>> ^vaporlock:

Is that dubbed or real? That's pretty funny if it's real.


Real I would presume. I see no problem with Hawking rocking various samples on his wheels.

>> ^Lawdeedaw:

I completely agree with Hawkins here and nearly everywhere. I guess that means AnimalsForCrackers will have to disagree with me (And thereby Hawkins.) After all, me (and it must mean Hawkins too,) I am an atheist apologist.
But I digress and hyperbole; what I mean is Hawkins rocks!


Why is that? Feeling persecuted or threatened because some random "asshat" on the Internet didn't take too kindly to your poorly thought out arguments?

I have no intention of bothering with your baiting comments any more, so please feel free to fuck off and stop mentioning me and mucking up someone else's Sift for your own personal reasons.

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Oh I agree. I think the decline in space exploration has cost us more as a species then anything else as Stephen Hawking said colonization and exploration space is a necessity for the long term survival of the species.

But I agree with Chilaxe, for profits need to be given a carrot to do any worthwhile investment. Though am glad how self funded space programs are faring.

^You say:

I believe that the difference between the average human being and Stephen Hawking is far larger then the difference between the average human and the chimpanzee.

But that's not true. Like he said, the average human child (and even most stupid ones) can do tasks that are just too complicated even for the smartest chimps. Also, Stephen Hawking is a genius when it comes to astrophysics, but he's not a genius at everything. I'm sure he'd agree with that. Bach was a musical genius, Shakespeare was a literary genius, Kurosawa was a film making genius, etc. But all these geniuses were pretty normal in most other aspects of their intellect. Dr. Tyson is saying, I believe, that aliens who are just 1% more genetically "advanced" (for lack of a better word), would be intellectually superior to us in just about everything. Their grasp of science would be superior, and so would their communications skills, their conceptual skills, and maybe even their art skills. Maybe they could all paint like Michaelangelo, compose like Beethoven, write like Jane Austen, and so on.

It might seem far-fetched, but just because it's hard to imagine doesn't mean it isn't possible. And "intelligent" life might be far more abundant than even the most optimistic scientists predict. So who knows? We know so very little, that it's almost laughable, really.

I can see what he's saying but I don't really buy that argument totally.

We share 90% of our DNA with all life because at the end of it all we all emerged from the same spark of life millions of years ago. We share DNA with almost all living things.

After that, let's think about it, Neil's arguement essentially levels all humans to the same level i.e. I can be as smart as Stephen Hawking. I believe that the difference between the average human being and Stephen Hawking is far larger then the difference between the average human and the chimpanzee. Out of our 6 billion people we have a small pool of highly educated and inquisitive people like Neil, Hawking and so on.

Furthermore, the more I read into the subject of INTELLIGENT alien life, the more I think it's fairly rare in our universe. There is alien life out there for sure, if life can arise near volcanic plumes then life is out there perhaps in the probable oceans of Europa.

A reading of our past and development as a species show how depended we were on some factors beyond the probable. We have had extinction events but not catastrophic enough to kill all life. We have a satellite that induces currents and what I believe contributed to life occurring. I recommend reading the Short History of Everything to further explore this topic.

You are such a dude

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For what it's worth, I'd be morally OK with Stephen Hawking robotically raping a fat, jobless X-files fanboy on the subway, whilst reciting passages from 'A Brief History in Time'; partially because of the funny imagery, but also partially because I think the fat nerd would kind of enjoy it on some level: You can't rape the willing.

For what it's worth, I'd be morally OK with Stephen Hawking robotically raping a fat, jobless X-files fanboy on the subway, whilst reciting passages from 'A Brief History in Time'; partially because of the funny imagery, but also partially because I think the fat nerd would kind of enjoy it on some level: You can't rape the willing.

>> ^criticalthud:

Yes, and we can only imagine how effective JFK would have been without back pain.
The point is, what you SEE before your eyes is telling indeed. Show me someone in chronic pain, I'll likely show you someone depressed. Show me someone rigid in structure, and I'll likely show you someone rigid in thinking. Flow in the body, movement, is essential not only to physical health, but mental as well. It isn't the ONLY thing, but it is a GENERAL determinant.


Lol, I guess someone paralyzed in movement should be paralyzed in thought then.
Stephen Hawking would disagree.

Yeah... unless I missed a news article somewhere, Stephen Hawking is alive and well...

>> ^pho3n1x:

>> ^Doc_M:
...I admire this late man...

Huh? He's still alive.


I meant Hawking.

>> ^Doc_M:

...I admire this late man...


Huh? He's still alive.

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^Choggie, that ended when technology took over the progression of our evolution on this planet. We, as human beings, are no longer part and parcel of "Natural Selection". Or else people like me would not be here still walking, talking and breathing; I would've died years ago due to complications with Diabetes had there not have been advances in medical science to treat it.

Our compassion for each other to keep us alive and well keep us from being "naturally selected" and it is a good thing too; think of all the minds that could be lost to us without medical science and its achievements. I always use Stephen Hawking as a good example of this.

Trial and error, failure and success: Everyone is right when they say no treatment can be 100% effective, but if we don't keep trying, we'll never get there one day.

>> ^choggie:
Another way to look at it would be to decide, "Fuck it. Vaccines have their benefits which far outweigh the dangers and the few who will suffer as a result of the poisons contained therein." This is surly the sentiments of the companies which manufacture them and are impervious to any real trauma, blowback, or litigation.....
What ever happened to let the planet cull the weak links from the genetic pool, eh??

^NetRunner:
By the time machines get that smart, we're going to be irrelevant -- if not extinct -- if we insist on staying in our bodies of meat. Of course, if we shed those we won't really be the same species anymore, so it's pretty much the same thing.

You say "extinct" like it's a bad thing. =)

Not every extinct species died off... many of them simply evolved. We already have people with artificial organs and limbs, which I have no problem with. If Stephen Hawking gets an artificial body eventually then I'm happy for him. I'm pretty happy with what I have, but I may feel differently when I'm 80.

Of course, I don't see my own death as something to fear, so I may be looking at things from a different perspective.