Stephen Hawking - contradictions ?

My first time reading his name was from a book, gift to me by assistant professor Veneta Hanson at MSSM earlier on. She told me it's like God in Science.

I's not much impressed as he claimed being a prophet - predicting only 100 years left for Earth, not much reasoning, not convincing to me.

I've been overwhelmed by WeChat floodgate articles about him. My curiosity kicked in now...

I didn't know he got 3 kids !

Stephen Hawking - contradictions - not like a prophet.

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During our time with Hawking, things went so well he did something that shocked us: he gave me permission to interview his wife and 3 kids – including his 9-year-old son, Timmy. During all of those interviews, Hawking sat nearby listening. At the end, when I went to say goodbye, he was teary-eyed. As was I.

I’ve also pushed back on Hawking’s love-hate relationship with God and religion. Early on, he allowed for the possibility that God exists, but more recently he seemed hellbent on seeking ways for the universe to have created itself.

In the years since those early encounters, I’ve taken Hawking to task on some of what I consider his zanier ideas. Most recently, I pushed back on his proclamation that the human species has less than a century to live and must colonize space in order to survive.

Stephen Hawking led a brilliant life of contradictions

By Michael Guillen Ph.D. | Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/03/14/stephen-hawking-led-brilliant-life-contradictions.html