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Don't know, but he rode the short bus to school.

Sadly, even the parts of his brain that think about moving have stopped working. He can only breath, swallow, and look around now. If he was paralysed from the neck down or something like Christopher Reeve it would be possible though, at least in the near future.

I wonder if you could hookup an exoskelleton to a brain-computer-interface and then maybe he could walk.. of course its in computer terms two more or less beta technologies that would have to be merged.. then the exoskelleton would probably cost $100K wich I suppose would be very well worth it if it could be made to work.

He's found his perfect look and he's sticking with it. Who can blame him?

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Why doesn't Michael J. Fox stop shaking ? That's the same idea.

Not a bad troll, evil but I aprove, 6.5/10

imagine if he was faking it, when he returned back home he'd turn on his stereo and start breakdancing

I highly doubt Mr Hawking peruses these pages to any considerable degree.
Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

I agree with lixa 464. I see it as rude and disrespectful, too. "Whoever wants to see it as merely a joke think what you may, but I think different." I feel the same way.

A crude joke is still a joke, but to the person recieving it, the crude joke is merely crude.
It's disrespectful and rude in my eyes. Whoever wants to see it as merely a joke think what you may, but I think different.

A crude joke is still a joke.
Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

It didn't really seem like they were joshing to me; it seemed like they were just being rude.

It's pretty obvious that the two "idiot" posters were just joshing. Strike that - it's GLARINGLY obvious, and the fact that some people on here cannot seem to grasp this concept is really quite disturbing.
Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

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To the people who think Professor Hawking's 'faking it-"
He has a degenerative motor neuron disease, amyotrophicb68 lateral sclerosis, and he's almost completely paralyzed. He's not faking it. I copied the text below from the wikipedia site so people here can read it and understand the truth:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, sometimes called Lou Gehrig's disease, Maladie de Charcot or motor neurone disease) is a progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disease caused by the degeneration of motor neurons. ALS is marked by gradual degeneration of the nerve cells in the central nervous system that control voluntary muscle movement. The disorder causes muscle weakness and atrophy throughout the body. In ALS, both the upper motor neurons and the lower motor neurons degenerate or die, ceasing to send messages to muscles. Unable to function, the muscles gradually weaken, waste away (atrophy), and have fasciculations because of denervation. Eventually, the brain completely loses its ability to initiate and control voluntary movement. The disease does not necessarily debilitate the patient's mental functioning in the same manner as Alzheimer's disease does or other neurological conditions do. Instead, those suffering advanced stages of the disease may retain the same memories, personality, and intelligence they had before its onset.

Because he's beep paralysed though motor neurone disease you stupid prick!
What's your excuse for being so damn retarded cmhero?
Mischief managed
I am not young enough to know everything.

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He's obviously faking it and you're all so naive to believe him !!!
Come on, open your eyes It's all about business today
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