#85 – Roger Penrose: Physics of Consciousness and the Infinite Universe
March 31, 2020
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Episode 85 · March 31, 2020
#85 – Roger Penrose: Physics of Consciousness and the Infinite Universe
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#85 – Roger Penrose: Physics of Consciousness and the Infinite Universe
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<p>Roger Penrose is physicist, mathematician, and philosopher at University of Oxford. He has made fundamental contributions in many disciplines from the mathematical physics of general relativity and cosmology to the limitations of a computational view of consciousness.</p>
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<p>OUTLINE:<br />
00:00 – Introduction<br />
03:51 – 2001: A Space Odyssey<br />
09:43 – Consciousness and computation<br />
23:45 – What does it mean to “understand”<br />
31:37 – What’s missing in quantum mechanics?<br />
40:09 – Whatever consciousness is, it’s not a computation<br />
44:13 – Source of consciousness in the human brain<br />
1:02:57 – Infinite cycles of big bangs<br />
1:22:05 – Most beautiful idea in mathematics</p>