He even copied the same post multiple times to different boards on Tianya Community, causing a certain degree of influence inside Tianya.
Source of all evil.JPG.
Back in the early days of the internet, that post actually spread pretty widely—it kind of "cemented" Yang Lao's status online.
But gradually,
As the internet grew, more and more regular people gained the ability to search relevant stuff on Nature themselves.
When they discovered it was all made up, the backlash came—plenty of people started attacking Yang Lao over this.
Saying stuff like "made up news just to hype himself," which ended up causing quite a bit of public opinion pressure.
Back to the main topic.
All in all.
Hawking wasn't some nobody who only got famous for his tragic persona—his skills in physics were legit, enough to carve out his own place.
Maybe, years from now, when the holographic principle shines bright, we'll remember the guy who first calculated black hole entropy radiation.
