Greatest minds in physics playing poker

The opening scene from the episode: "Descent, Part 1" where Data plays poker with Stephen Hawking, Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein.

[@NapoleonPicard]

It was one of Hawking's dreams to be in Star Trek because it was his favorite shows. He must've been overjoyed.

[@Jayman2800]

***** Not going to lie, it was adorable when he started laughing at the end.

[@bherber]

That's why they sucked up to him in this clip & made him out to be the smartest of the 3.

[@TheBlarggle]

The shoulders of giants.

[@JMTavares7]

Well i mean the other 2 were just actors! he is actually Hawking of course he gets to be smartest haha

[@nosirrahx]

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[@fleckx]

Stephen Hawking had one heck of a poker face.

[@GoldenGrenadier]

I'm sure it used to poke a lot of things.

[@TheRISINGSTAR35]

What in paralyzation?!

[@yelladude6117]

*Seinfeld transition theme plays*

[@tommypetraglia4688]

Ooof-ah

[@mysterio952]

Lol

[@GlamorousTitanic21]

During the filming of this episode Hawking was given a tour of the TNG sets. When they arrived on the engineering set, he turned to the warp core and said, “I’m currently working on that”. A few fun facts about this scene. To this day, Hawking is the first and only real historical figure to play himself in Star Trek. Also, in the alternate future that played out in the series finale “All Good Things...,” it was revealed that Data holds the Lucasian Chair of mathematics at Cambridge University. Dr. Hawking held this position from 1979 to 2009. While Sir Isaac Newton held the position from 1669 to 1702.

[@sigmasquadleader]

It's a shame Sir Isaac Newton's filming schedule conflicted with his other media projects and he was forced to cancel his appearance. It was very gracious of Panamount to acquiesce to his request to parlay for another time.

[@oolooo]

Technically , not himself but rather a Holographic representation of himself .

[@greyeyed123]

Well, it depends on your definition of "historical figure". Does Miss Universe count? There have been at least two of those on Star Trek. lol And there have been at least three astronauts. Not historical? There have been several Oscar winners on Star Trek--including one RECENT winner. There has also been an EGOT winner on trek. Not historical? What about King Abdullah II of Jordan? Not historical? We're approaching 900 episodes of all Trek series. There are plenty of historical people in there.

[@christianboehlefeld5168]

@@greyeyed123 The issue is 'as themselves'. Whoopi was playing Guinan not herself, the others were also not appearing as themselves; they were playing characters and may have gotten the roll due to who they were in reality, but only Prof. Hawking was credited as playing himself similarly to his credits for The Simpsons and Futurama.

[@greyeyed123]

@@christianboehlefeld5168 He was playing a hologram simulation of himself. Not himself.

[@ConorCarlisle]

After coming to do the scene Hawking was given a tour of the set. He pointed at the warp core and said "I'm Working on That". Then he asked to be put into Picard's chair on the bridge.

[@MistedMind]

Mr. Hawking seems to be a great mind in so many aspects, even putting physics aside!

[@keahnbruzzi8423]

He can't move any of his limbs so how could he point?

[@dkupke]

I also recall reading the crew called in an emergency medical team because Hawking was so pumped to be on Star Trek that they thought he was going into shock

[@Jayman2800]

Keahn Bruzzi His head, Back when this was made, he could still move his head

[@dkupke]

Jayman2800 I think he could also still kind of move his arms a bit.

[@brianklebig8803]

And now Stephen Hawking is officially a "historical physicist." We appreciated the insights.

[@sam21462]

Oh I think he deserves historic, not historical.

[@MrArcadia2009]

He was truly a genius.

[@superfrogsgaming]

and a pedophile ​@@MrArcadia2009

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

Stephen Hawking was once asked why he did not update his artificial voice, as after awhile far less robotic sounding ones became available. He responded with something along the lines of "Why would I? This is my voice."

[@zenkim6709]

There's actually a deeper story to why Stephen Hawking had that same, downright iconic 1980s speech synthesis apparatus: it was an original, custom-designed setup @ the time because nothing like it existed on the consumer market. Apparently, Hawking felt an enormous debt of gratitude to the person who practically invented the system that allowed Hawking to input txt via eye movements & then produce computerized speech, so much so that he refused to "upgrade" the setup once newer & improved tech became commercially available.

[@Winterborn5]

@@zenkim6709 Thanks for explaining. I always wondered about the lack of upgrade.

[@drflaggstaff9008]

I've also heard him say that he understood his voices roll as a remarkable signature and that it allowed other people and children with similar disabilities to feel normalized by his success with abnormality.

[@lukasuhlenkamp9850]

And nowadays that flavor of text to speech voice is nearly universally recognized as the "Stephen Hawking voice", he really did gain a sort of ownership over it.

[@trbz_8745]

Also, the guy who made his voice died of cancer before Hawking even began using it. He kept it as a tribute

[@QuinnsIdeas]

Weird how Stephen Hawking was born in the 20th century but Pike in the 23rd Century had to resort to 1 beep for yes and 2 beeps for no. :/

[@eight-cloudspurple5871]

IdeasOfIceAndFire Pike=barely alive and need to plug himself to control his chair bawking=quite alive, can still use his cheek to control the keyboard yo talm

[@WizelBalan]

Yes but you would think they could change the beeps to instead say yes or no instead of lighting up a bulb.

[@infertilepiggy5667]

But the beep is powered by a foot pedal that makes the flashback work, haven't you seen Futurama

[@borstenpinsel]

A similar thought struck me in TNG when they used Geordi's visor as some sort of webcam on an away-mission and the screen was blurry and in false-color. My, my, 300 years into the future and they don't even have simple portable video gear

[@christianboehlefeld5168]

@@borstenpinsel It was explained that Geordi's visor doesn't replicate human vision, it far exceeds it. He is able to see infrared, microsopic stress fractures in metal and a whole host of things that are very usefull to his career. Also, there is an episode where he is abducted by Klingons, specifically the Duras Sisters, and they do get a more 90s video feed from his visor, possibly a feature they installed or one that the crew of the Enterprise didn't use.

[@MichaelRobertsfdrtikol]

See, the joke is that Einstein didn't believe in quantum uncertainty. He was wrong. When he said he won the poker game, he was wrong again.

[@davidvincent380]

Tho he was finally kinda right about cosmological constant (but Start Trek writters couldn't know at the time)

[@keegsalex6285]

Haha! That's so perfect!

[@bherber]

Michael, they were trying to be too politically correct. All 3 of these guys made significant contributions. This clip portrays Newton as the dumbest and Einstein as the 2nd dumbest. Hawking was the only one still currently alive, so they were trying to suck up to him and probably even be nice to him. I'd say that in the long run, in terms of contributions, Hawking has probably done the least, so far at least.

[@UnholyRave666]

Dude, for real? This view is misleading as hell. All of them did/do significant work, and just because because the "new kids" take advantage of the work of their ancestors, doesnt mean that they contribute less to scientific progression. The basics are not the peak, and the peak is not the base, and if you wanna say that the roof is less important than the base then think again.

[@MicroageHD]

Einstein is one of the greatest physicists ever. You aren't always right. That's not how physics work.

[@harkenrebirth]

Mr Hawking must have had a lot of fun filming that scene. just look at that smile

[@dannyrcdw]

***** Pretty sure Einstein is the hero of every modern physicist, and will be for the foreseeable future.

[@Trek001]

On a subsequent visit to the set, he passed by Brent Spiner and asked where his money was from winning the hand of poker. Spiner replied that the check was in the mail.

[@shaalis]

"Wrong AGAIN" albert. best punchline :) so subtle.

[@drakegaming3085]

well written, and well caught sir :-)

[@mikeymcmikeface5599]

Alas, Newton to the left of Data would not have raised his bet, without Einstein having responded to it first.

[@revolverroman]

Still the best cameo in Star Trek history. RIP Stephen Hawking, it was a pleasure.

[@wandaperi]

and the sole case where an actor played himself ( in Star Trek )

[@Chuck59ish]

We've lost a great mind last night, RIP Doctor Hawking.

[@steampunch8686]

Rest in peace.

[@godzillavkk]

Well... I guess this clip is one step closer to becoming reality.

[@Dang00TheAlienIAmTheRealOne]

hmm yeah it is :)

[@Dang00TheAlienIAmTheRealOne]

What are you on about Steve?

[@mattosterud5539]

That is why I'm here too.

[@d1xt1r]

'It would not be much of a universe if it wasn’t home to the people you love.’ - Stephen Hawking Rest in peace Dr. Hawking

[@ernesthill4017]

My God, that's beautiful 😌

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

Heartwarming.

[@bigkiwimike]

Sad to hear of Stephen's passing. The biggest thing I liked about him was that he didn't take himself too seriously with appearances on The Simpsons, The Big Bang Theory , Monty Python and STTNG . The smile he gives when he plays his hand and wins seams to me to be so genuine.

[@aerisgainsborough2141]

Hawking: "THERE HE IS...SIEZE HIM!!" Fry: "WHO SAID THAT???"

[@MiniLemmy]

He also parodied himself in a Little Britain ‘Lou and Andy’ sketch for Comic Relief, showing up the woketards who accused the show of being ableist as the virtue signallers that they are

[@45100]

"Wrong again, Albert." I love that one.

[@sarahereach]

3/14/18 *Pi Day *Albert Einstein's Birthday *Stephen Hawking's date of death Rest in Peace, men of science.

[@dokscy44]

men of science and profound inspiration.

[@rdinTempe]

Close. Einstein's birthday was 3/14/1879

[@louistournas120]

+rdinTempe: That's birthDATE you silly goose.

[@scientificmultiverse6218]

Galileo galilele birthday also

[@user-og6hl6lv7p]

And now Kobe. How will the scientific community recover?

[@BYERE]

It still amazes me how often we'd see Stephen Hawking in shows and movies. You'd figure he'd always be busy with his work, but he became just as famous for his advertising and cameos as he did for his work in the field of Physics.

[@kevlonk]

"Don't patronize me, sir. I invented physics." You just gotta love Newton in that scene.

[@TheWchurchill4pm]

@Kevlonk - he sounds like a Karen

[@Blundabus1337]

@@TheWchurchill4pm Stop calling everyone who doubles your IQ a Karen, Laquisha.

[@andrewvelonis5940]

I'm not sure he did though. He invented calculus.

[@nathanmantle377]

@@andrewvelonis5940 He literally came up with the laws of motion ... calculus allowed him to do so. Physics IS math, either way.

[@kylegrefe4399]

@@andrewvelonis5940 No, he didn't. Leibniz invented Calculus.

[@spudhead169]

"Wrong again Albert!" Few people realise the significance of that line.

[@shinfeels]

RIP Stephen Hawking. =*(

[@godzillavkk]

Well... I guess this clip is one step closer to becoming reality.

[@JohnnyMatherson]

Now he's discussing physics with Einstein, wherever he is. RIP.

[@STNeish]

I love it when Professor Hawking laughs at the end. So genuine, so endearing. What a brilliant man.

[@williamphillips6069]

I just came here from an article about Steven Hawking’s death. I’m just glad that he was able to be a part of a show he enjoyed so much.

[@aonbrogan8266]

Everything about this is great. I crack up when Newton says "Don't patronize me sir. I INVENTED physics." The way that Isaac, the oldest of the bunch, is annoyed by having to deal with people hundreds of years his senior. Einstein enjoying being in the company of fellow geniuses. Hawking so confident in his intelligence even against someone who his work is based on. It's overall just a genius scene.

[@DennisKovacich]

How could they be “hundreds of years his senior” if he’s “the oldest of the bunch”?

[@aonbrogan8266]

@@DennisKovacich Hundreds of years of scientific advancement. Things Newton discovered are the most basic concepts for either Hawking or Einstein. Just like how Newton would be the senior of Pythagoras.

[@TheWchurchill4pm]

And then there’s Data: The guy who is happy in anyone’s company because he sees every situation as an opportunity to learn, is always condescending without knowing it, and who knows more about physics than any of the other three.

[@lightyagami1752]

Newton was indeed much smarter than Einstein and Hawking combined. Newton was an immense intellectual giant. He was also an insufferable prick. This representation is not inaccurate.

[@ErikNilsen1337]

@@aonbrogan8266 The terms "senior" and "junior" merely denote age, not depth of knowledge. Einstein and Hawking are Newton's _juniors,_ but also his academic successors.

[@STS125]

As of 2022 still the only person to play themselves on Star Trek. This scene is one of the best moments ever on TV.

[@impossibrugirl2640]

That smile just melts my heart

[@Jayman2800]

Stevie Hazen It was adorable. I don't even care that I am a guy, you can't deny it.

[@sherlockholmeslives.1605]

+Jayman2800 LOL! Guy or Gay?!

[@Jayman2800]

Both Mike Fuller

[@orangewarm1]

We're not sure he was a good man. He cheated on his wife didn't he?

[@orangewarm1]

@DefiantBoris so I take it you've met them Boris?

[@ernestorodriguez3637]

Stephan Hawkins is just loving his time on star trek!

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

+Ernesto Rodriguez He wants to make the Warp drive.

[@ernestorodriguez3637]

Shanethefilmmaker I can't wait! I mean I'm probably gunna be an old man by the time they do it. BUT STILL!!!

[@davidvincent380]

yeah but too bad, no boxing glove this time

[@GregaMeglic]

A warp drive is pretty much possible, same as many other sci-fi gadgets (like lightsabers). Whats really holding us back from actually making those is a power source strong enough to actually make the magnetic field needed for the device. In a way i say thats a good thing to. A power source of such magniture would be a nasty bomb, and you can be sure that some idiot somewhere would overload the bloody thing to blow up half the planet for shits and giggles.

[@Shanethefilmmaker]

Grega Meglic With Star Trek's variation of it. Judging by the way the effect is shown. The Warp drive, basically slingshots them forward. Maybe the problem isn't a power source, but a method of propulsion they never thought of. Like say putting two engines behind for the initial push forward. But one engine in front that propels it backwards. Have them all firing at once, then letting go of the front one which would cause the back engines push it faster and harder than it normally could alone. Might not be an exact warp drive, but it may at least propel the ship faster than they've ever been before.

[@gezatherton1071]

Does Einstein say "Shit" at the end? "Wrong again, Albert!" "Shit"

[@TheCyberloki]

what? StarTrek wasn't made for kids? Its good for children cause it teaches moral and stuff but it was definitly not made for children :)

[@Demonizer5134]

He says "well".

[@anhero23]

Stephen Hawking actually provided himself for this episode. Totally awesome beyond all measure. As a physics major, I would give up one of my kidneys to play poker with the three greatest physicists known to man.

[@royshashibrock3990]

I don't understand the incredible amount of reverence shown to these men. Give one of your kidneys you say? Please save the grovelling for someone who really deserves it. Anyone who works in a scientific field, and many who work in other fields, and lastly anyone who has worked a job at all, knows that progress is step by step, tying facts together. As if each of these men came up with a ground-breaking idea all on their own (smirk). All were taught at higher institutes of learning in their day, which means there were many minds that came before which supplied them with the basis for their next step. It is now known that Einstein essentially plagiarized the E=MC2 equation. If these men seem taller, it is because they stand on the shoulders of giants - their teachers, professors, peers, and assistants.

[@SO_DIGITAL]

Yeah, they could have made him sound exactly like he did before he got so sick, English accent and all.

[@pixelkatten]

I have a theory: The reason that Isaac Newton is so cranky is because Data grabbed the models from educational programs. Newton has been programmed with a much more limited personality than Einstein and Hawking, which is why he is uninterested in playing poker.

[@Thorvandal]

Jokes aside, I read in more than one source that Newton was just that cranky, stuck-up dude, now I don't know if that's true, I just repeat what I read :)

[@benbermanghan2913]

Tulle Rönnmyr we are talking the dude who had 23 people executed and occasionally destroyed other scientists to keep control of the Royal society. Newton is cranky because Newton was a jerk

[@legna20v]

he was and he was a resentful guy too ... but we do own him our science. Einstein was a cool dude tho another thing . how do you think 17/18 century Newton would feel about sitting at the same table with a german jew? I would give anything to be as smart as Newton but as cool and humble as Einstein

[@benbermanghan2913]

legna20v we actually don't owe Newton as much as we think. a strong theory even suggests Leibnitz was creating calculus when Newton stole it. even his work in astronomy was pilfered by others. Newton was a great scientist, that's undeniable. but he was also a crook and conman much in the way of Edison. also, he was an alchemist. probably would not have enjoyed a Jew at the table, whether it was Einstein to outsmart him, or me to ask if he ever fucked John Lock

[@benbermanghan2913]

(I spent the summer studying the history 17th-19th century science in Britain. lots of papers and scientific historians in Oxford and Cambridge have some shit to say about Newton

[@Deslegendario]

R.I.P Stephen Hawking :(

[@dkupke]

There is a story that the crew took Hawking on a tour of the show's various sets. In the engineering deck set, he stopped next to the warp core engine, smiled and said "I'm working on that."

[@TheUltimateChuchu]

Data, you forgot to save befor you ended it!

[@johnwestcott5612]

Auto-save.

[@sandradeakins8530]

Glad he had the chance to have his dream....love any and all Data-centric episodes....one of the best! RIP Doc. Hawking, the Universe or at least this planet, will miss you.

[@xphobe]

And yes, Newton really was just such an arrogant jerk, by all accounts.

[@pikkuadi]

xphobe Works in this scene so well

[@terradraca]

Though I think they fell into the "Einstein was bad at math in school" trap in this scene. That isn't true. He was a prodigy from day 1.

[@professorboltzmann5709]

fuck off

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

And then theres the Terrible Topsy Terminator, Thomas Edison

[@JudgeBane]

Will Sankey It's generally accepted that Newton was asexual. Also, no need to be homophobic.

[@brav0wing]

When Stephen Hawking visited the set of Star Trek TNG to do this episode at some point he went by the set where the Warp Core was and he said: "I'm still working on that" ! Great mind!!!

[@joshlyntracy1954]

Lol TNG is still my favorite by far..gotta love Data for cooking this experience up..

[@chadwillis4235]

Epic

[@dkupke]

Hawking was so excited to be on Star Trek that he began to breath so hard the crew feared he was hyperventilating. During the filming they took him on a tour of the various sets-on the engineering deck set he paused by the warp core engine and said "I'm working on that!"

[@sarahberkner]

I appreciate how Data understands why it is funny even though he doesn't laugh, because he should be able to understand the rules of comedy even if he doesn't have an emotional reaction to a joke.

[@jellydee123]

Trapped in his body but still feeled with delight. What a man

[@petrol9938]

RIP Stephen Hawking, who accomplished so much more that we have, even when doctors said he would only live a few years more.

[@zeeshawnali4078]

TIL there were no prominent physicists born after the 1900s.

[@PolaricEntropy]

No problem! Found others that put this video on KZbin, but they always managed to miss the first few seconds, and that really bugged me. So I posted it myself...

[@ericwilson2129]

Rest In Peace you beautiful mind.. You are one with the stars now

[@VagineerHuur]

I love how Hawking at the end has the biggest smile

[@stolasgoetia93]

You could tell that smile was for real and not something he was just acting for the scene.

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

This scene always fascinated me. Isaac Newton is memorialized in a statue in Trinity church in Cambridge. At it's base there is an inscription in latin that loosely translates to "There is no greater intellect". He is widely regarded as the greatest mind that has ever walked the earth and here he is with the giants who stood on his shoulders, completely out of his depth and outclassed. It kind of puts things in perspective doesn't it? Science has come so far since then. I find it a privilege to live in such a time. The Hubble, the Higgs boson, robots on Mars. And now, they're talking about how quantum entanglement might be due to tiny wormholes or something like that. Maybe one day we'll be flying through the stars, faster than light, meeting new civilizations. I would not be surprised one bit if our future was very much like Star Trek but we, of course, still have a lot of growing up to do.

[@missmorbid1439]

Paul TheSkeptic Imagine how long it would take for them to explain to Newton what Data was, or even Hawking’s wheelchair.

[@drsch]

I don't know that he's out of his depth. The things he managed to accomplish without the computer power both Einstein and Hawking had access to is amazing.

[@johnspooner1403]

By standing on the shoulders of giants we rise above them. Newton was a giant, and without his basis of understanding would we have risen as high?

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

@@drsch True. And it's all certainly beyond me. But still, he knew nothing about sub nuclear particles or quantum physics in general. He didn't even know about other galaxies or the expansion of the universe. So yeah. A guy like him would've been able to catch up and "outclassed" was probably the wrong word but the sentiment is still valid I think.

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

@@johnspooner1403 He certainly did a lot of things. If I'm not mistaken, he has more scientific things named after him than anyone else. There's the unit of force, newtonian physics, the newtonian telescope just of the top of my head. There's a lot of other stuff too. Newton, has probably done more for science than any other single individual. As huge as relativity was, even Einstein was working off of earlier work.

[@cyberdinedog2097]

Look how happy Stephen Halking looks. Rest in peace

[@sciencoking]

The best opening in Trek history.

[@robbiegarber898]

Can we talk about the "Wrong again, Albert" line? Because holy shit. Einstein just mentions the uncertainty principle, omething he deeply distrusted. He didn't believe in quantum physics as it seemed simply illogical to him. "Wrong AGAIN, Albert" wasn't a reference to an earlier hand, but to one of the physicist's biggest blunders. Winderful burn from Hawking.

[@RosaFernan]

This is a holodeck

[@JojoTheVulture]

Yea it is

[@ZenZill]

What a charming scene, great comedy! Mr. Hawking is a man of great integrity to play himself...He might as well before he's history too!

[@torg3481]

At first, when I was watching this, I groaned when Newton mentioned the apple story, that Star Trek was going by that urban legend. Never was I happier when Data immediately followed up with "that story is generally agreed to be apocryphal."

[@1Up2081]

Rest in peace, you wonderful man.

[@SteelGnat]

I am already imagining his doing this already with Isaac, Galileo Albert Einstein and Probably Richard Feynmen without a wheelchair up their

[@lendial]

wow this is simply amazing. i didnt really apreciate this scene till 10 years later.

[@furioussherman7265]

One of the greatest scenes in all of Star Trek history.

[@ValseInstrumentalist]

My favorite Trek moment by far. So great, even if it's a little over the top.

[@lewisao7548]

R.I.P.

[@nickb6324]

Whenever I remember Mr. Hawking, I always remember this scene. The universe is emptier with his passing.

[@CRAutist]

*_”great minds think allike” falls flat in this hystorical story_*

[@Blakefe]

History's greatest minds. Where is the guy who invented the peanut butter cup?

[@DarthRushy]

+Blakefe History's greatest minds in PHYSICS.

[@eight-cloudspurple5871]

+Blakefe PLZ, it is the inventor of BACON(praised is his glory).

[@DarthRushy]

Delta Plus Bow to the Great Bacon!

[@Crisperdad]

+DarthRushy hmmmmmmmm bacon!!!!!

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

+Blakefe GWC? idk, do they ahve a record of him?

[@mr6johnclark]

The story goes... Stephen Hawking saw the Warp core and said... I'm working on that.

[@WillShakes423]

This show had so many great moments.

[@Troubleshooter125]

I hope Hawking is at least remembered in part for his humor, as well as for his phenomenal contributions to the understanding of physics. Thanks for everything, Stephen. You will be very badly missed.

[@shivamtrivedi1684]

A sentence of overconfidence : "I invented physics 😂🤣😝"

[@darnokthemage170]

i want a whole series of just these three interacting!

[@Pagliacci_Rex]

Stephen has the distinction of being the only person to depict themselves in Star Trek.

[@ramblinevilmushroom]

that is such a realistic rendition of Isaac newton. He was famously a curmudgeons who was only ever recorded as laughing once in his life. When a friend asked him what the point in studying Euclid was. He laughed in his face.

[@kanrup5199]

the way Newton is holding on to the apple story and is offended when Data says its not real makes me rofl

[@klatewilson5170]

An apple never really fell on Newton's head, it's a myth. So he'd never have said that anyway.

[@localgremlim5688]

That's the point- based off of his personality he kept onto that lie

[@Sindraug25]

@Klate Wilson Data says it's not true in the clip. That's part of what makes it funny.

[@JudgeBane]

Klate Wilson Also, this is just a hologram of Newton. It could well be that it was programmed to believe the apple story was real.

[@CheaptasticStarcraft]

Wrong again, Albert.

[@MiniLemmy]

It was very satisfying that STTNG would acknowledge Prof. Hawking as one of the greatest minds in history, and even bring him in for this cameo

[@shootybaking]

This is one of those small clips of Star Trek that need to live forever.

[@MrJeezus]

Stephen Hawking rules.

[@randomcommenter7343]

Rest in peace, Hawking.

[@jaridwilliams739]

awwww that smile bet he loved filming this scene

[@Polititraits]

It’s the visor that makes this so much better

[@adammullarkey4996]

And, of course, the most subtle reference to the number "47" in the entire series.

[@adammullarkey4996]

***** ?

[@LDSRaichu]

+Adam Mullarkey it's from "Twitch plays Pokemon"

[@somebuddyX]

I love seeing Stephen Hawking here but I also love the appearance of John Neville as Newton who appeared in The X Files as Well Manicured Man, one of my favourite antagonists ever

[@hypnometal]

somebuddyX Oh my gosh, I didn’t make the connection until I saw your comment! I love The X Files too!

[@vaiosan775]

Rest in peace dear friend Stephen. A friend of all of us.

[@GodwinXZ]

This was a great cameo appearance. Much better than politicians having cameos.

[@johnwestcott5612]

Hawking was one of the greatest men who ever lived. We lost someone very special today. Idiots abound, but brilliant men with a sense of humour are rare.

[@MobiusCoin]

God does play dice.

[@John-uw2je]

I heard rumors that he had some trouble with it, but I can't seen to confirm or deny them.

[@IzzyLovesRock]

MobiusCoin It's his favorite game, actually.

[@ReMeDy_TV]

Looking back on this video uploaded 16 yrs ago, we can basically emulate this very same experience of interacting with historical figures today. People are creating 3D characters in virtual reality worlds, plugging in API keys from Chat-GPT, and using ElevenLabs to create natural sounding voices. AI is still bad at math, but the foundation for the experience laid out in this scene is still possible.

[@cindygreene3353]

I am so glad that Stephen Hawking got to film this scene,

[@Butterball3588]

RIP Stephen Hawking! We shall keep our eyes to the stars.

[@leftyjoness]

Hahaha Steven had so much fun with this! I love it and I love his sense of humor! :D (even if it's scripted)

[@jasonangulo-torres8439]

Imagine what this scene would be like in real life just watching the worlds greatest men playing cards love these guys and star trek. 🖖🏻

[@sarahberkner]

Honestly they'd probably be pretty quiet and focused on the game. Although Stephen seemed to be enjoying himself.

[@The.Nasty.]

A great mind, man. I’m really sad he’s passed honestly... He was like the Mr. Rogers of cosmology.

[@tommykiger1871]

Interesting that Hawking died on Pi Day, which is also Einstein's birthday. RIP Prof. Hawking

[@Aelfraed26]

RIP Stephen Hawking :((((

[@1995martire]

'Wrong again Albert....' Oooo that burn!

[@thevoid99]

r.i.p. mr. hawking. it is comforting to know that you're up in the universe playing poker with gallileo, einstein, and newton while talking about the universe and monty python.

[@dontlike2]

Somewhere in the afterlife, this game is happening for real.

[@DimitrisGenn]

dontlike2 and legends say, that isaac is still being a dick

[@vianeyvasquez1713]

Oh my gosh!! Can you imagine!?!?!? If this really happened I wonder who would truly win, either way everyone would be pissed. XD Awesome that Star Trek did this. XD

[@Babybluebbw]

Rest in peace Mr. Hawking March 14, 2018 :'(

[@druss69harad61]

I loved these wee little chats

[@anonony9081]

TNG was so cheesey but so good

[@SightForMemories]

The scene was about a juxtaposition to Data's passions, which is logics. I think it is perfectly "natural" to assume his Love is of logical persuassions.

[@SightForMemories]

But you know, one thing I find hard to imagine is, that Data is incapable of feelings, yet the holodeck is... Like with Moriarty, and that whole debarcle.

[@kxmode]

Fun fact. Isaac Newton is played by John Neville. He played Hieronymus Karl Frederick Baron von Munchausen in the film The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. :D

[@MrCrystalm8]

+kxmode That is one awkward name

[@otakurocklee]

I remember him from playing one of the Syndicate members in X-files.

[@matthewojeda1202]

Watching this now with all the advancements in physics and Dr Hawking isn’t here anymore. I’m glad he was able to do this.

[@barbarajohnson1497]

Rest in peace in the Universe Mr Hawkings. You are an amazing man and are sorely missed already