Some people take the view that the universe is simply there, and it runs along - it's a bit as though it just sort of computes, and we happen by accident to find ourselves in this thing. I don't think that's a very fruitful or helpful way of looking at the universe. Roger Penrose accidentbitecompute share on social
If you didn't have any conscious beings in the world, there really wouldn't be morality but with consciousness that you have it. Roger Penrose beingconsciousconsciousness Change image and share on social
Some people take the view that we happen by accident. I think that there is something much deeper, of which we have very little inkling at the moment. Roger Penrose accidentdeephappen Change image and share on social
As you say, the way string theory requires all these extra dimensions and this comes from certain consistency requirements about how string should behave and so on. Roger Penrose behaveconsistencydimension Change image and share on social
I'm pretty tenacious when it comes to problems. Roger Penrose prettyproblemtenacious Change image and share on social
Well I didn't actually see the Matrix but I've seen other movies where with similar sorts of themes. Roger Penrose havematrixmovie Change image and share on social
Well, I don't know if I can comment on Kant or Hegel because I'm no real philosopher in the sense of knowing what these people have said in any detail so let me not comment on that too much. Roger Penrose commentdetailhegel Change image and share on social
The basic theory in twistor theory is not to add extra dimensions. Roger Penrose addbasicdimension Change image and share on social
In the book, I make the point that here we have string theory and here we have twistor theory and we don't know if either one of them is the right approach to nature. Roger Penrose approachbookmake Change image and share on social
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. Roger Penrose buildeurekafelt Change image and share on social
