“I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken-down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark.”
(This is a great obit, BTW.)
Robert Bohl beat me to this, but I felt it was important to point out given all the “Hawking in the great beyond” tributes I’ve been seeing. Thus, rather than wish him “RIP” or similar, I will simply honor the Professor by saying:
END OF LINE
Here’s my remembrance: I’m glad this world got his brilliance as long as we did.
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Agreed: “end of line” is most fitting.
< ![CDATA[Agreed: "end of line" is most fitting.]]>
He was an asshole.
And his willpower inspired many and his mind made us, as a race, greater.
I can’t begin to understand his work, but I’m grateful for his strong humanist stance.
He left a mark, he will be remembered.
< ![CDATA[He was an asshole. And his willpower inspired many and his mind made us, as a race, greater. I can't begin to understand his work, but I'm grateful for his strong humanist stance. He left a mark, he will be remembered.]]>