It's sad - I don't think the younger ones in the LR community would understand, but when A Brief History of Time came out, that was bigger than Sagan's "Cosmos" on PBS and made him a rockstar astrophysicist (as opposed to Neil Tyson, who doesn't do research and shitposts on twitter all day.)
From the article:
"Though 80 percent of those with ALS die within five years of diagnosis, and Hawking’s own doctors gave him roughly two years to live, he survived for decades, perhaps longer than any other patient with the disease in medical history."
Diagnosed at 21, lives until 76 with ALS. Incredible. The world has lost one of the great minds of the last century.
Karl Hungus wrote:
It's sad - I don't think the younger ones in the LR community would understand, but when A Brief History of Time came out, that was bigger than Sagan's "Cosmos" on PBS and made him a rockstar astrophysicist (as opposed to Neil Tyson, who doesn't do research and shitposts on twitter all day.)
+1. Hawking 's work has been very influential, which is all most of us can ask for. Agreed about Tyson as well.
on par with Einstein wrote:
From the article:
"Though 80 percent of those with ALS die within five years of diagnosis, and Hawking’s own doctors gave him roughly two years to live, he survived for decades, perhaps longer than any other patient with the disease in medical history."
Diagnosed at 21, lives until 76 with ALS. Incredible. The world has lost one of the great minds of the last century.
I have noticed that people who are mental active outlive longer than otherwise healthy people.
On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.
RIP
Doing my astrophysics homework right now to pay respects.
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Karl Hungus wrote:
It's sad - I don't think the younger ones in the LR community would understand, but when A Brief History of Time came out, that was bigger than Sagan's "Cosmos" on PBS and made him a rockstar astrophysicist (as opposed to Neil Tyson, who doesn't do research and shitposts on twitter all day.)
OK but what is sad? I think you meant that you are sad. Are you sad? What are you sad about? I am not sad. I am not happy. I am just in the same mood as before I heard Hawking died. Neither happy nor sad. But you on the other hand are sad, at least according to you. Were you already sad? Or have you been made sad by the news of Hawking’s death?
R.I.P
Retrjio wrote:
Karl Hungus wrote:
It's sad - I don't think the younger ones in the LR community would understand, but when A Brief History of Time came out, that was bigger than Sagan's "Cosmos" on PBS and made him a rockstar astrophysicist (as opposed to Neil Tyson, who doesn't do research and shitposts on twitter all day.)
OK but what is sad? I think you meant that you are sad. Are you sad? What are you sad about? I am not sad. I am not happy. I am just in the same mood as before I heard Hawking died. Neither happy nor sad. But you on the other hand are sad, at least according to you. Were you already sad? Or have you been made sad by the news of Hawking’s death?
Its sad when somebody who had any positive impact on anybody passes away, for those they impacted. In Hawking's case, he had a positive impact on the field of physics in a large way.
He may no longer be one of the most influential physicists in his field, but he did a lot to attracy interest to it and help fund important research. The effect of his work will continue for decades, since it helped set the foundation for some very large scale and lengthy projects.
It shows how important it is to stimulate your brain. You need to keep using it. You will survive longer than someone who is not making use of it. When you run, racing and training uses some brain power, but you still need to have something more outside running, so you can continue developing yourself literally. That is why Stephen Hawking was able to fight so long(he is the Bekele of the academic world).
Retrjio wrote: Are you sad? What are you sad about? I am not sad. I am not happy. I am just in the same mood as before I heard Hawking died. Neither happy nor sad. But you on the other hand are sad, at least according to you. Were you already sad? Or have you been made sad by the news of Hawking’s death?I can't speak for the other poster, but this news made me sad. I have two of his books but have never cracked them open. My son, who passed a couple of years ago, read Hawking's work and was very interested in him and his ideas. I'm non-spiritual, as was (I think) my son, and Hawking was an atheist, but counterintuitively I'm picturing them meeting today, and shooting the $hit about astrophysics and life. That makes me happy and sad at the same time.
Roger Bannister, Ken Dodd, and now Stephen Hawking...all in little more than a week. The lights are literally going out in Britain.
Retrjio wrote:
Karl Hungus wrote:
It's sad - I don't think the younger ones in the LR community would understand, but when A Brief History of Time came out, that was bigger than Sagan's "Cosmos" on PBS and made him a rockstar astrophysicist (as opposed to Neil Tyson, who doesn't do research and shitposts on twitter all day.)
OK but what is sad? I think you meant that you are sad. Are you sad? What are you sad about? I am not sad. I am not happy. I am just in the same mood as before I heard Hawking died. Neither happy nor sad. But you on the other hand are sad, at least according to you. Were you already sad? Or have you been made sad by the news of Hawking’s death?
Wow what a tough guy...
Anyway, RIP Hawkings
Coevett wrote:
Roger Bannister, Ken Dodd, and now Stephen Hawking...all in little more than a week. The lights are literally going out in Britain.
The Queen is next
Born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo's death, and died on Einstein's birthday(also Pi day). That's crazy. It's like literally a conspiracy.
He's in a better place now.
Retrjio wrote:
Karl Hungus wrote:
It's sad - I don't think the younger ones in the LR community would understand, but when A Brief History of Time came out, that was bigger than Sagan's "Cosmos" on PBS and made him a rockstar astrophysicist (as opposed to Neil Tyson, who doesn't do research and shitposts on twitter all day.)
OK but what is sad? I think you meant that you are sad. Are you sad? What are you sad about? I am not sad. I am not happy. I am just in the same mood as before I heard Hawking died. Neither happy nor sad. But you on the other hand are sad, at least according to you. Were you already sad? Or have you been made sad by the news of Hawking’s death?
Taken at his word, it seems to me that his sadness derives from his perception that young people of today believe that when A Brief History of Time came out, Carl Sagan was the greater "rockstar" in the world of physics. He thinks their perception is wrong and that Hawking was indeed the greater "rockstar" of physics at that time, inducing sadness in the commentator. It is no doubt a frequent topic of debate amongst today's youth, certainly grievous if their perception turns out to be incorrect.
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He's in a better place now.
What, you mean a funeral home or something?