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What?! I don't see this. Can we just remember a great man's passing?

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Gee, I wonder what he could be referring to. How about any single thing that Tim virtue signals about? Climate Change? DACA/Illegal Immigration? H1B Visa Program being revoked? He constantly uses his position as a soapbox to spout off his ideology. He picked this single quote out of hundreds that Hawking has made.
 
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A brilliant, inspirational and classy man. Many others could, and still can, learn a lot from him in all three respects. RIP.
 
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He made a number of breakthroughs in a few different, yet related, fields of science. Many are centered around black holes.
1. He showed that the Universe began at a singularity, which is the same as a black hole.
2. He showed that black holes can evaporate. While this doesn't seem like much, it was the first time someone had merged relativity with quantum mechanics which had never been done before (and is a step towards the holy grail of physics, which is fully merging the two theories). This really showed his intelligence to be above your average genius.
3. He showed information can escape from a black hole. Again, doesn't sound like much but I see this as the first small step towards greater things in the distant future.
4. I think he contributed to the understanding of the early inflationary Universe, but I'm not entirely sure. If he did, then again, another big leap in our understanding of cosmology.

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Yeah...2018 officially sucks now. But in the end...he defied all odds of his condition. Dr. Hawking was a huge inspiration to me and one of the many reasons I went into physics and astronomy. I definitely have to say it was absolutely one of the greatest privileges to be able to study his work.

Dr. Hawking...thank you for being an inspiration to so many people. Myself included. I will never have the full understanding of physics like you did...but it's an honor to be in the same field. Many thanks to you, sir. Rest in peace.
 
I kinda doubt Tim knew much about Stephen's writings. Just trying to sound cool.
How did you come to this conclusion, besides pulling it out of thin air?

Conversely, I kinda doubt MarkB786 really knows much about how much Tim knows (or doesn't know) about Stephen's writings. Just trying to sound cool. And failing....
 



Apple CEO Tim Cook has commemorated the life of theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who died early Wednesday at the age of 76. "We will always be inspired by his life and ideas," he said on Twitter.

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Stephen Hawking via REX/Shutterstock


Hawking was a renowned scientist, cosmologist, astronomer, and mathematician. He authored several books, including his best-selling 1988 classic A Brief History of Time, which has sold more than 10 million copies.

Hawking was diagnosed with the degenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, at the age of 21. He was given just a few years to live, but battled the illness for more than five decades.

Article Link: Apple CEO Tim Cook Commemorates the Life of Stephen Hawking
I’d love to hear Cook provide examples of how Hawkins ideas inspire him. I’m sure cosmology and mathematics play a central part in his life.
 
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"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Gee, I wonder what he could be referring to. How about any single thing that Tim virtue signals about? Climate Change? DACA/Illegal Immigration? H1B Visa Program being revoked? He constantly uses his position as a soapbox to spout off his ideology. He picked this single quote out of hundreds that Hawking has made.
Or the belief that one could actually recognize an illusion of knowledge.
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Stephen wasn’t much of an Apple adept - or even user.
Unless Cook had personal relations with him or his family, which I doubt, this very much smells like in-memoriam opportunism
You’re in a position to actually quantify this? Or it’s just your opinion?
 
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I’d love to hear Cook provide examples of how Hawkins ideas inspire him. I’m sure cosmology and mathematics play a central part in his life.

You don’t know that, he might be a fan, he might of read his books, no one knows because Tim Cook is a private person.
 
Most people on this earth won’t rise to the level of Stephen Hawking. What’s your point? Most people won’t rise to the level of TC either.
Tim Cook hasn’t got a vision except profits. While Stephen Hawking was a great visionary and a great person. That’s my point.
 
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I think it is prolly a "damned if you do and damned if you don't" situation
Some find fault on either end of the spectrum... "why did he recognize this or that?" or "why did he ignore this or that?"
Apparently he has opted to recognize things and comment rather than to not
Until fairly recently, nobody really cared if a company acknowledged current events or engaged in political activism in any capacity.
 
Perhaps, but it is my opinion. Hawking actually KNOWS what happened prior to this universe coming into being? That to me is the epitome of arrogance (or stupidity).

Yeah, all those arrogant Lucasian Professors of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge in England are so stupid.
 
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Yeah, all those arrogant Lucasian Professors of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge in England are so stupid.

Not stupid, just ignorant (different from stupid) and blinded by pride.
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I've read 'A Brief History of Time' and I'm just a boring old fart of a Mechanical Engineer. Have you? Perhaps Tim has as well. After all more than 10 million were sold.

That's just one of SH's many writings, and arguably the most simple of them all. Nothing has impressed me about Tim over the past few years, nothing at all. Hence my impression that his eyes glaze over when he attempts to read something as approachable as a Brief History of Time. Can you see Tim fully following Ive in a design meeting? I didn't think so. Me neither. Think eye glaze and power bar munching to look thoughtful.
 
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