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Truly amazing. Thank you Professor Hawking! RIP.

This statement is in the same domain as “thoughts and prayers”, which is the same as saying, ”I’m wishing at you really hard”.

Rest implies an awaking or movement at some point in the future, but for Hawking, he didn’t believe in that.

Maybe it’s just something to say, like acknowledging someone sneezing?

Or maybe it's a metaphorical expression of sadness over the recent death of a respected idol?

Maybe, but I suspect not.