Would Stephen Hawking get ALS again? It seems the disease made him really concentrate his efforts on his studies and research more, it’s a strange thought expe

Would Stephen Hawking get ALS again? It seems the disease made him really concentrate his efforts on his studies and research more, it’s a strange thought experiment. Is it ethical to condemn another person to a life locked in ALS to get the greatness that was Stephen Hawking’s contributions to science? Surely not. I wonder what Stephen would say. Identical twin studies show that ALS seems to definitely have an environmental trigger affecting methylation of genes. My best guess is you get a Stephen Hawking twin that gets to enjoy a life of boating and walking and doesn’t contribute as much to science. Clone Beethoven and you get a talented kid that makes some SoundCloud songs and may have a small OxyContin problem. I think environment and random chance is far more important than we realize.