QUEENS, N.Y. — Following the death of renowned physicist Stephen Hawking in the early hours of Wednesday morning, local man Dan Matthison has lost the ability to name a single living scientist.
“It’s a real tragedy,” Matthison said. “Whenever my friends would talk about current scientists they admire, he was my go-to guy.”
Matthison reportedly has a number of friends who are smarter than him, or, at a minimum, are more well-read.
“Life isn’t really going to be the same without him,” Matthison said.
While friends have suggested that Matthison could learn the names of other scientists, he simply isn’t quite ready to move on.
“Sounds like a lot of work,” Matthison said.
Upon hearing the news of Hawking’s death, friends and family members were concerned about Matthison’s well-being.
“Whenever we’d be talking about something even slightly science-related, Dan would drop Stephen Hawking’s name into the conversation,” said longtime friend of Matthison’s Samantha Rodriguez. “I’d be like, ‘natural gas can serve as a bridge to clean energy’ and in the next sentence he’d say ‘Stephen Hawking.’ I hope Dan’s okay.”
When asked if he’s read A Brief History of Time, the book Hawking is arguably most known for, Matthison replied, “Oh, yeah, totally,” before concluding, “Well, I’ve been meaning to.”
Lana Schwartz can name up to five living scientists.
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