No one has anything positive to say?
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sillykiddo — 20 years ago(March 29, 2006 10:24 AM)
I have to admit that I don't know a whole lot of what Prof. Hawking has accomplished, so let's look at this from another perspective.
How many inspirations have come out of the Star Trek genre? Cell phones are one, video conferencing for another, and for some, an inspiration to become involved in science and space.
It is clear that many of his theories have been applied to Star Trek stories. Although fictional and unproven, Prof. Hawking left his impression on one of the most intriguing genres to date. His accomplishment, in my opinion, may have been simply to inspire imagination as well as more research into his theories by more able-bodied and younger students. -
mistedjule — 20 years ago(March 30, 2006 11:26 AM)
beep anyone who insults him
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There is nothing lower than a person who badmouths someone with a disablilty. The guy is a bloody genius and a credit to quantum physics (or whatever- I'm too thick to have read any book of his but a History of Time) and a credit to the nation (and the world).
In my opinion those who badmouth him are secretly jealous that they have but two brain cells in their tiny heads- one to think of themselves and the other to feel envy toward those better than themselves.
Mischief managed
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devilishsuki — 19 years ago(June 15, 2006 05:49 AM)
It is true that he is not the most important thing that has every happened to Science. However, he may not be a big deal compared to other great scientists in the past, but he is one of the best scientists alive and you have to give him credit for that. He also has a way of explaining things to the world in a language that the world understands and is interested in.
I also admire him because he is able to do what he has done even though he is disabled. I mean, if I was disabled, I would think that I wouldn't be able to achieve anything great. The fact that he is even able to contribute to science is just incredible, no matter how small the contribution may be.
Gavroche is so gorgeous!!!
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twigs17 — 19 years ago(November 20, 2006 02:57 PM)
There is no doubt that Steven Hawking is a genius,(however limited the field may be)and it's hopeful that the day will come when his theories will give us an understanding of how we all got here and where we're going. But when it comes to being a "genius" or at the very least a visionary one need look no further than Jules Verne or Leonardo DeVinci. Just look at how thier thoughts and ideas are now common place today.
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insectboy — 18 years ago(August 11, 2007 10:16 PM)
I am as well, and on the other hand I am not. The number of posts deleted by the administrator, especially on the thread asking if Hawking was Jewish, shows a prevalence of uncivilized discourse that is appalling. But the most disheartening thing one has to remember is that a lot of the people who sign onto IMDB are 14 year old boys who watch
The Simple Life
with the sound off. It has a large number of people who think
Fire in The Sky
is a documentary. Even with Waltons confession it was a hoax to camouflage a robbery.
It can be very discouraging. I know the feeling. I am a Biology professor and I still am besieged by individuals with no training is Scientific Method who claim they are smarter than Einstein, Stephen Jay Gould, Miller and Urey or even Dr. Sagan as they decry the Theory of Evolution and announce they posses the Truth of the Universe, that Intelligent Design, or whatever the lasted buzzword for Creationism is, is the only Truth of the Universe.
IMDB is populated with a lot of
intelligentsia
wannabes, but listen to their reasoning. Many of them still haven't graduated from High School and many of them are too busy trying to sound "cute" to reflect on what they are saying and, sad to say many of them never got past the "tease the cripple" stage of kindergarten.
I predict quite a few knee jerk gainsayers will prove me right.
Im open to the possibility its111c possible.
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lucy-causton — 13 years ago(May 20, 2012 10:59 AM)
We don't believe it's 50:50 though, more like 1:1/infinity
A god who could not tell if someone really believed in it, rather than just pretending to believe, would be a rubbish god.
I object to the idea that you 'lose nothing', your freedom is not nothing.
There are plenty of other problems with this gamble too..
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Pascal's_wager#Assumptions
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eru0527 — 11 years ago(January 11, 2015 02:40 PM)
insectboy - yeah but Fire in the sky is a really good movie even though the story it's "based" on is obvious baloney. Just wanted to get that opinion out there.
I mean the space sequence was really creative, imaginative and showed great vision since it was really dissimilar from any other space-taking-place part from any movie.
And way, way more original and believable than Walton's own "I steered the spaceship" and "I was super macho and scared off the aliens with a display of alpha-male badassery" and "oh and btw they looked exactly like stereotypical hollywood alien greys" bull5b4bird story.
The thing I believe you have wrong though is that I think they cooked up the story because they were way late finishing sawing down their assigned area of the forest on time. Not robbing someone, more like an insurance scam. Which I believe they were ultimately succesful with? Of course you might view that as a robbery, at least it's sort of stealing in a beat-around-the-bush sort of way.
Back to the film, additionally I think it had a great, real intense beginning. Second act was bit of a mess though but great acting from Robert Patrick.
Sorry for sort of hijacking the thread with off-topicery but why choose that particular movie to bag on? Seems like an illogical choice since it's not a stupid movie in any which way.
And I also thought it was funny earlier that a guy said "We have freedom of speech, and you have to stop speaking ill about people speaking ill of a person with disabilities". Paraphrased.
So people speaking ill of Stephen Hawking or another person with disabilities should be allowed to say their piece, but people in turn speaking ill of them, should "shut up"? Razor-sharp and superlogical rules. -
Nova_UB313 — 18 years ago(December 07, 2007 11:42 AM)
"The nail that sticks out gets hammered down."
Professor Hawking sticks out, and fearlessly so. So it comes as no surprise that some actually find it necessary to have a go at him. It's to be expected.
Demetria
"There's nothing tastier than food for thought."