Penrose on Consciousness and AI and the Brain

Penrose has written controversial books on the connection between fundamental physics and human (or animal) consciousness. In The Emperor's New Mind (1989), he argues that known laws of physics are inadequate to explain the phenomenon of consciousness. Penrose hints at the characteristics this new physics may have and specifies the requirements for a bridge between classical … Continue reading Penrose on Consciousness and AI and the Brain

Rilke Poem

Center of all centers,  core of cores,  almond self-enclosed,  and growing sweet-- all this universe,  to the furthest stars all beyond them,  is your flesh, your fruit.  Now you feel how nothing clings to you;  your vast shell reaches into endless space,  and there the rich, thick fluids rise and flow.  Illuminated in your infinite … Continue reading Rilke Poem