# Investor’s Business Daily idiot journalist think Stephen Hawking is American **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investor-s-business-daily-idiot-journalist-think-stephen-hawking-is-american/505993 "2009-08-10T23:05:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investor-s-business-daily-idiot-journalist-think-stephen-hawking-is-american/505993/41 "2009-08-13T15:58:26Z")
Now that we’ve established that not only could he survive under NHS, but that he did so quite well, is there any comment on how he would have done in The US? The $100,000/illness & $1 million lifetime benefit cited by **LPN** doesn’t seem to be sufficient. Madicaid, I suppose, might have kept him alive for a while, but would it have provided him with the means to deliver himself to humanity in the way he has? ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investor-s-business-daily-idiot-journalist-think-stephen-hawking-is-american/505993/42 "2009-08-13T19:05:27Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > Just out of curiosity, did you know he is at Cambridge? > > I thought it was widely know that he holds the same seat Isaac Newton once did (the [Lucasian Professor of Mathematics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucasian_Professor_of_Mathematics)) but maybe I was mistaken. Funny you should mention Newton. Last week’s IBD said if Sir Isaac was British he never would have discovered that “apple a day keeps the doctor away” thing. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investor-s-business-daily-idiot-journalist-think-stephen-hawking-is-american/505993/43 "2009-08-13T19:14:17Z")
There can only be one Lucasian at a time? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investor-s-business-daily-idiot-journalist-think-stephen-hawking-is-american/505993/44 "2009-08-13T19:24:28Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > There can only be one Lucasian at a time? Yes, and one (Sir George Stokes) held the position for more than 53 years (1849-1903). ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investor-s-business-daily-idiot-journalist-think-stephen-hawking-is-american/505993/45 "2009-08-14T09:43:58Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I thought Data had that chair. 🙂 Yes, and he’s been putting on all kinds of airs since. Streaking his hair. Thinking it makes him look distinguished. Well, I say it makes him look like a bloody skunk, it does! ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investor-s-business-daily-idiot-journalist-think-stephen-hawking-is-american/505993/46 "2009-08-14T13:26:31Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > There can only be one Lucasian at a time? Yes, and you must behead the current holder in a duel in order to take the chair yourself. Hawking is surprisingly handy with a broadsword. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investor-s-business-daily-idiot-journalist-think-stephen-hawking-is-american/505993/47 "2009-08-14T13:55:38Z")
He finally figured out how to use The Force. Ever since, they can’t stop him from flying all over the campus. He also resurrected the cat. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investor-s-business-daily-idiot-journalist-think-stephen-hawking-is-american/505993/48 "2009-08-14T15:30:48Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Because even the most famous scientist in the world still isn’t nearly as famous as Paris Hilton. Sad but true. Well, Hawkin is also blonde (real, not bottled) is skinny and has blue eyes (real, not fake), so I don’t see why he shouldn’t be in all the tabloids. Maybe Hawkin should get herpes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/investor-s-business-daily-idiot-journalist-think-stephen-hawking-is-american/505993.md?page=2)