[The Comedian]

Hawking is a talentless hack

I think a more accurate insult would be to call him "weak and spineless".

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[lonevoice]

Interesting article and some well-reasoned comments...at least up to the point of this ping the discussion hasn’t yet deteriorated.