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Steven Hawking just died an hour ago of pneumonia. May one of the greatest minds ever to live rest in peace.

Goodnight Sweet Prince 1942-2010

>> No.2067598

Holy fucking shit. I sad.

>> No.2067617

source

>> No.2067627

He was very smart, indeed. I didn't like it when he said that "No one can disprove God, but science makes God unnecessary." Other than that though, he was a really good guy.

>> No.2067626

Lies

>> No.2067622

I almost shat my pants, don't do that op.

>> No.2067623

rly? get out of town troll

>> No.2067621

bullshit.

>> No.2067628

bullshit, no results in google news.

I was seriously sad for a few seconds there, dont pull that shit on me OP

>> No.2067639

WHAT!!!!?!?!?!?!?

This better not be a lie, you don't fuck around with stuff like this; Hawking is an amazing and inspirational person.

Anyone have a link with any proof? If true this is unbearably sad....

>> No.2067646

Ya, like fuck
he's one of the worlds' few popular scientists. We need more like him

>> No.2067649
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>>2067627
>"No one can disprove God, but science makes God unnecessary"

Nice!

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2067651

Obvious troll is too obvious. Pneumonia is a bacterial disease i.e. it can be cured with antibiotics.

>> No.2067654

he's dead. check the article, front page google

>> No.2067655

I really hope this isn't true.

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>>2067627
>"No one can disprove God, but science makes God unnecessary"

WIN

>> No.2067658

I said I didn't like that, but you can like it you want.

>> No.2067667

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>>2067657
This is so weird. I said that I wasn't a big fan of that quote, but apparently it's a big hit with you guys; so enjoy it all you want.

>> No.2067675

It won't be publicized yet. Give it another hour. I got the information straight from a Cambridge Professor.

>> No.2067676

>>2067585
>"No one can disprove God, but science makes God unnecessary"

Now I have even more respect for him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89jt7zJzkNQ

>> No.2067692

If true, tomorrow is going to be a bad day for me.
If false, fuck you OP for even joking like that.

>> No.2067701

>>2067675

Dude, if you are lying.

Just....I mean really man; this is not something that is cool to lie about on /sci/. There are going to be a LOT of upset people here.

If Hawking has passed.....I am going to smoke a bowl and read some of his best work, in his honor.

>> No.2067704

Why the fuck would you go and tell 4chan of all places.

>> No.2067714

>>2067701

Fuck that french faggot.

Hasn't contributed to science in thirty plus years.

>> No.2067715

>>2067701

Here Here, me too if this turns our true.

>> No.2067717

jesus christ, /sci/
for a board dedicated to skepticism, you fucks sure are gullible

>> No.2067718

>>2067704
Because I don't have a blog?

>> No.2067724

I have to ask, what about that Steven Hawking quote I posted makes you guys so happy? I even said I didn't like it. Personally, I see no reason why science and religion cannot coexist in my life. (Other people may not think about it that rationally, but I do.)

>> No.2067728

>>2067714

Do you really think Hawking Radiation is his only contribution? You are so drastically misinformed it is startling.

>> No.2067742

>>2067728
Hawking Radiation was disproved.

>> No.2067753

>>2067742

You fucked? Give some source you faggot

>> No.2067760

>>2067755

ORLY?

>> No.2067755

>>2067742

Not that I'm aware of.

We haven't directly observed a black hole though so its true hawking radiation hasn't been observed.

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>>2067717
I ain't gullible. Somebody did the EXACT same thing to Bill Cosby just yesterday on /b/. I get the feeling that somebody like Bill Cosby's death would make bigger news. Now I know, ever since that Justin Bieber thing, false reports of famous peoples' death have become a meme.

>> No.2067769

>>2067755
We observed one recently and we found no evidence of hawking radiation.

>> No.2067770

>>2067742

The fuck are you talking about? It hasn't been observed, because we would have to actually visit a black hole to see; but 99% of the scientific community accepts it as probably true.

>> No.2067775

>>2067755

Did you not hear NASA's announcement yesterday? Thirty year old black hole?

>> No.2067778

It's not his only contribution. But just about.

The only reason Stephen Hawking is famous is because he wrote a popular book and because he's halfman/halfmachine.

He isn't even an important cosmologist.

>> No.2067792

>>2067769

I'm sorry, but it was quite clearly established that even though we didn't find it, we shouldn't have. Hawking Radiation would never be visible to us from here. You would have to be within the black holes local space to detect it.

They were quite clear that didn't disprove his theory.

>> No.2067787

>>2067775

We observe gamma bursts from it, but have not directly observed its existence, just indirect evidence for its existence.

>> No.2067798

>>2067787

gamma ray bursts are not the same thing as gamma rays from accretion disks are not the same thing as hawking radiation

>> No.2067817

>>2067778

How is he not an important cosmologist?

Of course he is. They don't give unimportant cosmologists big budget documentary series and multiple book deals.

Hawking may not be the most capable mathematician on the planet right now, but he is the most important in terms of getting the word out.

>> No.2067827

>>2067817

Me and my mom and my brother all get together to watch his show on discovery channel, you are right, he is important. Anyone who says otherwise is an asshat

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>> No.2067837

>>2067828
Well fuck. Sad day is sad.

>> No.2067849

>>2067817

They gave Carl Sagan a documentary, and he wasn't that important an astronomer.

They've given Hawking documentaries and book deals because his first popular big was so big, and because people think he's some kind of wizard. What with his guest appearances on Star Trek and The Simpsons.

It's not like any cares about the science the guy has done.

I mean, at least when Sagan left science he popularized science and made it accessible. If Hawking's done anything it's the opposite.

>> No.2067851

>>2067828
no date
DERP HERP

>> No.2067862

you better be lying op

>> No.2067863

There are an average of 5.96 Hawkings death spoofs per month. It's called the Hawkings death spoof index.

MFW a live spoof thread presages the real thing. That will be wild.

>> No.2067878

>>2067828

Oh god....no......

You know, people die everyday, I understand that. It always makes me feel bad when I direct so much attention to the death of a singular person.....but still. Hawking is the type of guy who when life gave him lemons, he made some damn lemonade; I greatly admire that.

R.I.P. Hawking........

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>>2067863
>mfw
>no fw
mfw

>> No.2067882

>>2067837
1942+67=2009

you fucking retard.

>> No.2067887

>he made some GOD-damn lemonade

fix'd

>> No.2067893

>>2067828
That article is old

Stephen Hawking is 68 now.....

>> No.2067894

>>2067878
When god gave him lemons, he made lemonade, and then he stapled the hand of god to a table and fucking stole all the rest of god's lemons too, then made lemon iced tea out of distilled black body radiation.

>> No.2067900

>>2067849

How about this.

I care about the work he has done. And to me, that is enough. He contributed a lot to science; and his presentational style and penchant for a bit of sci-fi theatrics to tie it all together made him unique.

He was the type of scientist who knew the numbers, understood the number, but he didn't JUST see the numbers. He saw the universe as something beyond math, as something insanely beautiful in a very humanly emotional way. That is something many scientists lack; they may be smart but they have no imagination of any kind.

>> No.2067921

>>2067900

So you've actually read his papers?

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>>2067900
you have the soul of a poet anon. I salute you.

>> No.2067951

>>2067921

I haven't read all of Hawkings work, but I have read most of it.

>> No.2067958

I'm not talking about his popular works like Brief History of Time.

But his actual research articles.

>> No.2067976

>>2067958

I know; that;s what I am talking about too.

>> No.2067972

>>2067900

>That is something many scientists lack

Do you actually know any scientists or are you just spouting off stereotypes. I know a lot of scientists think that way, they're just not as amazing as Sagan was at presenting it to a general public.

>> No.2067986

>>2067976

Except they're all math.

You haven't read any of them.

>> No.2068001

>>2067986

Of course they are all math you fucking idiot; they are research findings, they state the facts and move on, he isn't going to alter that format.

I meant in his lectures, his books, and his shows.

Have you ever listened to Hawking speak in a lecture? I think not.

>> No.2068007

>>2068001

No, but I listened to that one track he did on OK Computer with Radiohead.

Good stuff.

Public lectures and popular books =/= science

>> No.2068018

>>2068007

How are imformative science books and lectures NOT science?

This board astounds me sometimes with how stupid the people can be. I have never heard anyone say that a lecture given by a cosmologist about cosmology isn't science.

>> No.2068024

today, is a very bad day.
first hawking
now this....
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=bill+nye

>> No.2068027

GUYS

why has no one cured Steven Hawking yet?

>> No.2068031

OP's post gave me cancer. I'm not ready to accept Mr. Hawking's death. Don't do that OP! Seriously...almost gave me a heartattack. I if i didn't read the other posts on this thread there would be now way for me to sleep at peace tonight.

>> No.2068034

>>2068018

*informative

>> No.2068040

>>2068018

science = peer-reviewed research articles in scientific publications.

public lectures, popular books, discovery channel documentaries = dumbed down public outreach

You'd know that if you knew much about science.

>> No.2068057

>>2068040

I never said anything about PUBLIC lectures, now did I?

>> No.2068064

>>2068057

If it makes you feel better, I don't think you've ever met Stephen Hawking, attended his lectures, or even read his popular books.

>> No.2068071

So is this definitely fake? I know it more than likely is, but if someone could bust out some facts for one side or the other it would be nice.

>> No.2068078

>>2068064

That does make me feel better. As a sadist, I love it when people don't believe me.

>> No.2068314

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080505040008AAj7fwU

>> No.2068328

>>2068024
D:

>> No.2068337

>google stephen hawking
>sort by date, most recent
>nothing about death
fuck op with a rusty iron rod.

>> No.2068373

He isnt dead, you have him confused with another guy with a similar name. Actual guy who died:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjZqZWbmXK4