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Stephen Hawking has died

BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-43396008

Not very surprising given his age and his condition but dang what a loss

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Dang!

  • Rorshach KringleRorshach Kringle that crustache life Registered User regular
    ah geez

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    sad day

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  • jgeisjgeis Registered User regular
    Despite his condition and age, Hawking is one of those people I had never considered could actually die. He was such a permanent fixture of popular culture and scientific discourse that it was easy to forget that he wouldn't be around forever.

  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    Someone find a Hawking hole so we can go back and save him.

    I really only knew of his because of his various appearances on TV shows, by all the same I feel this loss. It sucks.

  • Blackhawk1313Blackhawk1313 Demon Hunter for Hire Time RiftRegistered User regular
    Sad panda :(.

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  • CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    He managed to live a long life given the extremity of the disease he had.

    RIP

  • HeadCreepsHeadCreeps NOW IS THE TIME FOR DRINKING! Registered User regular
    He was such a remarkable person :(

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  • MatevMatev Cero Miedo Registered User regular
    We've lost one of the great minds of our age. He will be sorely missed.

    "Go down, kick ass, and set yourselves up as gods, that's our Prime Directive!"
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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    ‘It would not be much of a universe if it wasn’t home to the people you love.’

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Fuck

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • Desert LeviathanDesert Leviathan Registered User regular
    Above and beyond being a very important intellect, and all his work promoting and popularizing science, he seemed like a genuinely good dude.

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  • Rorshach KringleRorshach Kringle that crustache life Registered User regular
    he was the only pop scientist who wasn't an annoying asshole

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  • Bluedude152Bluedude152 Registered User regular
    Dude was told he was gonna die in a few years when he was 22

    He did a pretty dang good job of proving them wrong

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    he lived a long, incredible life, and certainly lived longer than anyone ever dared expect, and this still feels like a huge loss to all.

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular

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  • ElvenshaeElvenshae Registered User regular
    The Hanged Man wrote: »
    Above and beyond being a very important intellect, and all his work promoting and popularizing science, he seemed like a genuinely good dude.

    ... I don't think his wife would agree.

    Time to go reread A Brief History ...

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited March 2018
    I took some drafting classes from a guy who worked as an engineer at Hanford. They were doing some crazy high end physics experiments deep deep under the earth and Professor Hawking visited once. They had to design a custom clean room entry vehicle for him, and when it arrived on the track it was washed down by a couple of the scientists there, and apparently he jokingly made some dirty comments about getting it all soapy and wet.

    I like that he was one of the most incredible minds humanity ever produced and was still capable of being a light-hearted horndog once in a while.

    Rankenphile on
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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    Rankenphile wrote: »
    I took some drafting classes from a guy who worked as an engineer at Hanford. They were doing some crazy high end physics experiments deep deep under the earth and Professor Hawking visited once. They had to design a custom clean room entry vehicle for him, and when it arrived on the track it was washed down by a couple of the scientists there, and apparently he jokingly made some dirty comments about getting it all soapy and wet.

    I like that he was one of the most incredible minds humanity ever produced and was still capable of being a light-hearted horndog once in a while.

    imagining this in Hawking's synthesizer voice is incredible.

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  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    If nothing else he picked a really good day to die.


    :(

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    Stephen Hawking was not afraid to let people know he didn't like them. He ran over Prince Charles (well, his feet I think), and expressed regret at not being able to do the same to Margaret Thatcher. I love that so much.

    Also this:

  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    fightinfilipino wrote: »
    Rankenphile wrote: »
    I took some drafting classes from a guy who worked as an engineer at Hanford. They were doing some crazy high end physics experiments deep deep under the earth and Professor Hawking visited once. They had to design a custom clean room entry vehicle for him, and when it arrived on the track it was washed down by a couple of the scientists there, and apparently he jokingly made some dirty comments about getting it all soapy and wet.

    I like that he was one of the most incredible minds humanity ever produced and was still capable of being a light-hearted horndog once in a while.

    imagining this in Hawking's synthesizer voice is incredible.

    Yeah that’s my favorite part.

    Just this dirty Speak-And-Spell sounding voice coming from inside this weird high tech pod, slowly uttering “mmmmmm. Yeah. Baby. Get. It. Nice. And. Soapy. For. Me.”

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  • KetBraKetBra Dressed Ridiculously Registered User regular
    One of my profs in my undergrad was a grad student of Stephen Hawking's, and was also his roommate. He was a pretty eccentric dude (my prof, not Hawking).

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  • DoobhDoobh She/Her, Ace Pan/Bisexual 8-) What's up, bootlickers?Registered User regular
    hawking was part of my first hard introduction into astrophysics as a kid (I was, like, maybe 9 or something at the time?)

    like, I've known about him as long as I've known about theories of the duality of matter/dark matter and black holes and shit

    dude was a fundamental influence for one of my lifetime interests

    gonna have a drink in his honor when I next imbibe

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  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    Yeah, considering his age and his illness, it's not wholly unexpected, but damn, he was one of the best minds this planet had.

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  • Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    Something I always remembered.

    https://youtu.be/nEa7CfPaCRw

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  • Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    Also just saw a comment that Hawkings was born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo’s death and today, 3.14, pi day, is also Einstein’s birthday.

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  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    Sad news indeed, but what a gift to us all, that he defied his prognosis for so long and discovered such amazing truths. Remarkable man. RIP.

  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    He made the world brighter, and will be brighter still because of his work.

  • PLAPLA The process.Registered User regular
    He can die?

  • RT800RT800 Registered User regular
    Dang.

    Well... I guess it's up to me to solve the mysteries of the universe now.

    ...Damn it, think RT, think! Everyone's counting on you!

  • klemmingklemming Registered User regular
    Just got linked to his interview with John Oliver, and it's brilliant:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPV3D7f3bHY
    5:35 is particularly brutal.

    I don't know why he stuck with science instead of doing comedy full time.

    Nobody remembers the singer. The song remains.
  • TraceTrace GNU Terry Pratchett; GNU Gus; GNU Carrie Fisher; GNU Adam We Registered User regular
    It's cause science is often hilarious.
    Not only does God play dice, but... he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Man, in this day and age we need Stephen Hawking more than we ever have.

    Really sad say but also a really full life that he stole from the clutches of death.

  • chamberlainchamberlain Registered User regular
    Did you feel that?

    The whole world just got quite a bit dumber.

  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    Rest in peace, you wonderful man.

  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    https://youtu.be/Hi0BzqV_b44

    One of my absolute favorite things he did

    It highlights how goofy and ready to make fun of himself he was, while also presenting difficult concepts in relatively accessible ways

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    I didn't know about this story! This is great!

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  • miscellaneousinsanitymiscellaneousinsanity grass grows, birds fly, sun shines, and brother, i hurt peopleRegistered User regular
    wearin my mechanized messiah shirt today

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  • ElvenshaeElvenshae Registered User regular
    tynic wrote: »
    I didn't know about this story! This is great!


    So time travel doesn't exist, or time travelers are kind of snobs and / or assholes.

    Given the state of humanity, I know which one I'm going with.

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