Stephen Hawking an Illuminati Clone?!

Professor Stephen Hawking is one of the world's most well-known scientists and has had his life story told in books, documentaries, and Oscar-winning dramas. But conspiracy theorists claim we hardly know anything about the award-winning physicist, who celebrated his 76th birthday on Monday.

For there are certain corners of the internet where people are convinced that the real Professor Hawking died decades ago and that in the intervening years the political and scientific elite have installed a lookalike to act in his place. Some of those who believe he has been supplanted think Professor Hawking, Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge, died in 1985 - three years before the publication of his best-selling book A Brief History of Time. The idea might seem outlandish, but conspiracy theorists have outlined six signs that they claim clearly support their idea, ranging from the way he looks to the complexity of his theories. 

People change as they age – there's no doubt about that – but, as the conspiracy lovers point out, not many people look younger in 2017 than they did in 1982, especially if they're suffering from a disease as disfiguring as ALS. Nor do people's ears decrease in size and as they get older; and, although gums can recede and teeth can wear down and fall out, it's rare for teeth to change in structure completely without major dental work. Hair that gets blonder and less grey with age can be explained, but why would someone vain enough to dye their hair neglect their teeth so badly? In fact, when the skeptics examine photographs of the man they consider to be an imposter, they often comment that his...CONTINUE READING