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stone4ever
With the earth's population doubling every 50 years (give or take), i find it hard to imagine there will be enough resources left to make life on earth worth living in another 200 years, especially for us homo-sapiens. For that reason alone i think Hawking has it just about right with his prediction.
Yes, agreed - but maybe it would have been nice if Stephen Hawking had also found a solution for this issue ....
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stone4ever
The solutions are depressing at best. Various methods of depopulation, the elite will no doubt take responsibility for our fate with some sort of controlled Orwellian game plan. Agenda 21 and 2030 agenda spring to mind, reading between the lines life will become boring to say the least. Control in the name of environmental issues. The best of days are unfortunately behind us.
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stonehearted
He is with the universe now...
But how did he live so long with Lou Gehrig's disease
Don't associate a genius with the name of a sportsman, that's gross. Say "Stephen Hawking had Charcot disease". That's more classy!
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stonehearted
He is with the universe now...
But how did he live so long with Lou Gehrig's disease
Don't associate a genius with the name of a sportsman, that's gross. Say "Stephen Hawking had Charcot disease". That's more classy!
He had ALS. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
You are entitled to your opinion. On the other hand you should think about being a bit more respectful towards someone who was a world renowned scientist. He achieved a great deal of success in spite of living with a debilitating illness for over 50 years. Have you actually bothered to read 'A Brief History Of Time'. I don't think so!Quote
buttons67
hawking was a very clever man indeed, but i just didnt agree with everything he said.
there are 3 types of people in this world
1. those that agree with everything they are told without any thought to asking if what they are being told is correct.
2. those that question everything, even when the obvious is true.
3. those that look at everything objectively, ask questions about things they dont understand but look to gain their own understanding.
i think with hawking a lot of people fell into catagory 1, as many people believed everything he said, i never understood his assumption of hawking radiation that comes from a black hole and have even questioned if black holes exist, the question of anti matter and dark matter is not easy to believe too.
also einstiens theory of relativity e=mc2 i dont get either, it contradicts newtons laws of basic physics.
another theory astronomers come up with is time and space bending each other, what rubbish.
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stonehearted
He is with the universe now...
But how did he live so long with Lou Gehrig's disease, when Gehrig didn't even make it to his forties?
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stonehearted
He is with the universe now...
But how did he live so long with Lou Gehrig's disease, when Gehrig didn't even make it to his forties?
Lou Gehrig did not have Lou Gehrig's disease. Think about it.
fwiw I think the big bang theory of Hawking (mostly) is ridiculous.
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buttons67
hawking was a very clever man indeed, but i just didnt agree with everything he said.
there are 3 types of people in this world
1. those that agree with everything they are told without any thought to asking if what they are being told is correct.
2. those that question everything, even when the obvious is true.
3. those that look at everything objectively, ask questions about things they dont understand but look to gain their own understanding.
i think with hawking a lot of people fell into catagory 1, as many people believed everything he said, i never understood his assumption of hawking radiation that comes from a black hole and have even questioned if black holes exist, the question of anti matter and dark matter is not easy to believe too.
also einstiens theory of relativity e=mc2 i dont get either, it contradicts newtons laws of basic physics.
another theory astronomers come up with is time and space bending each other, what rubbish.
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Silver Dagger
Just a thought - they throw knighthoods at every crummy pop star these days but a true genius who helped put Britain on the map in terms of science and mathematics was never made a Knight of the Realm.
Something quite wrong there.
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Silver Dagger
Just a thought - they throw knighthoods at every crummy pop star these days but a true genius who helped put Britain on the map in terms of science and mathematics was never made a Knight of the Realm.
Something quite wrong there.
Sort of.
But he actually was awarded the Companion of Honour which is a FAR greater and more selective honour.
I'm surprised that we're this far into honouring this great man, and not one person has so far mentioned the recent Rolling Stones album called 'A Bigger Bang'.
At the time of its release the band put out a press release about how it had that title because it reflected the band members' ongoing interest in Cosmology (or some such impossible nonsense).
So there is a small On Topic link to The Rolling Stones.
(I too loved Hawking's contribution to 'Big Bang Theory' - most amusingly a recent episode where a prototype toy radio controlled model of Hawking in a wheelchair was condemned by most people as being in the worst possible taste.. until a contribution from Hawking mentioned that he'd always thought it was a pity that a toy like that didn't exist. Wonderfully self deprecating stuff.)
No,no, no,no,no!—-to you and the “200 years” people... How quickly you have forgotten! Put on your dancing shoes. God’s got it all under control. He IS creating a new Heaven and a new earth for us.We don’t have to do it. But, in the meantime, He’s gonna rule the world for a thousand years on earth before that. Between now and that 1000 year reign, it’ll get bad for a short time, but God, the Creator of the universe, will come. He can make all things new. Without Him, we would wipe ourselves out. Thankfully, He’s in control of all of His creation and He told us what to expect. I hope SH is seeing the universe he studied. I see he acknowledged God. He (SH) is a great mind. But, no human can compare to the Creator, God, and what He says about the universe.Quote
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stone4ever
The solutions are depressing at best. Various methods of depopulation, the elite will no doubt take responsibility for our fate with some sort of controlled Orwellian game plan. Agenda 21 and 2030 agenda spring to mind, reading between the lines life will become boring to say the least. Control in the name of environmental issues. The best of days are unfortunately behind us.
You're right: that's depressing at best ....
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Doxa
RIP Stephen Hawking.
(3) A great scientist. His contribution to cosmology was not far from the level of Nobel.
- Doxa
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CaptainCorella
If you meant something about 'deserving a Nobel', then the main reason he never got one was that they don't give prizes to theories, they give prizes to proven things, and even Hawking agreed that everything he did was theoretical and yet to be unequivocally proved by experiment or observation.
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schillid
There are 10 types of people...
Those who understand binary and those who don't.
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schillid
There are 10 types of people...
Those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Button67
another theory astronomers come up with is time and space bending each other, what rubbish.