Mathematician Hawking 'Very Ill'

His FINGERS? No, Hawking uses a device that is activated by cheek! Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjBIsp8mS-c to see this, and also to hear Hawking answer some cosmic questions. (He thinks we are alone in the galaxy) Reply

You know, this is the second blatant error I've discovered in two days, after reading only a handful of articles here. The other said UNleaded gas (both in the title and in the story) was responsible for putting lead into the atmosphere, which in turn may have slowed global warming a bit. Making a mistake like omitting or adding a zero to a string of numbers is acceptable, or spelling someone's name wrong; those are easy to miss, and most people probably don't notice, but come on! Steven Hawking hasn't had control of his fingers for years now, despite the fact that it shows them moving on that one episode of "The Simpsons." (FYI: The Simpsons are a cartoon; things don't ACTUALLY happen that way in real life.) Besides, the picture you have posted of Dr. Hawking's FACE shows the device he uses to control his computer, right there on his cheek. Have too many special brownies at lunch today? How about a little research, people? I mean, it's not like Wikipedia doesn't have any information on Steven Hawking. I just started reading Newser the other day, and I must say, I'm not very impressed. I'll give it one more chance, tomorrow. Reply

2 comments regarding Reader659-whatever's comment. 1. I have Newser on RSS feed, and only saw that story yesterday show up as LEADED gas - I didn't click on it to read the story, but at least on the RSS feed it was correct. Secondly, maybe since you are new, you don't quit understand how this place works. It gathers the articles posted here from all around the web - if you look around, you will see what was posted here was taken DIRECTLY from an Associated Press story. As far as I know, Newser writes/adds nothing to what is posted here, except to condense a full story down to 2 paragraphs. If you bother to go to the Associated Press's website, you would see this exact quote, FROM THEM: "For some years, Hawking has been almost entirely paralyzed, and he communicates through an electronic voice synthesizer activated by his fingers." Here is the link - http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_HAWKING?SITE=ALOPE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Reply

UPDATE Actually that link goes to one of the many places that copied the full story from AP. But if you go to Associated Press' website, http://www.ap.org/ and type in Stephen Hawking, you will get the exact same thing. Reply