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Subject: Re:  Who are Mach and Hawking?
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Date: Fri, 21-Jun-85 23:17:56 EDT
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From: Rick McGeer 

	I might also point out that Hawking's theory predicts that black
holes randomly emitt mass of any form and content.  What that means, to
paraphrase Pournelle, is that everyone and everything you can imagine,
(and everything you can't) will eventually get emitted from a singularity.
In short, the eggplant that ate Philadelphia is real....and, no, I'm not
kidding.

	Hawking, incidentally, isn't all that tough to understand -- or wasn't
three years ago when he gave a radio interview.  Halfway through the interview
I understood him perfectly, and wished that his damn translator would SHUT UP.
Definitely the greatest living astrophysicist, and one of the greatest of all
time.
					Rick.