The Girdle Theorem and the Evolution of Mathematics

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You've suggested it happens in our brains. And you've gone further than that. Yes, well, that's the... But the audience we should mention that in part, you've done this in collaboration with Stuart Hemeroff, who is in the room right now. So which came first? Your consciousness thoughts as it were, or your quantum mechanics thoughts, or when did they get together? Well, you see, the quantum mechanics thoughts came first because I mentioned these lecture courses I went to. The direct issue about where there seems to be a gap in our present understanding. He didn't put it like that, but that was what he felt.

Sir Roger Penrose has had a remarkable life. He has contributed an enormous amount to our understanding of general relativity, perhaps more than anyone since Einstein himself -- Penrose diagrams, singularity theorems, the Penrose process, cosmic censorship, and the list goes on. He has made important contributions to mathematics, including such fun ideas as the Penrose triangle and aperiodic tilings. He has also made bold conjectures in the notoriously contentious areas of quantum mechanics and the study of consciousness. In his spare time he's managed to become an extremely successful author, writing such books as The Emperor's New Mind and The Road to Reality. With far too much that we could have talked about, we decided to concentrate in this discussion on spacetime, black holes, and cosmology, but we made sure to reserve some time to dig into quantum mechanics and the brain by the end. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.