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I believe there is something ...

I believe there is something going on in a conscious being, which includes many animals, as well as ourselves, that is not a computational activity. And to be conscious at all is not a quality that a computer as such will ever possess - no matter how complicated, no matter how well it plays chess or any of these things.

Roger Penrose 37 quotes

My younger brother ended up t...

My younger brother ended up the British chess champion 10 times, a record.

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The image of Stephen Hawking ...

The image of Stephen Hawking - who has died aged 76 - in his motorised wheelchair, with head contorted slightly to one side and hands crossed over to work the controls, caught the public imagination as a true symbol of the triumph of mind over matter.

Roger Penrose 37 quotes

Some people take the view tha...

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.

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But I think it is a serious i...

But I think it is a serious issue to wonder about the other platonic absolutes of say beauty and morality.

Roger Penrose 37 quotes

My older brother is a disting...

My older brother is a distinguished theoretical physicist, a fellow of the Royal Society.

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So what I'm saying is why don...

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 37 quotes

I have certainly enjoyed puzz...

I have certainly enjoyed puzzles since an early age, and things that look like impossible things are often particularly intriguing.

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I used to make polyhedra with...

I used to make polyhedra with my father. There were no clear lines between games and toys for children and his professional work.

Roger Penrose 37 quotes

Sometimes it's the detours wh...

Sometimes it's the detours which turn out to be the fruitful ideas.

Roger Penrose 37 quotes

This book is about physics an...

This book is about physics and its about physics and its relationship with mathematics and how they seem to be intimately related and to what extent can you explore this relationship and trust it.

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Well, I don't know if I can c...

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.

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People think of these eureka ...

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.

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Quantum entanglement is a ver...

Quantum entanglement is a very intriguing issue, but it is not impossible.

Roger Penrose 37 quotes

My father came from a Quaker ...

My father came from a Quaker family. His father was a professional artist who did portraits - very traditional, a lot of religious subjects.

Roger Penrose 37 quotes

A computer is a great device ...

A computer is a great device because it enables you to do anything which is automatic, anything that you don't need your understanding for. Understanding is outside a computer. It doesn't understand.

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I was indeed very slow as a y...

I was indeed very slow as a youngster.

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Some people take the view tha...

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 37 quotes

If you come from mathematics,...

If you come from mathematics, as I do, you realize that there are many problems, even classical problems, which cannot be solved by computation alone.

Roger Penrose 37 quotes

Ordinary photons do have spin...

Ordinary photons do have spin, they have a notion of helicity so they spin around their direction on motion.

Roger Penrose 37 quotes

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