Stephen Hawking in hunt for Africa's hidden talent

Professor Stephen Hawking, who has devoted his career to finding the origins of the universe, is to begin a new search for Africa's answer to Einstein.

[henry wallace]

The first shall be last and the last shall be first...no revelation there.

[judy]

do not understand Your post henry wallace

[IonStine]

God Luck Stephen.....you'll need it!

[billy pilgrim]

I assume Henry Wallace is Ben and Rasheed's brother. Otherwise the quote makes no sense.

[czarzan]

Prof. Hawkins finally succumbed to political correctness and went on this tilting at windmills crusade to find an african Einstien. If there were any people of this calibre of intelect in deepest darkest africa, don't you think that they would have emerged by now ?
As for Dr. Watsons own genes showing a small percentage of black african, it does not mean a thing. You can drink still arsenic if it is diluted enough. These people should accept the life that has dealt them. They were left behind by evolution when they opted to stay behind when humanity left the great rift valley eons ago to populate the rest of the world

[frank55]

Professor Hawkins pick up your Bible and you'll find the answer to who created the universe. It will save you a lot of time.

[too droll to troll]

Jilted by his last lover, Hawkins searches for Ella Gnu. Lotsa luck!

[Ajepa]

I wish them the best! But I think they are more likely to discover the next Hitler.

[Dick in Indy]

Finding intellegent life in Africa professor Hawking; you will have more luck trying to find a polar bear (more intelligent too) Lots of luck. Mabey you could try and find a tiger in the South pole..

[Crazy Uncle]

Dick in Indy wrote:

Finding intellegent life in Africa professor Hawking; you will have more luck trying to find a polar bear (more intelligent too) Lots of luck. Mabey you could try and find a tiger in the South pole..

At least you got the name right.

[shinningelectr0n]

These posts are depressing. There but for the grace of God go I. Those of you not born into disease, poverty and tyranny can afford to shoot off your mouths about Africa. Talk is cheap. That's why you do it.

While a few brave others put their money where their mouths are.

[Zhu Xi]

Extraordinary efforts, humanitarian, economic and otherwise to help Africa have generally failed. And now China is giving it the proverbial try.

I've read Professor Hawking's books and like most people of his calibre his brilliance is astounding. But, I don't understand his motive to find another "Dr. Einstein" because the essence of Einstein's genius was a unique miracle. There is no other Einstein and likely to never be another. Certainly Africans will produce brilliant scientists and mathematicians, but, there are no Einsteins alive anywhere today.

[shinningelectr0n]

Zhu Xi wrote:

Extraordinary efforts, humanitarian, economic and otherwise to help Africa have generally failed. And now China is giving it the proverbial try.
I've read Professor Hawking's books and like most people of his calibre his brilliance is astounding. But, I don't understand his motive to find another "Dr. Einstein" because the essence of Einstein's genius was a unique miracle. There is no other Einstein and likely to never be another. Certainly Africans will produce brilliant scientists and mathematicians, but, there are no Einsteins alive anywhere today.

Einstein can re-appear anywhere, anytime.

[African4]

I disagree. There are a lot of scientist that are doing cutting edge, new groundbreaking work. Like the scientists that proposed the string theory, proving some of Einstein's theories incorrect.

Te thing is that there hasn't been another scientist with Einstein's charackter. Einsteinfits made the mould for the scientist and very often these scientists are boring, dull people.

Einstein was an interesting man and people loved hearing about him.

[African4]

Actually Einstein made the mould for the scientist.

[Bama Yankee]

Even rarer in Africa than another Einstein, is an African politician that has any regard whatsoever for the plight of the people that in habit the countries and continent.

[African4]

Speaking of which, do you guys understand Einstein's theory of general and special relativity.

[allthumbs]

There is no shortage of intellect in Africa. There is a shortage of the social structure and political will necessary to bring it to fruition in the area of mathematics and applied science.

[BRAZIN]

I used to have respect for him as a physicist, However sadly now, He embarks on a journey to spook land to find Darwin's missing link, Don't you just love political correctness, MY REGRETS MR. HAWKING.

[BANNED FROM MARS]

I did'nt know that einstein was black.