How dumb do you have to be...

[Ruprect]

atheists bore me

God botherers bore AND annoy me.

[bogeyman]

Or maybe that should be a whining ****.

Yep, that'll be right.

[contractor79]

God botherers bore AND annoy me.

why the anger

[TimberWolf]

Hawking is far more clever, and he is sitting on the fence. So I think I'll side with Hawking on that one.

I think Hawking is overrated and can't really be compared to some of the greats. Mind you Dawkins can be a bit of a loon too, but is also good in his field.

[Charles Foster Kane]

I think Hawking is overrated and can't really be compared to some of the greats. Mind you Dawkins can be a bit of a loon too, but is also good in his field.

Based on what? Hawking is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, the same post held by Newton, you think the Uni made a mistake and overrated him? Maybe you should become their recruitment consultant having concluded from his theorems and texts that he's overrated.

Hawking is trying to create a unified theory of everything to explain our universe, while Dawkings prattles on about the burden of evidence, while managing to sound like a camp 17th century ballet dancer.

[Cliphead]

Hawking is trying to create a unified theory of everything to explain our universe, while Dawkings prattles on about the burden of evidence, while managing to sound like a camp 17th century ballet dancer.

Not that bad surely?

[TimberWolf]

Based on what? Hawking is the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge, the same post held by Newton, you think the Uni made a mistake and overrated him? Maybe you should become their recruitment consultant having concluded from his theorems and texts that he's overrated.

Hawking is trying to create a unified theory of everything to explain our universe, while Dawkings prattles on about the burden of evidence, while managing to sound like a camp 17th century ballet dancer.

Hawking is famous for his work on black holes, a popular book about time and his disability, he can't be compared to the likes of Newton or Feynman and many others.

For example take a look at this annoying bad quote of his that you quote:

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

We are not an an advanced breed of monkeys nor do we understand the universe. Average is in the eye of the beholder, perhaps he means average size. It's just claptrap.

[NickFitz]

We are not an an advanced breed of monkeys

Correct. We are an advanced species of ape.

Maybe his predictive text thingy made it easier to phrase it his way?

[Charles Foster Kane]

Hawking is famous for his work on black holes, a popular book about time and his disability, he can't be compared to the likes of Newton or Feynman and many others.

For example take a look at this annoying bad quote of his that you quote:


We are not an an advanced breed of monkeys nor do we understand the universe. Average is in the eye of the beholder, perhaps he means average size. It's just claptrap.

If I quote his quote does that make it my quote, if you quote my quote of his quote does that make it your quote. I referenced his quote, rather than quoting it.

I've read several of his books, and they were great, although ABHOT was a bit heavy for the morning, but still enjoyable nonetheless. Everything is subjective, according to you no-one can use the word 'average', sorry there is no argument there, if you are 12 I apologise, in that instance it would be quite a good response, otherwise it's a fail I'm afraid.

You have your opinion, but we will have to agree to disagree, I recommend reading black holes and baby universes, it's a collection of his essays and a lot lighter than ABHOT.

[Charles Foster Kane]

Correct. We are an advanced species of ape.

Maybe his predictive text thingy made it easier to phrase it his way?

Well, humans and primates are likely to share a common ancestor, let's leave it at that.