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R.I.P Stephen Hawking

  • 14-03-2018 04:53AM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,845 ✭✭✭


    Stephen Hawking, the brightest star in the firmament of science, whose insights shaped modern cosmology and inspired global audiences in the millions, has died aged 76.
    “We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today.

    “He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years.

    “His courage and persistence with his brilliance and humour inspired people across the world.

    “He once said, ‘It would not be much of a universe if it wasn’t home to the people you love.’ We will miss him for ever.”



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,604 ✭✭✭coffeepls


    Incredible man. RIP


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,563 ✭✭✭Duff


    One of a kind mind. RIP.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,865 ✭✭✭Peatys


    Presumed he was much younger. Feck.

    giphy.webp


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,579 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    Big loss. RIP.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,231 ✭✭✭Jim Bob Scratcher


    Very sad news, the man was a legend

    RIP


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 488 ✭✭Edgarfrndly


    Here is a man who was dealt a horrible hand at life. Despite that, he refused to let it control him and made the absolute most of his life. As someone with a disability, he inspired me. As a nerd, his writings intrigued me.

    A brilliant mind who lasted longer than anyone could have imagined. A great loss. Rest well.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,860 ✭✭✭take everything


    RIP.
    Inspirational figure in so many ways.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Such an incredible figure with a vastly powerful mind. RIP


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 339 ✭✭Mancomb Seepgood


    A great mind who'll be remembered for the way he overcame incredible adversity to live his life and exercise his talents to the fullest.RIP.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 619 ✭✭✭NinetyTwoTeam


    Such an incredible man, may he rest in peace.

    Always found it so crazy that the guy who had probably the most brilliant brain in the world ended up with the rest of his body being basically useless. It's like God saying, no one can have it all, there's a trade-off for everything. or something. It's just way too much of a coincidence to not be significant IMO.

    I probably wouldn't understand most of his work, but enjoyed his Bang Theory cameos and also think we should give serious consideration to his warnings about AI and technology taking over.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,337 ✭✭✭✭Donald Trump


    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?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    What a loss to the scientific community, and the world as a whole.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,771 ✭✭✭degsie


    Great loss indeed.

    Pity he never did stand-up....





    Oh, never mind.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 31,135 ✭✭✭✭Ghost Train


    Sad to hear this, he really managed to reach a huge world wide audience. RIP.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,436 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    His defence of universal health care in the UK and the NHS was truly admirable. RIP.
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    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    newsflash guys, hes not resting in peace, Steven Hawking no longer exists in this universe as Steven Hawking

    its kind of sad in a way, people think of him as the famous computer voice in a wheelchair, but nobody here seems to be aware of what he was talking about.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,971 ✭✭✭_Dara_


    It’s truly amazing how long he survived with that nasty disease.

    RIP.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    its kind of sad in a way, people think of him as the famous computer voice in a wheelchair, but nobody here seems to be aware of what he was talking about.

    So you're taking the death of the greatest human mind on modern day earth, and one of the greatest in history... and using it to score cheap, narcissistic comments about how people only see him as a man in a wheelchair because they use a generic term to express acknowledgement of a death. Good job....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,968 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


    R.I.P Stephen.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 810 ✭✭✭fermanagh_man


    Impossible is nothing


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,579 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    His theories on the Universe and black holes in particular will be of huge value in the future.

    He also said he did not know if there was a creator. The Universe was so beautiful and exquisite that there might well be something.

    He might know the answer now. We'll have to wait.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,691 ✭✭✭Heres Johnny


    I was always interested in his theories and bought his famous book 'A brief history of time'.

    It was an acclaimed book but a little too advanced for most people, including me, so he brought out a more layman's version 'A briefer history of time'.

    No, still too advanced for my little brain but I got through it anyway even if I didn't understand it.

    Mind blowing theories and explanations of physics and the universe in that book.

    Great man, big contribution to our planet and may he RIP.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    So you're taking the death of the greatest human minds on modern day earth, and one if the greatest in history... and using it to score cheap narcissistic comments about how people only see him as a man in a wheelchair because they use a generic term to express acknowledgement of a death. Good job....
    nope

    just making an observation, no ego involved


    i wonder if it was an elaborate hoax, his physical condition gave him a lot of fame compared to his peers and many of them could be considered more intelligent, some people have been known to fake a different ethnicity in order to progress in their careers

    that was a joke


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    Rest In Particles


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,579 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    his physical condition gave him a lot of fame compared to his peers and many of them could be considered more intelligent

    Name them for us.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    Name them for us.
    if i cant name any doesnt that prove my point?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Name them for us.
    if i cant name any doesnt that prove my point?

    R.I.P. Stephen Hawking

    "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,365 ✭✭✭✭McMurphy


    I'll always remember Homer and S.H having beers.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,579 ✭✭✭✭Kermit.de.frog


    if i cant name any doesnt that prove my point?

    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.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    Your Face wrote: »
    R.I.P. Stephen Hawking

    "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."
    Alexander Pope said it better


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