Read me properly, rudeboy
Have I? I thought I was doing something else. *hangs head in shame my friend didn’t look too brilliant, either. Was I demeaning her as well? *mortified more, as I knew her. Never met Hawking, though I did meet Ellis.
In case you still don’t understand, you’ll have to take my word for it. I have no intention to making fun of people such as Stephen Hawking and my dear friend for having motor neurone disease. End of. I have expressed admiration for his courage and his intellect. I do think that he was turned into a Doctor Who figure for young people at a time when science was becoming a religion substitute. Someone noted (was it a Wikipedia article on his life, I can’t remember) that he could fill an auditorium with young people, but that they seemed to regard him as some sort of messiah, his disembodied voice and appearance adding weight to the sense of a superhuman intelligence explaining the mysteries of the universe from afar. He was very aware of this and lapped it up – like the (cheesy?) film about his love life. A lot of his sayings, including his remedy for AI, struck me as naive and un-thought out. Perhaps someone here disagrees?? I’m still waiting for someone to enlighten me about his lasting scientific legacy as opposed to his undoubted intellect and courage. I’m saying this seriously and in hope.
I’ve read you properly, you are posting cheap shots on his appearance in some kind of effort to gain credibility asking posters to sum up his extremely complex work on a JC chat board. The only person putting up pictures of his appearance and ” scrunched up features/ teeth ” is you.