They'll treat him as another ineffectual intellectual wasting his time on something as pointless as science. What a lame thing to do when there are meetings to be had and pointless crappy crafts to make.
Or maybe they will send him hate mail like Richard Dawkins receives.
Either way, they will show their small minded, idiotic, stupidity off for the world.
I prefer Hawking as he has time to sit and do some deep thinking. He had been at death's door for a long time. He knows the Universe in a way most people do not.
Monson, a prophet knows God but what has he said about God? Very little we do not already know.
Stephen Hawking..I've read his books. Like to read about stuff like that...but though he knows a great deal about the universe, he doesn't know everything.
That said, when he passes, a great man will be lost to us.
Difficult life? He doesn't seem to complain because he knows how useless complaining is. He just makes the best with what he has (which is a really good brain). He realizes life is best spent focusing on life and reality.