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Stephen Hawking is only dead in this universe

SeaMaiden — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 19:30:48 GMT

Interesting Commentary!

Commentary: The famous theoretical physicist could be still alive and well somewhere if his mind-bending understanding of existence turns out to be correct.

BY
ERIC MACK
MARCH 14, 2018

https://www.cnet.com/news/stephen-hawking-is-dead-and-alive-black-holes-multiverse/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0h&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_content=5b768b1704d30129dd463d72&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

Re: Stephen Hawking is only dead in this universe

Q4u — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 19:39:56 GMT

Wouldn't that be incredible? There are so many possibilities to life and the Universe/s that we humans haven't even scratched the surface of understanding....

Re: Stephen Hawking is only dead in this universe

stuyvesant — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 19:53:05 GMT

There are always going to be guys who discuss - learnedly - how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

So this is a nifty conversation that is purely theoretical.

Re: Stephen Hawking is only dead in this universe

FuzzyFace — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 20:53:14 GMT

Bah; I don't have much regard for Steven Hawking.

My DH is a scientist so we've hung out with a lot of scientists from many fields of study, and I've asked them who was a greater scientist: Hawking or Einstein?

To a man (and woman) they all said Einstein. I asked them why. They mostly said because Einstein came up with ideas that almost literally turned the world of science on its head (and, in one instance, demolished Isaac Newton's theory of gravity) and did it all in his HEAD--he didn't have so much as a calculator to help him.

Hawking had, despite his medical disability, all kinds of electronic media and assistants to do a lot of his work for him.

I was surprised; I thought they'd all say Hawking; but having heard their reasons, I'd have to agree.

Re: Stephen Hawking is only dead in this universe

Carmie — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 21:35:37 GMT

I find this fascinating. I too believe we never die, and exist after death still ourselves without a physical body and we are able to work towards being a better person or continue our passions.

Re: Stephen Hawking is only dead in this universe

Lyttlewyng — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 21:49:34 GMT

@Carmie wrote:
I find this fascinating. I too believe we never die, and exist after death still ourselves without a physical body and we are able to work towards being a better person or continue our passions.

Yes, agree, energy never dies.

Re: Stephen Hawking is only dead in this universe

suzyQ3 — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 22:37:49 GMT

suzyQ3 downer here: I have faith that when we die, we no longer exist in any fashion.

C'est la vie.

Re: Stephen Hawking is only dead in this universe

seaBreeze — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 22:28:32 GMT

Hope he has plenty of marshmallows~! He's alive all right.

Re: Stephen Hawking is only dead in this universe

Shorty2U — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 22:56:50 GMT

Interesting theory, but I don't believe it. My belief is when we die, we are gone forever.

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tends2dogs — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 23:05:21 GMT

@seaBreeze wrote:
Hope he has plenty of marshmallows~! He's alive all right.

Amen!

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blackhole99 — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 23:06:15 GMT

SH did not believe in God or a here after for anyone who died. The alternate universes are for exploration by the living and the living if they are already there.

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candys mine — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 23:15:16 GMT

Multiverse. A Stephen Hawking. Not OUR Stephen Hawking.

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hennypenny — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 00:27:42 GMT

It's a fun thought!

Thanks for the pause!

No need to compare two truly gifted souls.

Re: Stephen Hawking is only dead in this universe

Cakers3 — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 00:57:46 GMT

@hennypenny wrote:
It's a fun thought!
Thanks for the pause!
No need to compare two truly gifted souls.

@hennypenny I agree. Einstein and Hawking came from different periods of time and from different perspectives in physics.

Had the lifetimes been reversed we very well may seen Hawking coming up with the the same conclusions of Einstein and vice-versa.

We will never know and therefore Einstein and Hawking are geniuses in their own right, with their own contributions.

Re: Stephen Hawking is only dead in this universe

FuzzyFace — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 00:42:41 GMT

I can't bring myself to believe that thuman beings, being the magnificent creations we are, that after our bodies die, that's the end of it. I'm not sure exactly what kind of afterlife there is or what it's like, but there's no doubt in my mind that this earthly life is NOT all there is.

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RainCityWoman — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 00:52:16 GMT

We know for sure that our material bodies cease to exist in time after death and that the internal workings cease in death. What we don't know is what happens to our spiritual essence for etermity. I don't rule out any possibility because I know science has no way of studying that. It's more logical that much of our essence reappears in a new generation.

Re: Stephen Hawking is only dead in this universe

moon_gazer — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 01:03:35 GMT

@seaBreeze wrote:
Hope he has plenty of marshmallows~! He's alive all right.

@seaBreeze

Oh, you are so right! He is alive and most likely wishing he weren't. Marshmallows good one!

Re: Stephen Hawking is only dead in this universe

suzyQ3 — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 01:41:31 GMT

@RainCityWoman wrote:
We know for sure that our material bodies cease to exist in time after death and that the internal workings cease in death. What we don't know is what happens to our spiritual essence for etermity. I don't rule out any possibility because I know science has no way of studying that. It's more logical that much of our essence reappears in a new generation.

@RainCityWoman, it's certainly true that science can't study something called our "spiritual essence." It is my opinion, then, that any form of the word "logic" cannot logically be applied to said probability.

Of course, we all have our own way of explaining this whole crazy phenomenon that we find ourselves in.

Re: Stephen Hawking is only dead in this universe

Ms tyrion2 — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 01:51:27 GMT

Why do some here seem to have such rancor toward him?

Is it because he didn't espouse traditional Christian beliefs?

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Nancy Drew — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 02:08:02 GMT

@Ms tyrion2 wrote:
Why do some here seem to have such rancor toward him?

Is it because he didn't espouse traditional Christian beliefs?

For me yes. I am being honest and not snarky. I realize he had his own views as his right and I have mine.