Re:Stephen Hawking has died
by Raidion on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @01:22PM
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Tyson doesn't have the academic credentials that Hawking or someone like Richard Feynman does. The power of Hawking and Feynman is that they both were at the top of their fields, but took the time to make the foundations of their science accessible to the common man. Tyson has done great things, but he's not quite there.
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Re:Stephen Hawking has died
by jonnybgood on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @05:31PM
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I don't think Tyson needs to be there. Tyson is an educator and that's how he labels himself. He's not a researcher/theorist like Hawking and Feynman.
Re:Stephen Hawking has died
by nickbauman on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @05:25PM
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I thought Tyson's COSMOS was really well done but doesn't hit its stride until the 4th episode or so. I loved it almost as much as Sagan's COSMOS. The only "problem" with it was that the original was so good, and such a first of its kind, it's virtually impossible to top. I think Tyson's version was as good as it could be.
I couldn’t watch it. Too much hype. Sagan was so much more relaxing to listen too.
What about Michio Kaku? Google always shows him along side when searching for Tyson.
Re:Stephen Hawking has died
by auntienomen on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @03:36PM
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Kaku is not in the first rank of theorists. He knows the physics, but he's primarily a popsci figure. Hasn't produced original research in decades.
Re:Stephen Hawking has died
by shrimp_emoji on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @01:53PM
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I've heard he's not very personable[0], and that's important for pop-scientists.
Re:Stephen Hawking has died
by starshadowx2 on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @01:50PM
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He's already 71, so he's still a face to the same people as Hawking was.