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 ==Explanation==
-{{w|Stephen Hawking}} was a renowned theoretical physicist. He was almost completely paralyzed due to {{w|amyotrophic lateral sclerosis}} and communicated with a {{w|Speech-generating device|speech-generating device}}, as shown in the first panel. He died on March 14, 2018 at the age of 76. In this comic, he mentions to [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] maybe they could go to a movie together later, but they take it as a scientific declaration that they '''should''' go see a movie and have it published in a newspaper, which portrays it in hyperbolic tones, vastly exaggerating and misinterpreting his actual intent. In the final panel, Hawking is shown hanging his head in sadness since all he wanted to do was see a movie with his friends.
+{{w|Stephen Hawking}} (1942-2018) was a renowned theoretical physicist. He was almost completely paralyzed due to {{w|amyotrophic lateral sclerosis}} and communicated with a {{w|Speech-generating device|speech-generating device}}, as shown in the first panel. In this comic, he mentions to [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] maybe they could go to a movie together later, but they take it as a scientific declaration that they '''should''' go see a movie and have it published in a newspaper, which portrays it in hyperbolic tones, vastly exaggerating and misinterpreting his actual intent. In the final panel, Hawking is shown hanging his head in sadness since all he wanted to do was see a movie with his friends.
 This can be taken as a satire of sensationalism of science in popular media, particularly in emphasizing the viewpoints of well-known and popular personalities in science. A similar theme was used in [[1206: Einstein]].

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 The title text continues the joke, with innocuous comments by Hawking interpreted as important revelations.
-{{w|The Town (2010 film)|The Town}} is a movie which was released 10 days before this comic's release. Hawking tries to suggest they go see The Town which should be good, as he may know since it both {{w|The_Town_(2010_film)#Reception|received positive reviews}} and {{w|The_Town_(2010_film)#Box_office|was a box office hit}}. But instead the newspapers again sensationalize his statements and declare The Town to be the best in the universe.
+''{{w|The Town (2010 film)|The Town}}'' is a movie which was released 10 days before this comic's release. Hawking tries to suggest they go see ''The Town'' which should be good, as he may know since it both {{w|The_Town_(2010_film)#Reception|received positive reviews}} and {{w|The_Town_(2010_film)#Box_office|was a box office hit}}. But instead the newspapers again sensationalize his statements and declare The Town to be the best in the universe.
 When Hawking then tries to state that this was just something he had heard, the newspaper asks if science should play a role in judging {{w|Ben Affleck}}. Ben Affleck directed, wrote and starred (top billing) in this movie, so any judgment of this film would reflect on Affleck. The media asks if science should have an opinion on art, in this case Ben Affleck, and thus judge it. It could be argued that it should not as art is not necessarily based on anything scientific, but to thus state that a scientist must now have an opinion on art is a completely different story. Hawking is here defined as Science. If he says so then it is the opinion of the Scientific community and not just his personal opinion.
-Before Hawking even gets close to finishing his next sentence, the media asks what about {{w|Matt Damon}} -- should he judge him as well. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have a long history together and came to prominence together as screenwriters of {{w|Good Will Hunting}}, winning an Oscar for the script. They also co-starred in the movie, with Matt Damon in a main role opposite {{w|Robin Williams}}. Following that, Matt Damon's acting career has been more commercially successful than Affleck's, causing speculation that their friendship could be in trouble over such details. But they have kept working together and are co-owners of the production company {{w|Pearl Street Films}}, so this is probably not the case.
+Before Hawking even gets close to finishing his next sentence, the media asks what about {{w|Matt Damon}} -- should he judge him as well. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have a long history together and came to prominence together as screenwriters of ''{{w|Good Will Hunting}}'', winning an Oscar for the script. They also co-starred in the movie, with Matt Damon in a main role opposite {{w|Robin Williams}}. Following that, Matt Damon's acting career has been more commercially successful than Affleck's, causing speculation that their friendship could be in trouble over such details. But they have kept working together and are co-owners of the production company {{w|Pearl Street Films}}, so this is probably not the case.
-But still more than ten years after their shared Oscar moment for best script for Good Will Hunting, many people think of Damon when they hear of Affleck and the other way around. This is the reason for the last question by the press.
+But still more than ten years after their shared Oscar moment for best script for ''Good Will Hunting'', many people think of Damon when they hear of Affleck and the other way around. This is the reason for the last question by the press.
 Those of you feeling bad for Steven Hawking might feel good to know that he had a healthy social life in reality, and had even dabbled in [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370071/ a brief acting career (typically as cameo appearances)].

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 ==Explanation==
-{{w|Stephen Hawking}} was a renowned theoretical physicist, and quite possibly the world's smartest human being. He was almost completely paralyzed due to {{w|amyotrophic lateral sclerosis}} and communicated with a {{w|Speech-generating device|speech-generating device}}, as shown in the first panel. He died on March 14, 2018 at the age of 76. In this comic, he mentions to [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] maybe they could go to a movie together later, but they take it as a scientific declaration that they '''should''' go see a movie and have it published in a newspaper, which portrays it in hyperbolic tones, vastly exaggerating and misinterpreting his actual intent. In the final panel, Hawking is shown hanging his head in sadness since all he wanted to do was see a movie with his friends.
+{{w|Stephen Hawking}} was a renowned theoretical physicist. He was almost completely paralyzed due to {{w|amyotrophic lateral sclerosis}} and communicated with a {{w|Speech-generating device|speech-generating device}}, as shown in the first panel. He died on March 14, 2018 at the age of 76. In this comic, he mentions to [[Cueball]] and [[Megan]] maybe they could go to a movie together later, but they take it as a scientific declaration that they '''should''' go see a movie and have it published in a newspaper, which portrays it in hyperbolic tones, vastly exaggerating and misinterpreting his actual intent. In the final panel, Hawking is shown hanging his head in sadness since all he wanted to do was see a movie with his friends.
 This can be taken as a satire of sensationalism of science in popular media, particularly in emphasizing the viewpoints of well-known and popular personalities in science. A similar theme was used in [[1206: Einstein]].
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 The title text continues the joke, with innocuous comments by Hawking interpreted as important revelations.
-{{w|The Town (2010 film)|The Town}} is a movie which was released 10 days before this comics release. Hawkings tries to suggest they go see The Town which should be good, (as he may know since it both received {{w|The_Town_(2010_film)#Reception|positive reviews}} and was a {{w|The_Town_(2010_film)#Box_office|box office hit}}). But instead the news papers declare the new movie (The Town) to be the best in the universe.
+{{w|The Town (2010 film)|The Town}} is a movie which was released 10 days before this comic's release. Hawking tries to suggest they go see The Town which should be good, as he may know since it both {{w|The_Town_(2010_film)#Reception|received positive reviews}} and {{w|The_Town_(2010_film)#Box_office|was a box office hit}}. But instead the newspapers again sensationalize his statements and declare The Town to be the best in the universe.
-When Hawkings then try to state that this was just something he had heard, the news paper asks if science (a scientist) should play a role in judging {{w|Ben Affleck}}. Ben Affleck directed, wrote and stared (top billing) in this movie, so any judgment on this film would fall back to Affleck. The media asks if science should have an opinion on art, and thus judge it and in this case Ben Affleck. It could be argued that it should not as art is not necessarily based on anything scientific, but to thus state that a scientist must now have an opinion on art is a completely different story. Hawkings is here defined as Science. If he says so then it is the opinion of the Scientific community and not just his personal opinion.
+When Hawking then tries to state that this was just something he had heard, the newspaper asks if science should play a role in judging {{w|Ben Affleck}}. Ben Affleck directed, wrote and starred (top billing) in this movie, so any judgment of this film would reflect on Affleck. The media asks if science should have an opinion on art, in this case Ben Affleck, and thus judge it. It could be argued that it should not as art is not necessarily based on anything scientific, but to thus state that a scientist must now have an opinion on art is a completely different story. Hawking is here defined as Science. If he says so then it is the opinion of the Scientific community and not just his personal opinion.
-Before Hawkings even gets close to finishing his next sentence, the media asks what about {{w|Matt Damon}} (and should he judge him as well). Ben Affleck and Matt Damon has a long history and broke through together as screen writers with {{w|Good Will Hunting}} winning an Oscar for the script. They also co-started but with Matt Damon in the main role across {{w|Robbin Williams}}. After that Matt Damons acting career took of a lot faster than Afflecks. This has caused a lot of speculation that their friendship could have been in trouble over such details. But they have kept working together, and are co-owners of the production company {{w|Pearl Street Films}}, so this is probably not the case.
+Before Hawking even gets close to finishing his next sentence, the media asks what about {{w|Matt Damon}} -- should he judge him as well. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have a long history together and came to prominence together as screenwriters of {{w|Good Will Hunting}}, winning an Oscar for the script. They also co-starred in the movie, with Matt Damon in a main role opposite {{w|Robin Williams}}. Following that, Matt Damon's acting career has been more commercially successful than Affleck's, causing speculation that their friendship could be in trouble over such details. But they have kept working together and are co-owners of the production company {{w|Pearl Street Films}}, so this is probably not the case.
-But still more than ten years after their shared Oscar moment for best script for Good Will Hunting, many people think of Damon when they hear of Affleck and the other way around. Which is the reason for the last question by the press.
+But still more than ten years after their shared Oscar moment for best script for Good Will Hunting, many people think of Damon when they hear of Affleck and the other way around. This is the reason for the last question by the press.
-Those of you feeling bad for Steven Hawking might feel good to know that he had a healthy social life in reality, and had even dabbled in [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370071/ a brief acting career (typically as a cameo appearance)].
+Those of you feeling bad for Steven Hawking might feel good to know that he had a healthy social life in reality, and had even dabbled in [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370071/ a brief acting career (typically as cameo appearances)].
-A drawing of Stephen Hawking also appeared in [[1000: 1000 Comics]]. If you wish to try and find him your self first then do not read on or click the links below. If you need a bit of help to find him then [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/a/ac/1000_Comics_-_The_one_in_thousand_without_numbers.png this link] will show you which number of 1000 he is in. Else you can find him fast as he is no. 49 in [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/5/56/1000_Comics_-_The_one_in_thousand_with_numbers.png this numbered image].
+A drawing of Stephen Hawking also appeared in [[1000: 1000 Comics]]. If you wish to try and find him yourself first then do not read on or click the links below. If you need a bit of help to find him then [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/a/ac/1000_Comics_-_The_one_in_thousand_without_numbers.png this link] will show you which number of 1000 he is in. Else you can find him fast as he is no. 49 in [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/5/56/1000_Comics_-_The_one_in_thousand_with_numbers.png this numbered image].
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