Must feel good to be so moral–and so intelligent too!
We all have our crosses to bear I suppose.
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Grey, I should have mod-noted your post too as violating the rule against political jabs. Don’t do this again.
Leo Bloom, don’t make personal remarks about other posters in this forum. No warning issued, but in the future leave it to the moderators to respond.
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It should also be noted that in academia, retirement doesn’t really mean much anyway. People like Hawking aren’t doing physics for the money-- They’re doing it because that’s what they do. So when they retire, they just keep on doing the same thing. When I left grad school, the most prolific professor in the department was a guy who had retired a decade before.
Is “credulity” the word you intended to use here?
If you instead meant “credibility,” then I think being persuaded by new evidence says a lot for the credibility of an independent scientist. Great question - thanks for asking!
If in fact you meant “credulity,” then I see no reason to believe Hawking has made his decision hastily.
:Sigh: I know the difference. :rolleyes: “Credibility” is the word I meant. I even commented on Hawking’s waffling to my doctor, who called Hawking “coocoo.”
Well, if your doctor said so, then.
My answer would be “Well, we really don’t quite know yet. Maybe you’ll be the one to figure it out someday.”
Did you mean cuckoo? What kind of doctor?
Yes, I did; just a different spelling. FYI, this is a physician in family practice; my physician for about ten years now. He’s Korean, and has a lot of Korean-speaking patients.
That sounds like a better answer anyway. 
Truer words were never spoken; otherwise he’d leave an awful hole in his life. 