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Comment author: LukeStebbing 08 February 2011 05:05:15AM 1 point [-]

When I re-read A Brief History of Time in college, I remember bemusedly noticing that Hawking's argument would be stronger if you reversed its conclusion.

A note to myself from 2009 claims that Hawking later dropped that argument. Can anyone substantiate that?

Comment author: timtyler 08 February 2011 08:09:59AM *  3 points [-]

He has also edited A Brief History of Time to remove the howler. See page 64 for the updated text.