Stephen Hawking: A Brief History of Mine
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Anyone else watching? I have always been fascinated by him, and can't believe he is still going strong at 71! No one with Motor neurone disease has ever lived as long as Stephen, and he just shows what is possible regardless of what disability you have.
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He does totally amaze me and I will admit I thought he was American
Put that quote on the DVD box!
Indeed! Even Stephen could sing better than half the people on that show.
He's a true British icon, I can't believe he's 71.
This sort of post is getting right on my nips.
'Better than X factor, better than chav, reality tv, etc, etc'
WTF does X factor or whatever had to do with it?
Nothing and F'all, that's what.
How about discussing the actual content, rather than compare and contrast with something that has buggerall to do with it.
Calm down, the reason people are saying it's better than the X Factor is because it ran alongside it and it's probably what the majority of British audiences are watching right now.
This afternoon I re-watched the "Hawking" film from 2004 starring Benedict Cumberbatch, to remind myself of the early period. Fred Hoyle was a nincompoop.
It's a bit unfair on Hoyle who was a respected scientist in his day even if he did have some crazy notions.In that respect he was by no means unique!
Fantastic person who might, just like you and I, have had a varied and turbulent private life, but who must still at 71 remain an icon for so many cosmologists and other scientists.
I quite liked the idea that at the same rate as Hawking's body is failing him, technology is improving to compensate. Once all his face muscles go i'm sure that they will invent a brain wave detector to allow him to continue (I think the technology already exists). Then eventually . . . Robo-Hawking!
Yes indeed, I've wondered that for many years and this programme was yet another that avoided the issue. I've no idea why.
But it was an interesting any enjoyable programme. I'm glad that his first wife agreed to take part, and that she is now in contact with him again from time to time. She had a lot to put up with and it must have been difficult for her to endure for as long as she did.
What an amazing mind he has, though... and to have survived so long, wow. Just wow.
I think when he's speaking in public a large part of what he is saying is pre-formatted. From a programme I saw a few years back, real time responses work out at no more than a word a minute, IIRC - although his 'interface' may have improved since then.