On the 22nd Feb, coming out of the cathedral, I saw a poster for a talk that evening, in a building on a square (Immaculada?) next to the cathedral. It said "A Talk with Stephen Hawking and Professor X ?; -Confessions of Faith by Scientists-, presented by (I forget the name) someone of the Society of Jesuits.
Surprised to see such a poster inside the cath, I nevertheless was quite pleased at the thought of hearing/seeing Hawking.The Univ here must have invited him, I innocently thought. I was surprised at the Church too, because the last time they got a confession from a major scientist, it was wrung from Galileo.
At the venue in a lovely hall, the SJ man spoke to a packed audience for more than an hour, with some of the audience visibly becoming more restless at the non appearance of Prof. Hawking. Some left ASAP. The SJ man finished the talk and that was it. We got done! No S Hawking, no Prof X.
You´ve got to remember the reputation of the Jesuits. Caveat emptor?
Surprised to see such a poster inside the cath, I nevertheless was quite pleased at the thought of hearing/seeing Hawking.The Univ here must have invited him, I innocently thought. I was surprised at the Church too, because the last time they got a confession from a major scientist, it was wrung from Galileo.
At the venue in a lovely hall, the SJ man spoke to a packed audience for more than an hour, with some of the audience visibly becoming more restless at the non appearance of Prof. Hawking. Some left ASAP. The SJ man finished the talk and that was it. We got done! No S Hawking, no Prof X.
You´ve got to remember the reputation of the Jesuits. Caveat emptor?