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Originally Posted by BigChiefTablet
I'm not convinced that Hawking can do anything other than drool at this point. I saw a History or Discovery Channel show on the guy and he can't even type into his voice machine anymore. Anything Hawking "says" has to be pre-programmed into the voice box prior to an appearance.
He has a full-time theoretical physicist guy that hangs out with him all the time that supposedly interprets his grunts and eye movements to figure out what he's trying to say.
So I'm guessing any new theory he puts forth is largely the assistant's theory with Hawking's name attached to give it some kind of weight.
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Not sure where you would get that idea. Especially on the heals of his latest publication which was less than one month ago, that could potentially change much of what has been predicted of black hole physics.
He hasn't typed into a voice machine in well over a decade. He's been using a system that interprets a range of small facial movements. He does program entire presentations sentence by sentence. But any interpretations are done by his complex hardware/software setup custom made from Intel, and not his personal assistant translating grunts.
His new theory is absolutely his own, and to suggest otherwise is crazy. I'm really surprised you would suggest that.