Stephen Hawking really is kind of an idiot. He can crunch numbers, but people give him way too much deference because of his disease.    Keep in mind, along with Bill Clinton he is one of the people that regularly went to Jeffery Epstien's sex slave island for orgiastic parties with girls as young as 14. He is well inculcated into the liberal establishment. He basically directly profits through saying stuff like this. With awards, with personal connections, with monetary support...regardless what he believes he has an intrinsic personal interest in having this mindset