I’m sorry - but Hawkins is a great narrative - not a great physicist.
He is no Feynamn. Most of his work wasted research funds. There were better physicists that were passed by to promote this false narrative.
>>not a great physicist<<
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That is correct. The whole cosmology he has promoted-—Big Bang, black holes etc.-—is garbage.
The assumption is the same as global warming: That if a bunch of academics share the same “Hunch” then the rest of us should just believe it.