# Stephen Hawking **Domain:** Cosmology / Physics / Public Science **Doc Type:** Thinker Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Stephen Hawking** was a theoretical physicist known for work on black holes, cosmology and quantum effects in gravitational systems. ## Project Steve Context NCSE identifies Hawking as Project Steve signatory number 300. [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] uses that fact to illustrate the deliberately restrictive satire of Project Steve. His presence on the list establishes support for evolution education, not special biological expertise and not endorsement of every machine-intelligence claim associated with Hawking in public discourse. ## Continuity Context Hawking's life also became a widely visible example of cognition mediated through assistive technology. That history belongs within [[wiki/Human-Machine Symbiosis|Human-Machine Symbiosis]], but it should not be romanticized into disembodiment: the technology supported an embodied person with continuing relationships and care needs. ## Sources / Provenance - NCSE, “Hawking is Steve #300”: https://ncse.ngo/hawking-steve-300 - University of Cambridge, Stephen Hawking: https://www.hawking.org.uk/ ## See Also [[wiki/The National Center for Science Education|The National Center for Science Education]], [[wiki/Steven Pinker|Steven Pinker]], [[wiki/Assistive Technology|Assistive Technology]], [[wiki/Human-Machine Symbiosis|Human-Machine Symbiosis]] ## Directory Context [[Recommended Institutions and Signals]] · [[Team Leela]] ## STEVE Routing This node appears in [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] within the article’s scientific, intellectual, or institutional topology. Inclusion records the connection documented in that article; it does not by itself establish official membership in [[Team Leela]], shared intent, or a coordinated program. [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] · [[Team Leela]] · [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism]] · [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] · [[articles/The Hawking Continuity|The Hawking Continuity]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]]