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. Roger Penrose agobookcalculation share on social
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. Roger Penrose daydependentforce Change image and share on social
The idea is if you use those two shapes and try to colour the plane with them so the colours match, then the only way that you can do this is to produce a pattern which never repeats itself. Roger Penrose colourideamatch Change image and share on social
But I think it is a serious issue to wonder about the other platonic absolutes of say beauty and morality. Roger Penrose absolutebeautyissue Change image and share on social
So what I'm saying is why don't we think about changing Schrodinger's equation at some level when masses become too big at the level that you might have to worry about Einstein's general relativity. Roger Penrose bigchangeeinstein Change image and share on social
As for morality, well that's all tied up with the question of consciousness. Roger Penrose consciousnessmoralityquestion Change image and share on social
And these little things may not seem like much but after a while they take you off on a direction where you may be a long way off from what other people have been thinking about. Roger Penrose directionlongpeople Change image and share on social
Ordinary photons do have spin, they have a notion of helicity so they spin around their direction on motion. Roger Penrose directionhelicitymotion Change image and share on social
There is a certain sense in which I would say the universe has a purpose. It's not there by chance. Roger Penrose chancepurposesense Change image and share on social
