An early birthday wish to one of the most interesting figures of the 20th Century.

I still can not figure out how the hell he communicates, or rather, how a sensor that detects his cheek muscles could possibly figure out what he is trying to say.

I read his wiki page out of boredom today. Interesting.

My grandma had ALS. Thus, my respect for Stephen Hawking grows 10 fold. He's really amazing as a human.

 

Here's him rapping vs. Albert Einstein

 

I read his wiki page out of boredom today. Interesting.

 

So did I. Really interesting stuff I didn't know about him.

 

My grandma had ALS. Thus, my respect for Stephen Hawking grows 10 fold. He's really amazing as a human.

 

Here's him rapping vs. Albert Einstein

 

 

That was actually not bad.

Here's him rapping vs. Albert Einstein

 

Nice Peter was wayyy funnier before he started doing historical rap battles

So did I. Really interesting stuff I didn't know about him.

 

 

 

That was actually not bad.

That was better than most of the rap lyrics I have heard since Tupac died...

That was actually not bad.

 

Watch the Darth Vader vs. Hitler. It's better.

I still can not figure out how the hell he communicates, or rather, how a sensor that detects his cheek muscles could possibly figure out what he is trying to say.

As I understand it, it is actually predictive text, he is clicking letters until the correct ones pop up. In a TED Talk it took him 7.5 minutes to complete an answer live. Still cool, but less amazing to me.

Watch the Darth Vader vs. Hitler. It's better.

 

Meh.. the flow wasn't nearly as good. And Vader crushed him, so it wasn't as close.

The biggest mystery in the universe perplexing one of the world's best known scientists is -- women.

 

When New Scientist magazine asked "Brief History of Time" author Stephen Hawking what he thinks about most, the Cambridge University professor renowned for unraveling some of the most complex questions in modern physics answered: "Women. They are a complete mystery."

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Space and our origins have always fascinated me. I've read and re-read all of Hawking's books. Excellent stuff. Hope he sticks around a bit longer.

It would have to be so damn tedious and slow to articulate any kind of thought that it would be near maddening, especially if you could remember a time in which you could simply speak or type with your fingers.