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#85 – Roger Penrose: Physics of Consciousness and the Infinite Universe

Mar 31, 2020 · 1:28:25
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  • Roger Penrose is an Oxford physicist and mathematician making contributions to general relativity, cosmology, and consciousness
  • He proposes that consciousness cannot be fully explained computationally and suggests quantum effects play a role in the mind
  • His cosmological theory of infinite cyclic universes (Conformal Cyclic Cosmology) challenges standard views of time and infinity

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