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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStephen Hawking said popularity of 'demagogue' Trump was beyond even his understanding
From The Independent this morning:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/stephen-hawking-trump-popularity-brexit-understand-theoretical-physics-republican-party-a8255086.html
Stephen Hawking once said the popularity of demagogue Donald Trump was beyond even his understanding.
The world-famous theoretical physicist had made no secret of his disdain for the then-Republican Party presidential nominee-in-waiting, having joked previously about his intelligence.
Asked if his knowledge of the universe meant he could explain the popular appeal of billionaire Mr Trump, he told ITVs Good Morning Britain: I cant... He is a demagogue, who seems to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
The tycoons strategy eventually paid off, however. A year-and-a-half later, following Mr Trumps election, Professor Hawking told Wired he was also worried about the Republicans stance on climate change, but feared it would not change if he continued to appease his electorate.
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The world-famous theoretical physicist had made no secret of his disdain for the then-Republican Party presidential nominee-in-waiting, having joked previously about his intelligence.
Asked if his knowledge of the universe meant he could explain the popular appeal of billionaire Mr Trump, he told ITVs Good Morning Britain: I cant... He is a demagogue, who seems to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
The tycoons strategy eventually paid off, however. A year-and-a-half later, following Mr Trumps election, Professor Hawking told Wired he was also worried about the Republicans stance on climate change, but feared it would not change if he continued to appease his electorate.
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Stephen Hawking said popularity of 'demagogue' Trump was beyond even his understanding (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Mar 2018
OP
"I can calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of the people"
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2018
#2
Doodley
(9,093 posts)1. Hawking had a better chance of figuring out the secrets of the universe than
the mind of a Trump voter.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)2. "I can calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of the people"
Attributed to Hawking's predecessor as Cambridge Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, Isaac Newton, after he lost about $3 million in today's money in the South Sea Bubble in 1720: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/market-crash-cost-newton-fortune-180961655/
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)3. +1