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[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Stephen Hawking once threw a time travelers party but only published the information afterwards. Nobody showed up.

I know this kinda sounds like a joke but it's a real thing he did.

[–] turdas@suppo.fi 23 points 3 days ago (1 children)

While I greatly respect(ed) Stephen Hawking, if I could time travel, going to his party would not be anywhere near the top of my list.

[–] just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Stephen Hawking is there in epstein list. Iirc there was a photo of hawking with bill clinton as well

[–] turdas@suppo.fi 3 points 2 days ago

A lot of people were there in the Epstein list, including many who didn't really have anything to do with his island. What would Hawking have done, molested girls with his single functioning cheek muscle?

"Okay, Stephen, we're here. Now here's unflinching scientific fact on why it's imperative you never tell anyone ... "

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

It’s weird to think that they would show up.

The earth is here for likely trillions and trillions of years. 2008 or whenever is like a spec in a sea of time. And probably not very interesting

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

why did he post the information afterwards if he already knew that no one had shown up?

[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Because if he didn't then they couldn't.

But what if they did show up, then afterwards he chose not to publish the information?