"It is always the case, with mathematics, that……" — Roger Penrose
"It is always the case, with mathematics, that a little direct experience of thinking over things on your own can provide a much deeper understanding than merely reading about them."
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32 Quotes by Roger Penrose
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Ambition, idly vain; revenge and malice swell her train.
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Consciousness ... is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very existence is made known.
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There are considerable mysteries surrounding the strange values that Nature's actual particles have for their mass and charge. For example,…
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The basic theory in twistor theory is not to add extra dimensions.
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Well I didn't actually see the Matrix but I've seen other movies where with similar sorts of themes.
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Understanding is, after all, what science is all about — and science is a great deal more than mindless computation.
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