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R.I.P Stephen Hawking

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    #32
    Trigger Happy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,068 ✭✭✭Trigger Happy


    I was lucky to meet him once.
    The world was lucky to have him. A great man.


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    #33
    Bret Hart
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    He was truly an amazing man. His mind will be greatly missed.RIP.

    "I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first." -- Stephen Hawking


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    #34
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    Give us a few names of the peers you say are more intelligent.

    Just one or two will do. Does not have to be a list.

    i can address this question more appropriately if you state your true motives, im not in the mood for futility


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    #35
    [Deleted User]
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    What a massive loss for mankind.

    Not his greatest achievement by any means, but I love the time traveller party he threw in 2009:

    https://vinepair.com/articles/stephen-hawking-time-travel-party/

    Something does not have to be complicated to be ingenius.

    As simple as it may have been, it has raised a very important question: why did no one turn up?


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    #36
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    kumate_champ07 wrote: »
    i can address this question more appropriately if you state your true motives, im not in the mood for futility

    Unless im mistaken, you've waited for a hagiograohic/ RIP thread on the man to criticise him, rather than starting a thread comparing him with his peers, in the several years you've had since youve had achieved this insight, and appear now unable to back up your claims.
    I could be wrong of course.


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    #37
    Didactic Ninja
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    Born in Kent but spoke with an American accent ..........pretentious


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    #38
    facehugger99
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    We are in the gutter, but some of us can see the stars.


    RIP Stephen Hawking, the world's IQ has dropped.


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    #39
    Fourier
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    There weren't other physicists of this generation more intelligent than him to the poster saying otherwise. Only people with more talent were from previous generations.

    I worked through some of his papers in graduate school. There was one he wrote with Hartle on Quantum Gravity that took me a week to understand, he could do it in his head in minutes.

    It's difficult to grasp how smart he actually was unless you know Theoretical Physics.


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    #40
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    Roger Hassenforder wrote: »
    Unless im mistaken, you've waited for a hagiograohic/ RIP thread on the man to criticise him, rather than starting a thread comparing him with his peers, in the several years you've had since youve had achieved this insight, and appear now unable to back up your claims.
    I could be wrong of course.

    he was not the smartest man alive, that doesn't take anything away from his achievements. he marketed himself very well. there are many people who share a similar opinion about him, youre welcome to use your favourite search engine to discover this

    Neil deGrasse Tyson is this generations Steven Hawking. altho they are intellectually on separate levels, fame amongst the general public can elevate a persons professional reputation above their peers


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    #41
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    the guy was a genius, im just a guy on the internet with an opinion, regrettably it has been misunderstood as disrespectful


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    #42
    Defunkd
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    I really liked that dance song he did
    "Push me and then just touch me,
    til i can get my, satisfaction...satisfaction"
    He wasn't in the video though, just women using tools.


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    #43
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users Posts: 7,548 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    kumate_champ07 wrote:
    Neil deGrasse Tyson is this generations Steven Hawking.

    Not even close...


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    #44
    Kermit.de.frog
    Registered Users Posts: 23,469 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    kumate_champ07 wrote: »
    he was not the smartest man alive, that doesn't take anything away from his achievements. he marketed himself very well. there are many people who share a similar opinion about him, youre welcome to use your favourite search engine to discover this

    Neil deGrasse Tyson is this generations Steven Hawking. altho they are intellectually on separate levels, fame amongst the general public can elevate a persons professional reputation above their peers

    I have asked you to name the peers you consider more intelligent.

    Please do so.

    If I had to name someone I would consider more intellectually capable I could name one - Carl Sagan.

    Now i'm asking you to name these peers you consider superior intellects.

    I'll accept a couple of names.


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    #45
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    Ave Sodalis wrote: »
    Not even close...
    agreed, but hes the most famous at the moment.


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    #46
    brendanwalsh
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    I always wonder how much more he could have achieved if he hadn't had his illness. RIP Stephen. You'll be shining down on us from the stars tonight. One of the all time great minds.


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    #47
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    kumate_champ07 wrote: »
    he was not the smartest man alive, that doesn't take anything away from his achievements. he marketed himself very well. there are many people who share a similar opinion about him, youre welcome to use your favourite search engine to discover this

    Neil deGrasse Tyson is this generations Steven Hawking. altho they are intellectually on separate levels, fame amongst the general public can elevate a persons professional reputation above their peers

    Ah heor, youre around this place to know if you make a statement, you're expected to back it up, a "go google it" wont wash.


    kumate_champ07 wrote: »
    the guy was a genius, im just a guy on the internet with an opinion, regrettably it has been misunderstood as disrespectful

    Im not sure did i/we misunderstand you, as much as you might not have articulated yourself properly and presented as disrespectful, but i take your point.


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    #48
    LoLth
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    Feck. Can we skip to the bargaining part of grief? I can think of one or three people the world would happily trade (and be infinitely better for it!).

    A great mind (possibly made more so in part because of his struggle with the physical) with a cruel disease.

    I cannot find a time of death anywhere but in the US format today just happens to be 3.14 2018 . ..


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    #49
    CarlosHarpic
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 108 ✭✭CarlosHarpic


    Creator of the Daleks. Who will ever forgot his fitst appearance in 1975 in the episode Genesis of the Daleks.

    The Time Lords will sleep soundly tonight.

    RIP


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    #50
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,294 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.

    RIP Sir.

    :(


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    #51
    soiseztomabel
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    Donald Trump wrote: »
    Ah poor oul' Stephen. A great man. We'll never know what he would have contributed if he had had his full health.




    AH answer:
    A terrible disease what with the slowly wasting away. My friend had told me that he wasn't too bad until he got his first wheelchair. The brakes weren't very good on it.....Doctors said he went downhill very quickly after that

    Too soon?


    Awful effort, get back to primary school with that craic


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    #52
    igCorcaigh
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    Just heard. RIP to a great mind.
    His initial prognosis was not good when he was young and look at what he achieved.


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    #53
    igCorcaigh
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    And recorded forever in Simpsons fame.


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    #54
    Rochelle
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭Rochelle


    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    I have asked you to name the peers you consider more intelligent.

    Please do so.

    If I had to name someone I would consider more intellectually capable I could name one - Carl Sagan.

    Now i'm asking you to name these peers you consider superior intellects.

    I'll accept a couple of names.

    Who the fcuk are you? His parent?


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    #55
    CarlosHarpic
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 108 ✭✭CarlosHarpic


    Before they bury him have they tried switching him on and off again?


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    #56
    fryup
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    most importantly, he had a good sense of humour...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7d3EC-cwN4


    RIP


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    #57
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    Fourier wrote: »
    There weren't other physicists of this generation more intelligent than him to the poster saying otherwise. Only people with more talent were from previous generations.

    I worked through some of his papers in graduate school. There was one he wrote with Hartle on Quantum Gravity that took me a week to understand, he could do it in his head in minutes.

    It's difficult to grasp how smart he actually was unless you know Theoretical Physics.

    is theoretical physics dumbing down?

    I remember a picture from 1930 of a conference with Einstein, Schrodinger, Heisenberg and many more. None to rival them now.

    RIP mr Hawkings


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    #58
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    kumate_champ07 wrote: »
    he was not the smartest man alive, that doesn't take anything away from his achievements. he marketed himself very well. there are many people who share a similar opinion about him, youre welcome to use your favourite search engine to discover this

    Neil deGrasse Tyson is this generations Steven Hawking. altho they are intellectually on separate levels, fame amongst the general public can elevate a persons professional reputation above their peers

    I think most people know Tyson is a science populiser, not top of his game in theoretical physics.


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    #59
    Gwynplaine
    Registered Users Posts: 2,910 ✭✭✭Gwynplaine


    Donald Trump wrote: »
    Ah poor oul' Stephen. A great man. We'll never know what he would have contributed if he had had his full health.




    AH answer:
    A terrible disease what with the slowly wasting away. My friend had told me that he wasn't too bad until he got his first wheelchair. The brakes weren't very good on it.....Doctors said he went downhill very quickly after that

    Too soon?

    Get out, you idiot.


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    #60
    Standard Toaster
    Registered Users Posts: 10,250 ✭✭✭✭Standard Toaster


    Stephen Hawking wrote:
    “We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.”
    ~ Stephen Hawking 1942 - 2018

    I must dust off A Brief History of Time and re-read.

    Truly an amazing man - RIP


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    #61
    weldoninhio
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    Kermit.de.frog wrote: »
    I have asked you to name the peers you consider more intelligent.

    Please do so.

    If I had to name someone I would consider more intellectually capable I could name one - Carl Sagan.

    Now i'm asking you to name these peers you consider superior intellects.

    I'll accept a couple of names.

    Weren't a lot of his theories disproven in the last few years??


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