Quote Originally Posted by Staurm
Hawkings is over rated. Just because he defied illness and disabilty with such commendable adroitness doesn't make the man a genius. Fritjof Capra has some far more progressive and interesting ideas, I reccommend any of his books, especially The Web of Life.
You are right. His genius has nothing to do with the fact that he is battling Lou Gehrigs disease. It has to do with all the breakthrough work he has done in the fields of theoretical and astro-physics. Just because other people have some interesting ideas, doesnt mean that Hawking is discredited as a result.