Stephen Hawking’s passing is probably old news by now, but this stuff can’t be overstated. I truly think there’s something to be said about a man who saw our universe and our place in it through the most purely scientific lens, and still believed so strongly in optimism and love
the most powerful thing humans have is the fact that you can drop a “hey whats going on everypony” into a conversation and immediately activate everyone’s fight or flight response to go off in a 20 foot radius