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Post by bxjetfan on Mar 14, 2018 11:34:02 GMT -5
You know you're somebody when your obituary is longer then your dick.
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Post by BEAC0NJET on Mar 14, 2018 11:34:42 GMT -5
While I don't disagree with that quote, Hawking was generally recognized as fringe. There are/were many other "once in a generation" type minds in physics none of us have ever heard of. I'm sure there are. He just had his own celebrity status. Forget how brilliant he was or wasn't if you want to argue that, I think what impressed me most was how much he was able to accomplish given his circumstances. The guy was crippled head to toe, but was still able to accomplish everything he was able to accomplish. Still contributing to science and to the world while basically having to eat through a straw for decades. It's very admirable, in my opinion. Not to take away from his accomplishments, interestingly it was his handicap that allowed him basically unfettered time to research and work and get to that level - he himself noted he didn't have to lecture or teach or do all the other menial stuff that his peers might have had to do. And honestly, had he not been the guy with the voice box and a wheelchair, he doesn't have near the celebrity status he has. I did love reading his book back in high school.
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Post by BEAC0NJET on Mar 14, 2018 11:36:04 GMT -5
What good is being smart if you cant wipe your own ass? He paid people to wipe his ass. Why exert the effort?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2018 11:39:33 GMT -5
I kept writing him that the braking system on his wheel chair looked tenuous at best. But no. He just ignored my pleas. So now when the brakes fail and he goes hurtling into oncoming traffic and careens into a catering truck to his death I don't feel so bad. Serves the know-it-all good. F-You gimp.
RIP to one of mankind's greatest intellects. And he had a sense of humor, too.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2018 11:42:22 GMT -5
What good is being smart if you cant wipe your own ass? should have designed a machine to wipe his ass. That would have been smart. He married it.
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Post by bxjetfan on Mar 14, 2018 11:43:39 GMT -5
should have designed a machine to wipe his ass. That would have been smart. He married it. Awesome!
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Post by 32Green on Mar 14, 2018 11:44:30 GMT -5
Wow i went to post this thread and fell asleep with the lights on Again, no surprises here. Wild guess...drool crust on your chin and everyone in the ward staring at you? Hawking was generally recognized as fringe. There are/were many other "once in a generation" type minds in physics none of us have ever heard of. Yeah, but he sounded like a robot, so he had that going for him.....which is nice.
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Post by 32Green on Mar 14, 2018 11:47:27 GMT -5
should have designed a machine to wipe his ass. That would have been smart. He married it.
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Post by Hotman on Mar 14, 2018 12:56:36 GMT -5
Wow i went to post this thread and fell asleep with the lights on Again, no surprises here. Wild guess...drool crust on your chin and everyone in the ward staring at you? Hawking was generally recognized as fringe. There are/were many other "once in a generation" type minds in physics none of us have ever heard of. Yeah, but he sounded like a robot, so he had that going for him.....which is nice. lol was not dry yet actually dick
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