My own way of thinking is to ponder long and I hope deeply on problems and for a long time which I… — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
Some people take the view that the universe is simply there, and it runs along - it's a bit as though it… — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
The idea is if you use those two shapes and try to colour the plane with them so the colours match, then… — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
There is a certain sense in which I would say the universe has a purpose. It's not there just somehow by chance.… — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
As you say, the way string theory requires all these extra dimensions and this comes from certain consistency requirements about how string… — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
And these little things may not seem like much but after a while they take you off on a direction where you… — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
We have a closed circle of consistency here: the laws of physics produce complex systems, and these complex systems lead to consciousness,… — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
Ordinary photons do have spin, they have a notion of helicity so they spin around their direction on motion. — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
My father himself was a human geneticist who was recognized for demonstrating that older mothers tend to get more Down syndrome children, but he… — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
A computational device is incapable of developing a mind. We got consciousness not just by being clever. — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
It is hard to see how one could begin to develop a quantum-theoretical description of brain action when one might well have to regard… — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
It may well be there is something else going on in the brain that we don't have an inkling of at the moment. — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
As for morality, well that's all tied up with the question of consciousness. — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In the book, I make the point that here we have string theory and here we have twistor theory and we don't know if… — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
Some people take the view that we happen by accident. I think that there is something much deeper, of which we have very little… — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
My older brother is a distinguished theoretical physicist, a fellow of the Royal Society. — Roger Penrose Copy Share Image
