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I echo my comment from the other Hawking thread on the HN front page: The article being referred to seems to be a short piece where he summarizes his points an
by ssivark 13y ago
I echo my comment from the other Hawking thread on the HN front page:
The article being referred to seems to be a short piece where he summarizes his points and puts forward a (new?) idea. Maybe it's obvious to researchers in the field, but I don't see much argument or reasoning supporting his claim. It seems like he's just introducing a new idea for people to consider (brainstorming with the community).
So please don't blow this out of proportion.
- Steuard 13y agoThis seems like a good way to read it to me. Hawking does put forth some meaningful arguments in there that deserve attention (or else it wouldn't be worth listening, even if this is Hawking), but he hasn't proven any new theorems or shown an explicit counterexample to previously accepted physics. This firewall issue is just complicated, and it has stubbornly resisted consensus from the physics community despite a year or so of intense interest. I think we're in the market for crazy new ideas at this point.