Re: Inept memory lapse in post about Entropy




"Peter F" <notdisclosed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:dbvc52$n45$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Although it hardly matters, Bekenstein is not the one that Hawking admits to
> have lost the bet with.
> It was John Preskill.

But Bekenstein is the guy whose ideas Hawking wanted to refute. And
the guy whose ideas Hawking ended up making respectable.


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