Stephen Hawking passed away today

[BrawlMan]

I am willing to listen. I never heard about this kid.

Here ya' go: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Wilson

This kid's awesome.

Thanks.

 

[Catnip1024]

I would not overestimate his contribution.

He was a good scientists with some important discoveries but he was not some spectacular genius. Just one of many many other good scientists.
The ways he differed from them was that he achieved what he did despite his sickness which is impressive. And that he was also a celebrity who engaged a lot with people outside the scientific community and wrote some books for the general public.

Second that, people talk about him like the second coming of Einstein. There's plenty of room for someone to be a good scientist without reaching that level. By comparison, the Beatles were a massively influential band, but not actually bigger than Jesus.

You say that, but I don't have any of Jesus' songs on my iPod...

Thing about Hawking is that he was good enough to explain top tier science at a fairly simple, digestible level, while still retaining the actually concept. You look at a lot of the scientists around, and they either struggle to do that or overly dumb things down.

I'd also point out he and Einstein worked in different times, and that therefore Einstein in the earlier period had a lot more free room to go at than Hawking. Early pioneers generally have more potential. But ultimately the comparison is rather redundant and demeaning. Both did good work in the situation they found themselves.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

Good man. Great run. Appreciated boost to the overall average IQ, which is about the closest we have to an RPG stat for us to record and compare. A positive inspiration for many, inspiration goes a long way

 

[bastardofmelbourne]

I would not overestimate his contribution.

He was a good scientists with some important discoveries but he was not some spectacular genius. Just one of many many other good scientists.
The ways he differed from them was that he achieved what he did despite his sickness which is impressive. And that he was also a celebrity who engaged a lot with people outside the scientific community and wrote some books for the general public.

I actually think you're underestimating him.

Stephen Hawking proved - mathematically - that when a particle and an antiparticle reach the event horizon of a black hole, the particle can go one way and the antiparticle can go the other way; one into the black hole, and one off into space as black body radiation. But to an observer within the event horizon, the particle and antiparticle are both inside the black hole. Not "appear to be inside"; they will for all intents and purposes still be a particle-antiparticle pair beyond the event horizon, as if they had never separated. Because, to the person within the black hole, they didn't separate.

Consider the implication of that. It would be like ramping a car with two passengers over a canyon, and having one passenger jump out just before the ramp - and have the car land on the other side with both passengers intact. While the passenger who jumped out is still on the other side.

It makes no sense! And he proved it mathematically! In his head! Because he couldn't write! Every other physicist on the planet spent the next forty years trying to prove him wrong and failing!

 

[MrCalavera_v1legacy]

Born the same day Galileo died, died the same day Einstein was born.

I would not overestimate his contribution.

He was a good scientists with some important discoveries but he was not some spectacular genius. Just one of many many other good scientists.
The ways he differed from them was that he achieved what he did despite his sickness which is impressive. And that he was also a celebrity who engaged a lot with people outside the scientific community and wrote some books for the general public.

I actually think you're underestimating him.

Stephen Hawking proved - mathematically - that when a particle and an antiparticle reach the event horizon of a black hole, the particle can go one way and the antiparticle can go the other way; one into the black hole, and one off into space as black body radiation. But to an observer within the event horizon, the particle and antiparticle are both inside the black hole. Not "appear to be inside"; they will for all intents and purposes still be a particle-antiparticle pair beyond the event horizon, as if they had never separated. Because, to the person within the black hole, they didn't separate.

Consider the implication of that. It would be like ramping a car with two passengers over a canyon, and having one passenger jump out just before the ramp - and have the car land on the other side with both passengers intact. While the passenger who jumped out is still on the other side.

It makes no sense! And he proved it mathematically! In his head! Because he couldn't write! Every other physicist on the planet spent the next forty years trying to prove him wrong and failing!

All that is true. And i wouldn't underestimate his role as a "celebrity" either. I can't think of any other figure left, that is both as known as he was, and has similar contributions to science. Kip Thorn maybe?

 

[Gergar12_v1legacy]

RIP to a great man.

 

[sophiewilson0191]

One of the great minds.
Contributes theories in many ways.
A great man indeed.
One of his last moments.

Stephen Hawking At Web Summit: Will Artificial Intelligence Help Us, Or Destroy Us?
https://www.evolving-science.com/intelligent-machines-artificial-intelligence/stephen-hawking-web-summit-will-artificial-intelligence-help-us-or-destroy-us-00472