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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/03/hawking.god.universe.criticisms/index.html?hpt=C1>>
>>I don't really have a dog in the fight here, but I wonder (probably shouldn't aloud) how much influence/prominence Stephen Hawking would have if he weren't crippled.
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>Well, his occupation really only requires that his body keep his brain healthy and offer sufficient communications bandwidth. He doesn't need to be able to make it to the third round of the US Open.
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>You could just as well wonder, how much influence/prominence Stephen Hawking would have if he weren't white.
I think it is even more important to think about how much interest there would have been in the holes if they had been white ...
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