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>>6858152
>>6856618
Is anybody else alarmed by the fact that people take this shit seriously?

Like Hawking's philosophy is dead nonsense.

Scientists are of course important, but why are people so willing to accept every word that comes out of their mouth? I wouldn't take NdGT's misinformed opinions on philosophy any more than his views on international politics or the economy. He is an astrophysicist; he doesn't understand philosophy in the same way a philosopher would not understand astrophysics...and why would it be any other way?

NdGT, and to a lesser extent Hawking, are like acting like immature undergraduate STEM students when they say shit like this, which wouldn't be bad if they didn't have so much sway over peoples' opinions.