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I Like Smart People

My cousin who loves science was telling me this weekend about Stephen Hawking and why he was an important thinker. I know who he is and that he is a physicist but even with my cousin explaining to me some of his theories, I can't say I understand them that well yet. I can see though that he was a very smart guy and I think that is something that should be respected.

It was his funeral this weekend and I just found a story on line about him and his family. They paid for the homeless of Cambridge UK to have an Easter dinner this year. That's pretty nice its that is something I can understand even if I know nothing about physics.

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dale74 · M

I firmly believe Stephen Hawking was way overrated. The majority of the reason why I believe he was so overrated is because of his disability people didn't expect anything of him so the small contributions he did actually make blows people away

SomeLikeItHot ·

@dale74 I couldn’t be in more agreement.

MeisterAndrew · 41-45, M

@dale74 Absolutely agree. I feel for the situation he was in but think he had to live too much in his head and most of his ideas were just theory and not practical science.

SomeLikeItHot ·

@MeisterAndrew The problem with theory is that it is borderline science fiction because the “proof” doesn’t exist.