Roger Penrose
Roger Penrose
Sir Roger Penrose OM FRSis an English mathematical physicist, mathematician and philosopher of science. He is the Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford, as well as an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPhysicist
Date of Birth8 August 1931
thinking people feelings
People think of these eureka moments and my feeling is that they tend to be little things, a little realisation and then a little realisation built on that.
physics mechanic quantum
Quantum mechanics makes absolutely no sense.
understanding deals mindless
Understanding is, after all, what science is all about — and science is a great deal more than mindless computation.
theme wells
Well I didn't actually see the Matrix but I've seen other movies where with similar sorts of themes.
dimensions add theory
The basic theory in twistor theory is not to add extra dimensions.
thinking issues serious
But I think it is a serious issue to wonder about the other platonic absolutes of say beauty and morality.
ideas understanding gauges
Well, gauge theory is very fundamental to our understanding of physical forces these days. But they are also dependent on a mathematical idea, which has been around for longer than gauge theory has.
teacher parent magic
No doubt there are some who, when confronted with a line of mathematical symbols, however simply presented, can only see the face of a stern parent or teacher who tried to force into them a non-comprehending parrot-like apparent competence--a duty and a duty alone--and no hint of magic or beauty of the subject might be allowed to come through.
brain might action
It is hard to see how one could begin to develop a quantum-theoretical description of brain action when one might well have to regard the brain as "observing itself" all the time!
equations skip
Do not be afraid to skip equations (I do this frequently myself).
dog strong zoos
What right do we have to claim, as some might, that human beings are the only inhabitants of our planet blessed with an actual ability to be "aware"? ... The impression of a "conscious presence" is indeed very strong with me when I look at a dog or a cat or, especially, when an ape or monkey at the zoo looks at me. I do not ask that they are "self-aware" in any strong sense (though I would guess that an element of self-awareness can be present). All I ask is that they sometimes simply feel !
book thinking views
Some years ago, I wrote a book called the Emperor's New Mind and that book was describing a point of view I had about consciousness and why it was not something that comes about from complicated calculations.
relationship book physics
This book is about physics and its about physics and its relationship with mathematics and how they seem to be intimately related and to what extent can you explore this relationship and trust it.
brain may moments
It may well be there is something else going on in the brain that we don't have an inkling of at the moment.