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

Mathematician and Physicist Roger Penrose 7 Minute Video Discussing the Physics of Consciousness

Nobel prize in physics winner, Roger Penrose, theorizes that a huge gap in quantum mechanics can be used to explain consciousness, or something existing "outside a computational system". He wrote the book, "The Emperor's New Mind". Working with a biologist led him to wonder if microtubules in the brain might hold the "soul" of the … Continue reading Mathematician and Physicist Roger Penrose 7 Minute Video Discussing the Physics of Consciousness