Hawking is somehow surprising and not surprising. Given that he was a paraplegic and all. He always seemed fake to me, like he was a manufactured feelgood story from 80s news.
Calling it Hawking Radiation was as much of a dubious honor as putting Jackson on the $20 bill. In the end, his contributions to the conversation amounted to little more than bringing attention to what the Russians had already figured out.
Hawking is somehow surprising and not surprising. Given that he was a paraplegic and all. He always seemed fake to me, like he was a manufactured feelgood story from 80s news.
Calling it Hawking Radiation was as much of a dubious honor as putting Jackson on the $20 bill. In the end, his contributions to the conversation amounted to little more than bringing attention to what the Russians had already figured out.