Stephen Hawking's ashes buried in Westminster Abbey

NBC News ^ | 06/15/18

[rktman]

Why? I thought he didn’t believe in a “higher power”.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

#2: "Why? I thought he didn’t believe in a “higher power”."

Apparently neither do the people who run Westminster Abbey.
 

[Williams]

I’ve read his book, which oddly just seemed logical to me. Also it seems he was wrong about black holes? In the end, does he deserve being compared to the greats?

[tflabo]

On the other hand Sir Isaac Newton was no atheist.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Time will tell. His strength was in exciting some imaginations. I'm sure he influenced many career choices. But it has been shown that he was dead wrong about many of his claims. He was severely crippled and people cut him a lot of slack out of pity, at times almost like he was a side show freak.

Given the hand life dealt him, I'd say he did well for himself. Although the fact that he was unfaithful to his wife with prostitutes does not impress me in the least. Disgraceful behavior, but not unexpected from someone with his theological beliefs or lack thereof.

[DeathBeforeDishonor1]

He should have died in an asylum decades ago.

[prophetic]

Unlike many people, I do hold to the Biblical teachings that mingling among the dead makes one unclean. So burying people inside the church defies the sanctuary as well, and when I see cemeteries labeled as “Holy”, I cringe as well.

[M-cubed]

Also it seems he was wrong about black holes? In the end, does he deserve being compared to the greats? <<

Everyone gets a Trophy ...

[waterhill]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qnRvJZfh1c

Helen Wheels

[Gene Eric]

No doubt Hawking accepted the possibility of principles well beyond his perceptive abilities.

[heights]

But who is buried in Grant’s Tomb?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

I don’t know, Groucho. But what color is an orange?

[jocon307]

How did I not know this guy had died? RIP

[DanielRedfoot]

Good call..

[Hoosier-Daddy]

He was a great salesman in a wheelchair

[Hugin]

But who is buried in Grant’s Tomb?

The correct answer is nobody.

[buffyt]

We vacationed in England in May, toured Westminster, etc. Beautiful places.

[onedoug]

According to Hawking, it’s gravitation all the way down... like the Earth being supported on the backs of a bunch of turtles.

[VanDeKoik]

“He should have died in an asylum decades ago.”

Let me guess? Something, something....political disagreements?

For those of us interested in his work before he later years of being a mouthpiece (just go with that term), he was one of the tops in he field, and he’s book are absolute classics in the astronomy and physics genres.

God knows how unnecessarily bitter a person would be to think that this guy should have died in an asylum.