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Physicist Stephen Hawking has decorated his office at the University of Cambridge with "Simpsons" memorabilia - and a prominent portrait of Marilyn Monroe.
As famed physicist Stephen Hawking turns 70, the subject that most occupies his thoughts is not how the universe arose from nothing, or how he's been able to live with neurodegenerative disease for so long. Here's what he thinks about most: "Women. They are a complete mystery."
That's the bottom line from New Scientist's interview with Hawking, timed to coincide with this weekend's birthday celebration at Cambridge. The theorist is almost completely paralyzed due to his decades-long struggle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease, and had to provide his answers by laboriously twitching his cheek to operate a computerized speech-translation system.
Hawking also listed what he saw as his "biggest blunder in science" (his now-repudiated insistence that information was destroyed in black holes), the most exciting development in physics during his career (the discovery of the big bang's imprint in cosmic microwave radiation) and the potential discovery that would do the most to revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos (discovery of supersymmetric particles at the Large Hadron Collider).
But it's his brief comment on women that attracted the most attention: How could it be that a scientist who has plumbed the deepest mysteries of the cosmos finds himself mystified by women?
Based on the view most folks have of geniuses, how could it not be?
The saga of the super-smart professor who is flummoxed by interpersonal relations, particularly with the opposite sex, is at least as old as Sigmund Freud (who famously wondered, "What does a woman want?"), Jerry Lewis' fictional "Nutty Professor" and the stereotype we have of Albert Einstein. It's as up to date as the TV astrophysicist on "The Big Bang Theory" who can't say a word to women unless he's under the influence.
Somehow, folks get a satisfying sense of karma from the idea that geniuses are socially stupid. But the stereotype doesn't really hold true, particularly in Hawking's case.
Like the real-life Einstein, Hawking has had an active romantic life, marked by two marriages. (Einstein's second marriage ended with the death of his wife and cousin Elsa; Hawking's ended in an ugly divorce.) Hawking's disease does not affect his sexual ability or his potency, and the fact that he's fathered three children is evidence of that.
"The disease only affects voluntary muscle," Hawking's been quoted as saying.
He's been called an "incorrigible flirt" and a "party animal who likes to dance in his wheelchair." Having seen Hawking playfully chase his grandson around a backstage room in his wheelchair after a Seattle lecture, I can readily believe the "party animal" part. And having seen the way his expressive eyes light up a room, I know he can turn on the charm despite his disability.
Through the years, Hawking has had a special thing for Marilyn Monroe. A picture of the enigmatic blonde hangs in his Cambridge office, and Hawking once told The Guardian that if he could travel back in time, he'd rather meet Monroe than the great physicist Isaac Newton, who "seems to have been an unpleasant character."
Even as he approaches the age of 70, Hawking seems to have kept his playful, pleasant, mischievous character. That may help explain his latest comment about the mystique surrounding women, as well as his own mystique.
Here's a classic example: Actress Jane Fonda was clearly won over last year when Hawking came backstage after her performance in a play about a woman musicologist in the early stages of neurodegenerative disease. "I took his hand and carefully uncurled the fingers one by one, wanting to see how they felt and looked ... soft, pale, safe," she recalled in a blog posting.
When Fonda asked Hawking what he thought of her performance, Hawking typed out a short response: "You were my heartthrob" — which got a big laugh. Fonda came away starstruck. "This man who cannot move or speak, can, nonetheless, comprehend the incomprehensible," she wrote.
Hmm ... Maybe women aren't such a complete mystery to Hawking after all.
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Where in the Cosmos?
This year we'll be experimenting with a Cosmic Log Facebook series called "Where in the Cosmos?" WITCo will offer pictures from cosmic locales and ask you to figure out where the pictures came from. But our first WITCo picture poses a slightly different challenge: In honor of Stephen Hawking's 70th birthday, the Science Museum has commissioned a series of pictures showing the physicist in his office, surrounded by knick-knacks and pictures. One of the pictures is at the top of this item. We've posted another picture to the Cosmic Log Facebook page, but we need your help to figure out what the knick-knacks are, what the pictures on Hawking's wall show, and what the equations on his blackboard refer to. Head on over to Facebook, "like" the Cosmic Log page, and help us solve the puzzle by adding your comments.
Hawking's birthday will be marked on Sunday at Cambridge University with a symposium on "The State of the Universe," featuring talks from 27 leading scientists, including Hawking himself. The public sessions on Sunday will be streamed live over the Internet. There's also a scientific symposium that got under way today. Those sessions, which continue on Friday and Saturday, are also being streamed.
Hawking retired from his post as a mathematics professor at Cambridge in 2009 and is now director of research at the university's Center for Theoretical Cosmology. He also holds a distinguished research chair at Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. For an in-depth look at his life, his work and his mystique, check out "Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind," a new biography by Kitty Ferguson.
Alan Boyle is msnbc.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter and adding the Cosmic Log page to your Google+ presence. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for new worlds.
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If Mother Nature is capable of creating an organism (humans) with such an elegant g factor, shouldn't it also apply to the Creator of Mother Nature too?
What applies to the son must also apply to the Father or else we would have chaos.
Happy birthday Dr Hawking. I wish you many more years of aspiring thoughts.
Wordsworth wrote "The child is the father of the man."
It is official,,,there is nothing more to discover with our current technology. Let the callendar expire
Do you really need to be a great physicist to figure this out ....?
Dr. Hawking is the Coolist
My dearest Dr. Hawking - I wish you the best on this, your 70th birthday. I believe that you are, by far, the most facsinating man on this planet. Know that I am intrigued, and am surprised, by your fondness of the ladies (your interest in Ms. Monroe compels me to point out the fact that I am a natural blond) - tee hee hee... Never give up, Dr. Hawking!!!
Best now and always, Baumthebelle!
what's a g factor? some kind of spot? i don't get it.
If even Stephen Hawking doesn't understand women, is there any hope for the rest of mankind understanding them?
oooooh Stephen, you sexxy hot brainy hunk of a man! Happy birthday! Its my birthday too! Lets celebrate together, you teach me about the mysteries of the universe and I'll teach you the mysteries of women!! Hahaha! Happy day to you.Thanks for all you've shared with us- a generous mind you have indeed!!
Jack Nicholson defines women best in "As Good as it Gets"
"Think of a man. Then take away reason and accountability"
Now, how hard was that?
It doesn' take a rocket scientist to know that women are mystifying.
It's called "emotional intelligence", and when one has it, one realizes that women aren't interplanetary creatures of a different species.
Well said!
ya but women are the only ones with this "emotional intelligence" and they wont share.
Women aren't a mystery we are all just different from one another. We are individuals as are men and it just takes time to understand each person. What's so hard about that??
I don't see what's so hard to 'understand' about women...they're just people, like men. I've never gotten the jokes and musings that say women are (x) but men are (y). Although, I was raised solely by a woman, and I've been in a monogamous relationship with one for going on ten years, so maybe I have some advantage. I think it's just thinly vailed sexism, inherent in all human cultures.
Also, from what I've seen in an astrophysics documentary, Hawking likes the magazine Hustler. Hmmm, MAYBE that's the reason he doesn't get women.
Patrick, I'll share this with you. Once you THINK you know, we change the rules.
I find Dr. Hawking to be one of the most fascinating men on earth. While I disagree with some of his ideas on God and the creation of the universe, I believe he is a man who would be incredible to get to know. I wish I had the qualifications for the position he has open right now. Just to pick that mans brain would be an incredible experience.
Happy Birthday Dr. Hawking
I would love to have a conversation with Dr. Hawking about women.
I believe women are a complete mystery because they have evolved ahead of men. If we are indeed eternal beings, and if we are able, as I believe, to continue life incarnate at will, then the female of not just the human species could in theory have evolved tens of thousands if not millions of years beyond what their male counterpart has. And the evolutionary spread continues. In essence, they've gone on ahead to set up special abilities, such as the ability to carry and sustain their living offspring within their womb.
Does anyone know the named of the winged-statue? I have a friend who is walking is impaired. I think it would be inspiring.
Most of us fortunate people already know the immense feeling of emotional support from having a mother or grandmother. Equally immense is the gaping void left when they're not around any longer.
I've always felt that women have the power to either build or destroy much much better than men do. Plainly speaking, they're simply superior to men. Their ability to connect their emotions with their minds and manifest it into everyday life, is mystifying to me as well. We men are so black and white about everything.
As the late James Brown said, "this is a man's world but, it would be nothing without a woman or a girl" which to means they are everything! ...love you mom, sis and sweet heart mimi.
Happy B-day Mr. Hawking!
Is this article a joke? Or have we reverted to the 1960s when women were happy to make themselves easy to understand by playing dumb? Marilyn Monroe. Are you joking?
"Somehow, folks get a satisfying sense of karma from the idea that geniuses are socially stupid. But the stereotype doesn't really hold true, particularly in Hawking's case."
That statement alone implies that only males can be geniuses.
Einstein was the poster boy for misogyny. He wrote both his wives (Elsa & Mileva) the same letter: You will not sit with me at dinner, speak to me unless spoken to, go out with me, have sexual relations with me. You are my servant and nothing more.
Freud, the sexpert, stopped having sex with his wife Martha after the birth of their daughter, Anna, in 1895. Freud committed suicide in 1939 which is 44 years that Martha lived without sex. Understand that.
It's the greek goddess Nike, goddess of victory. The statue used to stand at the parthenon, now it's in the british museum (I guess, they stole most of Greeces' treasures.)
And, yes, the shoe company is named after her.
so so true americanboxer....
Ummm, Matt? That statue looks to me to have a penis & testicles, & is very flat-chested besides.
I concur!
ThePowerVCT also needs to be taught the mysteries of women by a 70 year old...lol
HE'S MY HERO!
Happy Birthday Dr. Hawking! May you have many more.
uh huh.
Holy Cow! He's 70! I suddenly feel old. I spent alot of time sudying his work in college.
Of course he doesn't understand women. 1. He's a science nerd. 2. Women can't be explained mathematically.
Yes we can, but we are non-linear.
Still horney after all these years. I like the man and I'm sure in awe of the Dr. A good birthday to you Sir!
I don't know about the other ladies, but I prefer a brainy man myself, someone with an cunning wit and an agile mind. I love intellectual sparring, it keeps things interesting.
Devil's Son - " He's a science nerd."
You say that like its a bad thing. The very thing you are communicating on was created by science nerds. Show some respect. Brilliant minds should lifted up not written off disrespectfully just because they don't share your lust for the mundane.
Devil's Son - "Women can't be explained mathematically."
Nothing qualitative CAN be explained mathematically. There are no equations for men, women, love, happiness, friendship. So the fact that he is a physicist makes you think he is limited to mathematics as his only tool for understanding the world. Someone needs to broaden their horizons mon frere.
But some women can be explained by the fact that they are a walking time machine. S.H. doesn't believe in God because of sex. Bottom line. No pun intended...
Yes Orvy. Looks only get a man so far. Looks may get a look, but if that's all he has to offer, then he will never hold my attention for long. I like a strong intelligent man who can hold a conversation on many topics, and keep me enthralled. Intelligence, confidence, Integrity. Those qualities are much sexier and enticing than anything the latest hollywood hunk has to say.
treestar, Don't you mean a walking time bomb.
Dr. Hawking is most definitely in the 1%. In fact, most likely in the 0.0001%. Happy birthday!
I'm a press operator who works in a factory. I've been divorced almost 8 years and haven't had a serious girlfriend in over 6 months. I used to feel like an idiot until I read this! Thanks, Stephen Hawking.
Take what they tell you in school, you were made of Goo. The perfection of God's seasons, he makes the leaves fall from the trees so branches wont break in winter. The rises each day, His earth grows food for us all. The beauty of a sunset and flowers. And you believe these nuts that tell you it all came from nothing?????
What's ever n uttier, norbert, is the loonies that think people were made from dirt by a pork and foreskin-fearing brush fire.
It doesn't matter how much evidence of an intelligent Creator you give, man will do everything they can to avoid submitting to a God who is holy and reveals the darkest reaches of man's sinful heart.
Hey Norby and Joel, I heard god really enjoys getting Cleveland Steamers.
Yeah I read it in a super old book, so it's gotta be true.
And He said, "It is goo-wid."
Keith - explain the protein called Laminin. Look up what it's function is, it's chemical model, and it's electron microscopic image. Then compare those images with the knowledge of what its to everything Scientific and Religious and tell everyone what you find. I have a funny feeling that a similar thing goes on with every atom and we just cannot see that yet.
Well one of the functions is causing breast cancer...pretty holy...
something for m nothing ... chicks are free....
Bull.
Free? I don't think so. And I would not call them chicks if I were you James.....
Yeah, james might end up paying a huge penalty in life for that one.
Apparently Blackbox, Hendricks, and Akron spend too much time online and not enough time listening to the radio. And in the case of Dr. Hawking it should be "Something 'from' nothing . . . and the chicks for free."
We all pay one way or another. Life or limb.
i still like the guy ... i even got him as a screen saver .. the only thing iam trying to get by is (something from nothing ),....its like a blank book ...even nothing is something
we all pay one way or another ....true ...but we end up marrying them too ....its like a refund :)~~
Something from nothing?
Check this out for the "Stringers" simple answer;
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2011/07/how-the-universe-appeared-from-nothing.html
However, the real answer is that we don't know because we don't have the physics to go deeper into the mystery of existence.
The physicist and in particular the "Stringers" stopped at this point because the math is incomplete or, God forbid, is just wrong. But if it is incomplete or wrong then how can we correct it, was is the right way, how can we undo hundreds of years of misinterpretation, how can we trust ourselves to get it right anyway...?
It is out of the question for "Stringers" to accept a failed analysis because that would be the end of their theories, so they are forced to live with the lie.
Particle physics is the only way to seek the truth because it has checks and balances inherent in the process. If you can't see it or measure it, it doesn't exist.
I am disappointed that Dr Hawking decided to take the "Stringers" path but I respect his conviction and hope that this years discoveries at LHC will bring him and others back into the fold.
I want my MTV......I don't know about you, James, but I think the old-school music videos were a lot better than the stuff they show today.
im with thaT my mtv and my coco puffs
Probably he doesn't understand women because there's not a science to it. It's purely an art, and it changes all the time. Cool to think that we women have totally stumped this brilliant man.
I'm laughing with you Mom of Jed. I've been married 19 years and every once in the while he still gets that deer in the headlight look.... and not because he doesn't know me, just that he's a man.
Sad thing is...they enjoy it.
C'mon, girls, give us a break.
Humans change all the time. It all comes down to paying attention to detail. I'm sure Mr. Hawkins knows how there's constant change in all of us. But, personally, I don't see the big deal about how women are so different from men.
Give us a break, an art? If so a very black art!
Every morning I awaken and ask myself,"What rules will my wife change today"? Happy B-day Mr. Hawkins
iseenow as Mr Hawking, are great! Perhaps the rules of the Universe are that: they change everyday or everymoment. Thank you for be with us in this moment Mr. Hawking, Happy birthday. You make us believe in future.
You seem to take great delight in stumping your beloved. Then I bet you complain because there's not enough intimacy and communication. Dr. H here is the answer. Women are evil.
Evil isn't the word for what they are. Yeah, but most don't understand football.
If men did to women what they do to us we would be considered mean.
John Bobbitt was stumped by his wife too.
Sad this Guy has no Clue. Believing in Theory as if it were true. No answers in any of this only Hypothesis.
"A Fool says in his Heart There is no God"
The Bible told us the earth was a sphere when Science told us it was flat.
The Bible Told us, Blood was the key to life when Science told Us, Blood letting would Heal.
The Bible Tells us exactly how the World began, when Science guesses " A big explosion, Out of know where, Billions of years ago"
The Bible tells us How man was made, Sciences Guesses with no proof we came from a puddle of goo.
Hawkings and Men like Him are the biggest Frauds in History teaching a religoius world religion. He has ZERO Proof. It takes more faith to believe the Historical lies of Science than the perfect track records of Gods Word.
Norbert,
Where in your bible does it tell how to understand women?
Never mind, I did some research. There is the Levite and his concubine, Judges 19. She was raped, tortured and murdered.
Then there is Judges 11 verses 30-40 in which Jephthah honors his promise to 'God' by sacrificing his beloved daughter.
Or Isaiah 13 verse 16, which commands ravish their wives, dash their children to pieces.
Deuteronomy 22, verses 13-21: If a woman is not a virgin then stone her to death!
I am almost as old as Dr. Hawking, (no "s" after the "g"), and I do have some experience with women. ;-) Trust me, the bible is pretty much equally worthless as a guide tor understanding women and the universe. Science = Knowledge Religion however is a meme, a type of organic computer (brain) virus that infects human minds.
Well, Norbert. Now we all know what the bible told you. Have you ever had a thought of your own?
Amen Norbert!.....Dale3242..its easy to pick and choose verses to meet the need of your argument.....but if you truly want to understand those verses, then read the whole Bible with an open heart...and understanding women is less important than respecting them...and men for that matter...not to mention the freedom to agree or disagree with out name calling or tearing them apart...just a though....blessings
We now look through a glass dimly, then face to face. The Bible says that we know in part, we prophesies in part, but when that which is perfect has come ...
Many people think they understand more then anyone else, will, "pride comes before the fall".
We can ask God all the questions we've every wondered about, when we see Him face to face.
Oh, dear Dale3242 - thou shalt not argue with a religious zealot. Although science clearly has proven that our world, indeed our universe, was created much longer than a couple of thousand years ago - people like our dear Norbert (what was his mother thinking??) can't be reasoned with. Clearly, this man believes that we were born of two in a garden, innocent until that bitch plucked the apple. Really? Grow up. Trust me: I believe in a man named Jesus. I believe that he lived and was crucified. I do not, however, believe that he was born of a virgin. Silliness abounds in religion. Laws designed to keep the weak minded in check. Not me, sir. I take reasonableness over this @!$%# any day!! Bless you and those you love!!
You really don't understand what the word 'theory' means in science, do you? Please locate a dictionary.
In the meantime, please offer us a testable alternative that doesn't require faith in one of many different religions, any or all of which could be wrong, and no way to test one belief over the other. (And that's quite apart from whether something we could call 'God' exists...they could all be wrong about the nature of God, even if there is one)
"He has ZERO Proof."
So, the repeatable results of telescopes and particle accelerators, trump very old books, where going to the source is impossible. Yeah. Right.
No, TRULY, TRULY it is obviously you that have no clue!!!!!!!!
But Dale, those stories are Sunday School classics!
"The Bible told us the earth was a sphere when Science told us it was flat."
Really, Norbert? Is that why the Catholic church tried Galileo for heresy when he defended his belief that the earth rotated around the sun rather than the sun rotating around the earth, as the church wanted it's subjects to believe?
"Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hastening to its place it rises there again." Ecclesiastes 1:5
"Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved." 1 Chronicles 16:30
"He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved." Psalms 104:5
Does that sound to you like the bible is saying the world is round, Norbert?
" It takes more faith to believe the Historical lies of Science than the perfect track records of Gods Word."
Stupefying.
@Norbert Bennisson you throw god in this ? what you think your smarter then Steven mutha truckin hawkins ? this is a public forum if you post utter nonsense you will have a response lets turn a cute article into a debate if god is real or not - if you believe good for you but who are you trying to convince yourself ? should I take your word on it ? I mean with all your great work in the scientific community if you can neither prove or disprove evolution then you can not prove nor disprove what ever you believe the great salamander ?
Tripgirl65 - FYI
From Catholic.com For the full text go to
Anti-Catholics often cite the Galileo case as an example of the Church refusing to abandon outdated or incorrect teaching, and clinging to a "tradition." They fail to realize that the judges who presided over Galileo’s case were not the only people who held to a geocentric view of the universe. It was the received view among scientists at the time.
Centuries earlier, Aristotle had refuted heliocentricity, and by Galileo’s time, nearly every major thinker subscribed to a geocentric view. Copernicus refrained from publishing his heliocentric theory for some time, not out of fear of censure from the Church, but out of fear of ridicule from his colleagues.
Many people wrongly believe Galileo proved heliocentricity. He could not answer the strongest argument against it, which had been made nearly two thousand years earlier by Aristotle: If heliocentrism were true, then there would be observable parallax shifts in the stars’ positions as the earth moved in its orbit around the sun. However, given the technology of Galileo’s time, no such shifts in their positions could be observed. It would require more sensitive measuring equipment than was available in Galileo’s day to document the existence of these shifts, given the stars’ great distance. Until then, the available evidence suggested that the stars were fixed in their positions relative to the earth, and, thus, that the earth and the stars were not moving in space—only the sun, moon, and planets were.
Thus Galileo did not prove the theory by the Aristotelian standards of science in his day.
Galileo could have safely proposed heliocentricity as a theory or a method to more simply account for the planets’ motions. His problem arose when he stopped proposing it as a scientific theory and began proclaiming it as truth, though there was no conclusive proof of it at the time. Even so, Galileo would not have been in so much trouble if he had chosen to stay within the realm of science and out of the realm of theology. But, despite his friends’ warnings, he insisted on moving the debate onto theological grounds.
Dale the Bible actually alludes to it in Proverbs 30:18 & 19. "Three things to wonderful for me . . . four things I do not understand . . . the way of a man and a virgin "
Some things are for us to figure out because there are no solid rules to follow.
Booya, in your defense of the catholic church you make the very real point that, not only did the church believe that the Earth was the center of the universe but, the bible does not say the Earth is round or that it goes around the sun.
Also, a lot of people of that day were tortured or murdered as heretics so to make the claim that the ONLY reason that scientists of the day were keeping their mouths shut was for fear of being banned from the local laboratory or pub is ridiculous.
Ironically, the catholic church just recently dis-continued it's aversion to scientific fact:
Looks like the pope and the catholic church, albeit painfully and much as a spoiled child who can no longer escape the truth, have admitted they were wrong for stubbornly holding their position for all of the centuries. Why don't you drop it now too?
Norbert, I am a Christian myself who believes the biblical account of creation and believes that the Bible is the inspired word of God.
What I cannot understand is why so many professing "Christians" are so arrogant in the way they regard someone who is "Outside the Faith?" Do you believe that you are more "Special" or more "Righteous" in some way than Stephen Hawking? Just what exactly did you do or accomplish that caused the creator of the universe to say "Wow! What a great guy! I wanna hang out with YOU!"?
Fact of the matter is, you did absolutely NOTHING. The Bible I believe (and I am certain you do as well) declares that we (you and I) are totally depraved, dead in trespasses and sin, and deserving of God's eternal wrath (eternal separation in a literal, eternal HELL). For some reason (unbeknown to us), God intervened on our behalf, raised you to life, granted you faith and repentance to believe, and imparted to you the Spirit of Adoption wherewith you are able to call yourself a "Child of God!"
Stephen Hawking is an extremely intelligent human being with incredible analytical skills. Perhaps his abstract reasoning skills may leave something to be desired but we all have our strengths and weaknesses. I do find his ability and willingness to admit and discuss these shortcomings to be a trait that is quite admirable! This is something that professing "Christians" often have trouble with!
I therefore wish Stephen Hawking a happy birthday and will pray that faith one day finds him!
And yes, the vast majority of his colleagues would immediately disown him if he were to embrace the Christian faith!
Finally - one who gets it! Thank you; if there are to be more Christians, please let them be like you!!!
Norbert you are joking right? Can you please point out the perfect track record of Gods word you are referring to? The only place you will find proof is in the Bible. Science provides proof which is continually changed as new knowledge becomes available and as we learn more. Religion does not until it is forced to by scientific fact and by reality. Science involved facts, religion involves faith, try to keep them separate because they dont go well together.
Historical lies, right I think its more like you really dont understand what science really is, and what a theory is and covers and why scientific discoverys and observations and explanations can and will change, its called knowledge the more we find out the more we understand. Its like a puzzle you can have most of the pieces and thnk you know what the picture is but sometimes it takes all the pieces to see the real picture. that isnt lies, that is discovery, evolution of knowledge.
My father told me , at age 16 ; " You don't know anything , about womwn , and , when you think you do ;YOU'LL BE ALL WRRONG ."KGK
Women will always be a mystery. How do I know this..I am one of the wonderful creatures. Complex..we are, but nothing science can figure out..just to let us be....women. Happy Birthday Dr. Hawking. Thumbs up!!!
Happy birthday Stephen!! You are an amazing person and I have always enjoyed reading your theories!!
The best part about women is not knowing... That would take all the fun out of it.
What fun?....lol.
happy birthday dr. hawkings! hes absolutly right. even the biggest playboys in the world havnt managed to understand women, but what can we do!...................
Here is the answer, "Girls love to have fun, and love to dance". What more is there to figure out. It says it all.
What if I look like a lost sloth that has also been set on fire when I dance?
That's quite a mental picture.
You don't have time to be a master at everything. Glad he decided to dedicate his brains to physics instead of women so the rest of us can build upon his knowledge. :)
I'll never figure woman out either. They stay with men who have no money and beat them, yet they use the nice guys for money. They'll spend hours in the bathroom fixing their hair and doing their makeup, and yet they'll judge me when I get a hair transplant or dental veneers. If you ask them "what's wrong" they'll say "nothing" and then they'll continue to act weird the rest of the night knowing full damn well somethings wrong. If you work overtime, they'll complain about never being able to see you. If you don't work overtime, they'll bitch about not having enough money!
And don't forget...it's ALWAYS your fault!
Anyway, Happy birthday Stephen!!
Darling, WTF - you generalize women as if we were a breed of cattle. We're not. Seems you've chosen poorly, but by your comment, it is clear that you've chosen the same "type" of women. There are exceptional women out there - you simply need to choose outside the box you have become accustomed to... (no pun intended...)! Beyond that: Happy Birthday, Dr. Hawking... isn't that why we are here... Dude - I love this guy!!
WTF, I'm one of Dr. Hawking's mysteries, and I agree that your descriptions fit too many women today. The type women you describe must be hard to live with. Women don't understand women, however, we do understand men a little better, except the fact that many keep making poor choices when it comes to life-long mates. Happy Birthday Dr. Hawkins and I'm honored that you spend time thinking about us.
@ Baumthebelle, basically, you're saying that every woman is unique, right? If so, I agree. There are good and bad women out there. Just like us guys, there're an equal number of Pauly Ds and Rob Kardashians along with Sir Christopher Lees and Dr. Hawkings that exist in the world. As for Darling, I propose a solution for that "class" of women: Brush'em off like the snow on your windshield.
Oh yeah; Happy Birthday, Dr. Hawking!! P.S. Loved your appearance on "The Simpsons". A genius of physics and comedy. :D