RIP Stephen Hawking...

[IdahoSharpshooter]

We are diminished; Stephen Hawking died yesterday.

I had always thought I was fairly intelligent, having passed the MENSA test as a junior in HS.
When I started reading Hawking's book "A Brief History of Time" In 1988 I learned what intelligence really was. I was constantly going back thru the book, in search of answers I could understand.
String Theory and the Unified Theory of Everything is where I got lost. I am still struggling with those two concepts.

90+% of people diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease, ALS, die within five years of the diagnosis. Hawking, diagnosed at age 21, was 78 when he died.

 

[watercam]

The phrase "a mind is a terrible thing to waste" applied to Hawkins in spades...
If we have been paying attention we will live his predictions I think. Keep shooting. It is the best Zen I know of...

 

[swehrman]

"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."

-- Scott

 

[Damon555]

One of the greatest scientific minds of all time. It was amazing that he lived as long as he did.

 

[mr45man]

Yes he was one of "them"but he was our Einstein.

 

[dolek]

His contributions were in science and yours were? Any at all?

Amen !

 

[dolek]

He already knew the answer. You are the one with no evidence.
Hawking had plenty of evidence. A lot of it was his own making.
If you have not spent a life time studying physics what could you possibly know?
It requires a lot more analytical skill, training and thought than reading tales invented by goat herders.

Hell yes, you are right on....Thank you !

 

[Eddie Harren]

An amazing display of differing opinions. Bettern' the funny papers.

 

[dolek]

 

[dolek]

Hey,what about those Yankees,looking good this year.

 

[Medic505]

 

[hogpatrol]

Stephen who? Was he an "accurate shooter"? This is a shooting website, correct?

 

[hogpatrol]

Is this the guy who invented the 6.5 Creedmoor?

 

[MrMajestic]

It would have been fun to sit around, drink beer and watch him eat an apple...

 

[pirate ammo]

good lord people,the man is DEAD,get over it and go accomplish and invent better things.I had no great loss when my ex left this earth,but I fostered her no ill will!!
ban me I don't care.

 

[Jay Christopherson]

If you find yourself banned from this thread and your content gone, it's because we're testing out a new policy of killing trolls, not threads.

 

[Area51]

SH had a manager and press release agreements for a very long time.
I found the shock value only attributes of many of his so called predictions and statements over the past few years interesting.
Clearly more media steering of the masses, generated solely for responses to drive more algorithms generation to ultimately control greater masses of people.
But, but what about Nostradamus, that was the rage a few years ago.
Say pretty much anything and over time enough will occur to twist everything into everything, or at least allow anyone to believe anything.
But don't forget to pay your taxes and the rest of the socially driven bills that are life long, or not, and see what happens.
Enough,,,,, i need to do something meaningful now.

 

[Riesel]

I see the Admin Guy is watching this thread closely

 

[Jay Christopherson]

SH had a manager and press release agreements for a very long time.
I found the shock value only attributes of many of his so called predictions and statements over the past few years interesting.
Clearly more media steering of the masses, generated solely for responses to drive more algorithms generation to ultimately control greater masses of people.
But, but what about Nostradamus, that was the rage a few years ago.
Say pretty much anything and over time enough will occur to twist everything into everything, or at least allow anyone to believe anything.
But don't forget to pay your taxes and the rest of the socially driven bills that are life long, or not, and see what happens.
Enough,,,,, i need to do something meaningful now.

Where's my tinfoil hat...

 

[Milo 2.0]

If you find yourself banned from this thread and your content gone, it's because we're testing out a new policy of killing trolls, not threads.

Crap, I can see my "Like" count not progressing like it should.