing anybody any harm.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. - H L Mencken