Stephen Hawking
Mar 14, 2018 11:46:25 #
A collection of his quotes.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/14/best-stephen-hawking-quotes-quotations?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=267455&subid=12029605&CMP=GT_US_collection
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/14/best-stephen-hawking-quotes-quotations?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=267455&subid=12029605&CMP=GT_US_collection
Mar 14, 2018 11:55:50 #
Mar 14, 2018 12:02:40 #
Retired CPO wrote:
The greatest mind of our generation. A terrible loss.
Mar 14, 2018 12:11:43 #
Thanks for the quotes. The first quote was used in it's entirety in the Pink Floyd song, "Keep Talking". Great song.
Mar 14, 2018 12:20:49 #
Just think of the odds. The odds of being one, if not the, most brilliant scientists since Einstein must be in the billions, then multiply that by the odds of having ALS. Simply an amazing human being.
Mar 14, 2018 12:36:57 #
jackm1943 wrote:
Just think of the odds. The odds of being one, if not the, most brilliant scientists since Einstein must be in the billions, then multiply that by the odds of having ALS. Simply an amazing human being.
Speaking of A.E., S Hawking returned to the cosmic continuum on PI day, which is also A.E.'s birthday.
Mar 14, 2018 12:38:27 #
Fotoartist wrote:
Thanks for the quotes. The first quote was used in it's entirety in the Pink Floyd song, "Keep Talking". Great song.
Great Album, one of my favorite 'Floyd albums...
Mar 14, 2018 12:47:32 #
I salute a life well lived and stand in awe of Stephen Hawking's ability to persevere and contribute to the betterment of us all in spite of challenges that would defeat nearly anyone else. That said, I am reluctant to embrace his every opinion as the final and absolute word on a subject. Especially a famous one such as:
“I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.” That may have worked for him, but just because he said it, does not mean I have to accept it. I do not have to believe in fairy stories or be afraid of the dark in order to believe in God.
This is not meant to start a theological discussion or to show disrespect to a great man, so please don't assume I intend either. I simply note that even a great man's opinion is still his personal opinion, no matter how well considered it may be.
“I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.” That may have worked for him, but just because he said it, does not mean I have to accept it. I do not have to believe in fairy stories or be afraid of the dark in order to believe in God.
This is not meant to start a theological discussion or to show disrespect to a great man, so please don't assume I intend either. I simply note that even a great man's opinion is still his personal opinion, no matter how well considered it may be.
Mar 14, 2018 12:55:32 #
Deep quotes, especially the one dealing with the existence of God and the infinite nature of the universe. But I think that the concept that we only have this one life contradicts the properties of energy, which can neither be created nor destroyed. I think the energy of our conciousness has to change into something else -whatever it may be.
Mar 14, 2018 15:04:27 #
Mar 14, 2018 15:15:46 #
Drive by Shooter wrote:
Don't believe everything the so-called experts say.
Exactly the point. A genius in physics may or may not know about the nature or existence of God.
Mar 15, 2018 08:41:20 #
CanonTom
Loc: Birmingham
DJ Mills wrote:
Exactly the point. A genius in physics may or may not know about the nature or existence of God.
Mar 15, 2018 08:57:10 #
tuatara
Loc: Orig. NZ - currently SF area
DJ Mills wrote:
Exactly the point. A genius in physics may or may not know about the nature or existence of God.
That's one of the things I find disturbing about god believers, they seem so insecure about their belief they just have to declare their belief anytime someone like Dr Hawking is in the news, regardless of the reason.
Dr Stephen Hawking was one of the really great thinkers to come along, you will be missed, although you left alot to be studied
Mar 15, 2018 08:57:12 #
Nor whether CO2 causes climate change.
DJ Mills wrote:
Exactly the point. A genius in physics may or may not know about the nature or existence of God.
Mar 15, 2018 09:44:11 #
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