Stephen Hawking Extremely Ill
Posted on: April 20, 2009 - 5:17pm
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Stephen Hawking Extremely Ill
Report out of CNN is that Stephen Hawking has been hospitalized and is "very ill".
No other information has been currently posted.
See: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/20/hawking.health/index.html
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"I guess it's time to ask if you live under high voltage power transmission lines which have been shown to cause stimulation of the fantasy centers of the brain due to electromagnetic waves?" - Me
"God is omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent, - it says so right here on the label. If you have a mind capable of believing all three of these divine attributes simultaneously, I have a wonderful bargain for you. No checks please. Cash and in small bills." - Robert A Heinlein.
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... should i pray for him to get better?
... or worse?
That fucking sucks.
It does indeed suck, but it is really incredible that he has survived this long, and remained able to think clearly, and to communicate adequately, given the diagnosis when his condition first became apparent.
Favorite oxymorons: Gospel Truth, Rational Supernaturalist, Business Ethics, Christian Morality
"Theology is now little more than a branch of human ignorance. Indeed, it is ignorance with wings." - Sam Harris
The path to Truth lies via careful study of reality, not the dreams of our fallible minds - me
From the sublime to the ridiculous: Science -> Philosophy -> Theology
Worse yet, in a completely selfish sense, even if he dies he will be remembered much longer than any of us posting here.
That guy is unbelievably awesome.
Further proof, should we have needed it that there can't be a benign deity looking out for everyone otherwise he wouldn't have pranked Steve with the body he did and give him
that incredibly mind AND also make me the phenomenal physical specimen I am and yet lazy as all get out.
That's just wrong. Ergo - No god.
How can not believing in something that is backed up with no empirical evidence be less scientific than believing in something that not only has no empirical evidence but actually goes against the laws of the universe and in many cases actually contradicts itself? - Ricky Gervais
I know. Selfish me still doesn't want to see him go, though.
- Leon Trotsky, Last Will & Testament
February 27, 1940
The most annoying part will be when the theists start quote mining him like they have all the other intellectuals in history.
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
You mean they don't do that already?
Not with the regularity that they will when he's no longer around to be specific.
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
It seems that we are loseing great minds faster than we are replacing them.
Agreed. If he's still alive he'd probably refute their bullshit so they'll wait until he's gone to claim he was a secret believer.
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"I guess it's time to ask if you live under high voltage power transmission lines which have been shown to cause stimulation of the fantasy centers of the brain due to electromagnetic waves?" - Me
"God is omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent, - it says so right here on the label. If you have a mind capable of believing all three of these divine attributes simultaneously, I have a wonderful bargain for you. No checks please. Cash and in small bills." - Robert A Heinlein.