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WI: No Stephen Hawking
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jerry kraus
2018-03-14 14:33:16 UTC
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Awfully glad poor old Steve's finally dropped off the hooks, he's been a source of endless disinformation for decades now. Hopefully physicists can start to deal with the real world again, in particular Planet Earth. So, assuming poor old Steve never was, how does that change things, exactly? Look, he was a nice guy, but, largely useless, in my view.
Dean
2018-03-14 14:52:58 UTC
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Post by jerry kraus
Awfully glad poor old Steve's finally dropped off the hooks, he's been a source of endless disinformation for decades now. Hopefully physicists can start to deal with the real world again, in particular Planet Earth. So, assuming poor old Steve never was, how does that change things, exactly? Look, he was a nice guy, but, largely useless, in my view.
Your view is largely irrelevant. Let's not speak ill of the dead.
The Horny Goat
2018-03-14 19:43:02 UTC
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On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 07:33:16 -0700 (PDT), jerry kraus
Post by jerry kraus
Awfully glad poor old Steve's finally dropped off the hooks, he's been a source of endless disinformation for decades now. Hopefully physicists can start to deal with the real world again, in particular Planet Earth. So, assuming poor old Steve never was, how does that change things, exactly? Look, he was a nice guy, but, largely useless, in my view.
Good god - dancing on the poor man's grave.

I've seen obits of people I've felt that way about - some of them were
even relatives - but in times like this you show a little grace and
withhold judgement on the recently passed.

As the one in my clan that has done most of the family eulogies one
learns what to say and how to avoid saying what you think they deserve
to have said about them (and in my family we've had some doozies!) vs
what one actually does say at these times.

Am reading Mikhail Gorbachev's 2016 memoirs right now and he said when
a fake news story concerning his passing in 2013 was published he
learned both how many friends he had and how many false friends he
had. Apparently some of them were pretty savage.
jerry kraus
2018-03-14 20:02:15 UTC
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Post by The Horny Goat
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 07:33:16 -0700 (PDT), jerry kraus
Post by jerry kraus
Awfully glad poor old Steve's finally dropped off the hooks, he's been a source of endless disinformation for decades now. Hopefully physicists can start to deal with the real world again, in particular Planet Earth. So, assuming poor old Steve never was, how does that change things, exactly? Look, he was a nice guy, but, largely useless, in my view.
Good god - dancing on the poor man's grave.
I've seen obits of people I've felt that way about - some of them were
even relatives - but in times like this you show a little grace and
withhold judgement on the recently passed.
As the one in my clan that has done most of the family eulogies one
learns what to say and how to avoid saying what you think they deserve
to have said about them (and in my family we've had some doozies!) vs
what one actually does say at these times.
Am reading Mikhail Gorbachev's 2016 memoirs right now and he said when
a fake news story concerning his passing in 2013 was published he
learned both how many friends he had and how many false friends he
had. Apparently some of them were pretty savage.
This isn't just a gift I have Horny. This is a highly cultivated skill.
SolomonW
2018-03-15 13:51:22 UTC
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Post by jerry kraus
Awfully glad poor old Steve's finally dropped off the hooks, he's been a source of endless disinformation for decades now. Hopefully physicists can start to deal with the real world again, in particular Planet Earth. So, assuming poor old Steve never was, how does that change things, exactly? Look, he was a nice guy, but, largely useless, in my view.
He was often wrong and Steve was very proud, that he could admit he was
wrong and move on.
jerry kraus
2018-03-15 13:58:30 UTC
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Post by SolomonW
Post by jerry kraus
Awfully glad poor old Steve's finally dropped off the hooks, he's been a source of endless disinformation for decades now. Hopefully physicists can start to deal with the real world again, in particular Planet Earth. So, assuming poor old Steve never was, how does that change things, exactly? Look, he was a nice guy, but, largely useless, in my view.
He was often wrong and Steve was very proud, that he could admit he was
wrong and move on.
Oh, he was a very nice guy, and a very bright guy. Really, the problem is more the media's need to grossly oversimplify the nature of scientific research and progress, by focusing on charismatic scientists as infallible oracles, rather than simply as good guessers.
e***@gmail.com
2018-03-17 12:50:06 UTC
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Post by jerry kraus
Awfully glad poor old Steve's finally dropped off the hooks, he's been a source of endless disinformation for decades now. Hopefully physicists can start to deal with the real world again, in particular Planet Earth. So, assuming poor old Steve never was, how does that change things, exactly? Look, he was a nice guy, but, largely useless, in my view.
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