吴忠超告诉记者,今年3月24日,霍金的私人助理茱迪斯女士给吴忠超先生来信,谈到此事:“The media got it completely WRONG!?Stephen is only going over to the Perimeter Institute for a month as visiting Professor. He is definitely not going for a long term position, he has just signed a long term contract in Cambridge-to beyond2012.?So worry not!”
看来,霍金只不过是将要去加拿大佩里米特研究所作一个月的客座教授,而不是去那里担任长期职务,他刚和剑桥签了一份长期合约――超过2012年。