/sci/ - Science & Math

>>7928974
>hawking is just like the dawkins of physics
Holy fuck mai nigga, I've been saying this for years. I've read most of his published work, including re-releases of novels like ABHOT, and I've always felt like he was over-rated. He is to Physics what kanye west is to hiphop. Someone who can't fill the shoes of the ones who came before him, but cast as the savior because nothing better is going on at the moment. I bet you his exposure, and related book deals would be less likely had he not had the sad but morbidly interesting health problems. Capitalize on whatcha got I guess.

I really disagree with his notion that the 4th Dimension is Time. It subtly throws out the possibility of other physical dimensions of space (just as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd are unique). So essentially denying anything more "spatially-complex" than what we have already observed is possible.

I think Time is something else, but certainly related. I also found Flatland a much more interesting book for understand space, fundamentally. It isn't a serious novel though, more of a parable to explain some ideas.