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We’re all going to die due to massive fluctuations in temperature. Heard about it on the news, and sure enough it was freezing today. Everytime the weather gets extreme now, it’s impossible to not think about the end of the world. Even when it’s mild, it’s too mild.

Stephen Hawking, in true English fashion, is pushing for colonizing space. Somebody with insider information told me that he is absolutely awful to work with if you are a female. We’re talking worse than Clarence Thomas. I was informed that he uses his position (some pun intended, sure) to egregiously sexually harass on a constant basis.

You may not want to believe me. You may wish to believe, that like the Dalai Lama, Dr. Hawking, by virtue of his having suffered (suffering equaling being made holy in most circles), remains above any type of criticism. I don’t buy it. I don’t buy anything, in fact, without a fair amount of skepticism (read complete doubt). Sure, this leads to a lot of complaining and whining on my part, and the part[s?] of my followers, but consider for a moment what it is like embracing each of the following opinions, the second of which is mine, the first of which is naïve.

1. Gandhi was a man of great compassion who inspired millions preaching non-violence.

2. Gandhi

a. used to practice overcoming temptation by sleeping with young girls.
b. practice makes perfect.
c. once perfection is attained, there is no need for further practice, because you cannot by definition go beyond perfection.
d. those who continue to practice are therefore not perfect.
e. Gandhi equals pervert.

Now, answer me this. Which of the above is more fun to have?

Score one for logic!

You can understand now, how when I heard about Stephen Hawking being a serial sexual harasser, I immediately chose to believe it. After all, I had to take such a simple unsubstantiated claim seriously on account of my being cynical. If you don’t believe me, consider his recent suggestions that the survival of the species depends on space colonization since we’re most likely going to annihilate the earth with nukes. Of course, the not so hidden subtext of this is that familiar dystopic male fantasy in which enforced hyperactive breeding occurs within a society greatly reduced in population.

For an example, consider this exchange from Dr. Strangelove:

[Strangelove’s plan for post-nuclear war survival involves living underground with a 10:1 female-to-male ratio]
General “Buck” Turgidson: Doctor, you mentioned the ratio of ten women to each man. Now, wouldn’t that necessitate the abandonment of the so-called monogamous sexual relationship, I mean, as far as men were concerned?
Dr. Strangelove: Regrettably, yes. But it is, you know, a sacrifice required for the future of the human race. I hasten to add that since each man will be required to do prodigious… service along these lines, the women will have to be selected for their sexual characteristics which will have to be of a highly stimulating nature.
Ambassador de Sadesky: I must confess, you have an astonishingly good idea there, Doctor.

[thanks imdb.com]

Anybody who has seen the movie knows that Stephen Hawking is based on the Dr. Strangelove character.

Anyhow, you can just see Gandhi and Stephen Hawking salivating at the chance to live in outer space (or underground) with a bunch of women whose imperative it is to mate with these two hordogs until the population bounces back to a healthy six billion. Sorry guys, but you can’t pull the wool over all our eyes.