What good is a knighthood in a symbolic figurehead monarchy that's no longer a world power?

whidbey: What good is a knighthood in a symbolic figurehead monarchy that's no longer a world power?

I'd rather have knighthood than that flaming Kennedy Honor. Also Ian McKellen brought his lover and introduced him to the queen when he was knighted.

H_is_for_Heretic: I'd rather have knighthood than that flaming Kennedy Honor

Well, I'd rather have poison ivy than the shingles I suppose...;)

I guess he is really in the wheelchair because he is carrying huge brass balls in his pants.

I might not agree with his ideas about how tax money should be spent (I don't oppose research, I oppose the idea that you have the right to shoot people who don't want to pay for it) , but good for him for realizing that political "honors" handed out by governments are a pointless institution .

He's one of the kinkiest guys ever, apparently.

Probably for the best. Most people could kick his ass in a swordfight.

CrotchBeard: Probably for the best. Most people could kick his ass in a swordfight.

Slow-speed jousting never caught on, either.

I hope he busted out the MC Mighty Stephen Hawking in front of the queen.

Hero tag deserved.

Stephen Hawking is British? He doesn't have an accent.

First, let us consider the knighthood as a sphere.

I added my two cents (new window). Uh, tuppence.

Was that headline a reference to The Story Of O?

Good call, Stephen. That prestige class does not go with your character sheet.

/I think he's holding out for Horizon Walker or Assassin.

This thread has max potential if we can just all agree to follow the jimboz lead.

/Stem cells are DELICIOUS!

JerseyTim: Stephen Hawking is British? He doesn't have an accent.


Hahahahaha.. Well-played.

Good for him.

Shouldn't the Hero tag have a Union Jack in the background, instead?

/just sayin'

JerseyTim: Stephen Hawking is British? He doesn't have an accent.

Cold. haha.

Did you see him singing on the Discovery channel's "I love the world" commercial? Best ever.

Churchill2004: I might not agree with his ideas about how tax money should be spent (I don't oppose research, I oppose the idea that you have the right to shoot people who don't want to pay for it) , but good for him for realizing that political "honors" handed out by governments are a pointless institution .

WTF are you talking about?

HE"S RIGHT!

I don't think Hawking has a leg to stand on here.

NNNNNNYYYEEEEAH HES MY HERONNNNNNNNHHHH

BigEd: Was that headline a reference to The Story Of O?

Ha. Nicely done.

/Took me a minute

Good for him... it's about time someone stood up for science and research for the sake of knowledge. If only some other countries' scientists could walk as straight a path. The curiosity embodied in the scientific method is what really separates us from all other creatures, and when that curiosity is given a cash value, we are all brought a step down as a species.

/yes, the puns were intentional
//go MC Steve

I didn't know he was a Brit. You'd never know from his accent.

The last time the "people in power" who decided what is best for science lead the western civilization into the Dark Ages.

H_is_for_Heretic: Ian McKellen brought his lover and introduced him to the queen when he was knighted.


/must start drinking now....bleach

Fun anecdote: one of my high school science teachers wound up rooming with Steve H at a professional conference. Apparently he spent the better part of the entire event drunk off his ass. Incredibly funny guy.

I suppose some of the benefits of being stuck in a wheelchair and talking through a computer are not stumbling drunkedly down the stairs and not slurring your speech.

Methinks there could have been a better headline.

/I don't have one tho. Maybe after more booze?

what a copy cat. i passed up a knighthood 3 years ago.

JerseyTim: Stephen Hawking is British? He doesn't have an accent.

This.

/full of win

he has a red neck?

If being knighted helps you solve scientific problems then I say go for it. Until then lets not waste out time talking to people whose claims are based on birthright.

"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest" - Denis Diderot

Samsaran
Catran: The last time it was the "people in the science community power" who decided what is best for science lead the western civilization into the Dark Ages the Atom Bomb.

Einstein Letter to FDR (new window)


But it was the people in power who decided to use it.
Just because I hand you a gun doesn't mean you should go shoot up a shopping mall.

Dolamite02
I didn't know he was a Brit. You'd never know from his accent.

Funnier the first time.

/bitter, came here to say that.
//will refrain from adding it a 3rd time

"PROFESSOR hawking does not like the idea of titles."

No irony tag?

To be fair, he did discover the "Fry-hole"!



/"Oh, great. The universe has been destroyed."

"Professor Hawking does not like titles. In fact he dislikes the whole concept of them," said a spokesman.

Uh huh.

Anyway, who knew this dude was British?

Samsaran:

I love this argument. It's as if ignoring Mother Nature would make something impossible. You remind me of my mother as well as an ostrich.

sonder
"PROFESSOR hawking does not like the idea of titles."
No irony tag?

Am I the only one who read, "PROFESSOR hawking does not like the idea of titties."?

He just can't kneel to be knighted, so he's avoiding the embarrassment.

600 physicists seems like a bit much.

Apparently, being farking briliant and having Lou Gehrig's disease gives you the God given right to tell everyone to "fark off. You and your policies are wrong," and get away with it.

Then again, why the fark not?

Hawking has managed to live one hell of a lot longer than most with his disease and make contibutions to science far and beyond most everyone else. More power to him. Frankly, I hope he is getting at least daily blow jobs, if not on the hour.

randomstranger: "Professor Hawking does not like titles. In fact he dislikes the whole concept of them," said a spokesman.

Uh huh.

Anyway, who knew this dude was British?

No shiat, he sounds Canadian.

/aboot