Hawking to Be Buried in Westminster Abbey (opens in new tab)

(thetimes.co.uk)

26 pointssimonhughes228y ago4 comments

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It seems a little ironic though, to inter Hawking in a religious center considering his Scientific world-view:

"I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.

I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."

http://time.com/5199149/stephen-hawking-death-god-atheist/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/stephen-hawking/851...

AllegedAlec8y ago

I can think of no better place than to inter Hawking than in the same place as Isaac Newton, to be honest.

celticninja8y ago

It was chosen not because of its religious significance but because it is where Isaac Newton is interred. Hawking will be remembered like Newton and Einstein.

Simulacra8y ago

A rightful honor Among giants.

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