RIP - he was a great inspiration to so many people
Stephen Hawking has died
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#132One of my most enduring memories is putting on the audio book for "A Brief History of Time" to listen to on a long drive home with my brother.
I'd read and listened to it before, but sitting there watching my brother listen to it for the first time, I realised just how clearly and succinctly Hawking mapped out the ideas and way of thinking I use to try and find my place in the universe.
I'm quite grateful I had the opportunity to read it.
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#133RIP my biggest living scientific inspiration. May your weary soul rest in peace.
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#135Is it possible to get a "black bar" on HN to honor this god of physics, who contributed so much to the literature and inspired many people, including myself?
He opened our eyes to the mysteries of black holes; a black bar is only fitting.
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#136I have never met this man and yet I feel deep loss and gratitude. I feel personally enriched by his life.
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#137I am not sad for him, I am sad for us.
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#138His last comment on the Internet is relevant to Hacker News.. someone asked him about unemployment due to automation and the rise of technology[1]: "If machines produce everything we need, the outcome will depend on how things are distributed. Everyone can enjoy a life of luxurious leisure if the machine-produced wealth is shared, or most people can end up miserably poor if the machine-owners successfully lobby again…
We have rising inequality and also about 137,000 less people miserably poor each day. It's complicated. https://www.cato.org/blog/what-newspapers-reported-real-news...
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#139I hope that he has actually transcended to some higher dimensions, joining other great minds like Einstein and Bohr, and that they are actually playing around with even more advanced forms of physics, peering into black holes and quarks like they were toys.
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#140Few have accomplished as much while overcoming so little compared to Hawkings. Hawkings is and will always be a hero. To think when he started out black holes were just a myth. He got to witness not only their acceptance and his own vindication but actual gravitational waves as well!
His work will be built upon to make the next greatest discovery, but I don't think there will be a man this accomplished in the next few decades. We miss you already, Mr. Hawking.
>but I don't think there will be a man this accomplished in the next few decades.
Somehow reminded about that New Generation episode with Newton, Einstein and Hawking.