Roger Penrose on quantum mechanics and consciousness | Full interview

I could listen to this man talk for days straight. This is the kind of person we should be idolizing not celebrity garbage.

This man is 92! And his mind is so clear!

Please never put this man's chair so close to the edge of a platform ever again. Thank you.

Roger Penrose is one of my favorite modern mathematicians/thinkers - he's humble, open-minded, curious, and brilliant.

He is 92 years old. Woaahhhh🤯 Looks 15 years younger. Stability in voice, no significant shaking, no spectacles, lot of hair on head, hearing perfectly well, doesn't look physically weak eithr . This man has done wonderfully well in keeping his body & mind healthy at this age also. I know there are genetic factors as well, but you stil need to put in efforts.

That chair leg an inch from the edge scares me.

PLEASE – as with 'Closer to Truth' – PLEASE give us the DATE on which the talk was recorded! This is historically significant; without knowing when these talks were recorded, it's hard to follow how a given thinker's thoughts have evolved.

Sir. Penrose, one of the last great Geniuses of the 20th Century. A living Legend.

I could listen to Roger Penrose speak for days

Such a likable genius. One of the greatest thinkers of our age.

I always feel like I’ve leveled up after listening to Penrose. He’s a treasure

a strong proponent of the importance of philosophy in the scientific method.

Sir Penrose is amazing - still incredibly sharp. Thumbs up for this video.

Can listen to this man for hours. Hope he is around for a long time! Inspiring person.

To hear Roger explain the Emperor’s mind is a beautiful gift… the book is a very challenging mountain to scale.

Than you sir Roger Penrose. We are all lucky to have him

This is a particularly profound and detailed interview with Sir Penrose. Excellent and thanks for sharing.

I'm not a scientist or mathematician. But I like how the noticing of anything has now seemed to be part of the quest for understanding more than we used to understand.

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🐈 Schrödinger's cat thought experiment aimed to show the absurdity of quantum superposition applied to macroscopic objects. 00:29 🎓 As a graduate student, Penrose took courses by influential thinkers like Bondi, Dirac, and Steen, sparking his interest in physics and computation. 01:24 🧩 Gödel's incompleteness theorems showed that our understanding transcends any fixed set of rules for proving mathematical statements. 04:11 🧠 Penrose argues that consciousness, not just following computational rules, enables humans to transcend formal systems. 06:05 ⚛️ As a physicalist, Penrose consciousness must arise from known physics, suggesting quantum mechanics as a possibility. 10:22 ⌛ Penrose theorizes that the quantum measurement problem, involving wave function collapse, cannot be computed and requires a new physical theory. 12:26 🧵 Hamerhoff's suggestion about microtubules led to Penrose's orchestrated objective reduction (Orch OR) model of consciousness. 14:14 🌍 Dennis Sciama greatly influenced Penrose's understanding of physics, especially cosmology, despite Penrose's mathematics background. 15:23 🖼️ Penrose describes himself as a visual thinker, which posed challenges in algebra-focused math courses requiring written explanations. 17:40 🌌 If he could meet anyone from history, Penrose would choose Galileo for his groundbreaking physical insights and principled stand against authority. Made with

"There is something outside computation in human understanding". Contra mathematization of everything including human nature. Thank you Sir.