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08 Jan 2012 22:01

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Culture: Stephen Hawking turns 70, misses his own birthday speech

Hawking, one of many famous people (Elvis, David Bowie, Kim Jong-Un) to have a birthday today, was recovering from an infection, but pre-recorded the speech ahead of time. He’s turning 70, despite doctors predicting he wouldn’t pass 25. source

18 May 2011 17:35

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Politics: Kirk Cameron feels disadvantaged against Stephen Hawking

  • “Like bullying a blind man”: That was what former sitcom actor and adamant Christian activist Kirk Cameron complained it was like to say anything negative about Stephen Hawking. “He has an unfair disadvantage, and that gives him a free pass on some of his absurd ideas.” It’s a crass and lowly insult to Hawking to suggest that he’s the benefit of an “unfair disadvantage,” which clearly refers to his ALS. Especially because it implies that he’s the beneficiary of some sort of sympathy within the scientific community, as opposed to what he is; the owner of a magnificent mind that’s he’s used to bettering humankind. Whatever you might say about Growing Pains, we reckon that contribution doesn’t measure up. source

04 Sep 2010 19:34

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Politics: Ray “Banana Dude” Comfort: Stephen Hawking is full of crap

  • It is embarrassingly unscientific to speak of anything creating itself from nothing. Common sense says that if something possessed the ability to create itself from nothing, then that something wasn’t nothing, it was something – a very intelligent creative power of some sort.
  • Ray “I like bananas and Kirk Cameron” Comfort • Making a bizarrely circular argument in favor of intelligent design in the wake of Steven Hawking’s “there is no God” thang the other day. Remember, this is the guy who hangs out with Kirk Cameron. And made a silly argument for creationism using a banana. source

02 Sep 2010 11:07

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Tech: Stephen Hawking doesn’t think universe is God’s creation

Someone had to say it, right? And that someone is riding around in a the coolest chair anyone in the world has ever owned. source

25 Apr 2010 11:06

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Offbeat: Protip from Stephen Hawking: Don’t talk to aliens, ever

  • If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn out very well for the Native Americans.
  • Prof. Stephen Hawking • Regarding the possibility of alien life hitting Earth. “To my mathematical brain, the numbers alone make thinking about aliens perfectly rational,” he further notes. “The real challenge is to work out what aliens might actually be like.” This is actually a very astute point, but one we could’ve figured out from watching “Independence Day.” *punch* Welcome to Earth! source

05 Nov 2009 09:06

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Music: Carl Sagan is so cool Jack White covers his hit records

  • Jack White is releasing a cover of “A Glorious Dawn,” a Carl Sagan-meets-autotune-meets-mashup ditty (featuring special guest Stephen Hawking), which is kind of like “Autotune the News” for famous scientists. What’s crazy is that it’s a full-featured pop song with multiple choruses. And now White’s covering it and releasing it as a 7″ vinyl record. Neat. (Note how we completely ignored the other news at the link. There’s a reason for that.) source

10 Jun 2009 18:49

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Offbeat: A supergenius on the same level as Stephen Hawking wants a nana

  • 160 the I.Q. of of 2-year-old Brit Karina Oakley source
 

20 Apr 2009 12:59

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Culture, Tech: We’re pulling for you, Stephen Hawking! :(

  • I have been lucky, that my condition has progressed more slowly than is often the case. But it shows that one need not lose hope.
  • Stephen Hawking • In a quote on his Web site. The 67-year-old scientist and writer, famous for his brilliance despite being crippled by Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is in a hospital and said to be “very ill.” Fingers crossed, man. Hope you pull through. • source