On 8/16/2012 12:47 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>> Hawking's A Short History of Time was a bestseller. I can't think of a
>> single practical use for the knowledge in it.
> Hawking is so bigoted, hate-filled and selective that I find
> everything he has written or spoken to be suspect. But that's another
> story. Any scientific credibility he had, he squandered when he turned
> his science into a religion.
>
> Sorry, I digressed.
I was referring to a specific book, prior to his conversion - or coming out, or
whatever it is, for making a point
unrelated to his later beliefs.
I've only heard of, not read, his more recent, (anti) theological writing.
Interesting contrast to Eddington and Jeans, who were criticized for their
mixing of theology and astronomy/physics. I
tend to like their approach.
Cosmology Are Moose
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