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Stephen Hawking R.I.P.
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Professor Hawking’s insights shaped modern cosmology and inspired global audiences in the millions. Stephen Hawking, the brightest star in the firmament of science, whose insights shaped modern cosmology and inspired global audiences in the millions, has died aged 76. His family released a statement in the early hours of Wednesday morning confirming his death. Hawking’s children, Lucy, Robert and Tim said in a statement: “We are deeply saddened that our beloved father passed away today. “He was a great scientist and an extraordinary man whose work and legacy will live on for many years. “His courage and persistence with his brilliance and humour inspired people across the world. |
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Whenever a celebrity's RIP thread gets started, I don't think I've seen any "they didn't believe in God" or "so-and-so was better" type of posts. Typically, people post their RIPs, say what they liked about the person, and then go their merry way. I wonder what it is that makes people hate so much? It's like they have to bring him down a notch or make his life out to be less than it was. It's not just here, either. I've noticed a lot of this on social media.
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If we don't want criticism to come up in remembrance threads, we probably shouldn't invite sentiments that the deceased was superior to those of us remaining either. And it's not like we haven't had vocal criticism in other spheres for the newly deceased. Billy Graham, Nancy Reagan, Margaret Thatcher spring immediately to mind. |
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simple explanation:
68% of the universe is dark energy. Dark matter makes up about 27%. The rest - everything on Earth, everything ever observed with all of our instruments, all normal matter - adds up to less than 5% of the universe.
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It's not. The sun and all the stars rotate around the Earth, and scientific knowledge is useless to mankind. Now go back to your sports and beer and forget about the rest. We'll take care of it.
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To be fair, that didn't say dick about the importance of it.
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If a requirement to investigate our world was that the results of that investigation must have a directly-applicable purpose, we'd still be in the stone age.
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Without it we would DIE
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If you dont get why thats important, then you should just move on to something simpler you might understand and enjoy, like a nice set of boobs.
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We should expect less when a rough equivalent humanist dies, but really, did anyone expect anything less? I'm not sure if anyone could be named who CP wouldn't trash in their death thread. There's probably no one with any sort of notoriety that wouldn't get trashed here by a determined few. |
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