
20th Century’s Greatest Living Scientist | Sir Roger Penrose
In this episode we explore Sir Roger Penrose’s groundbreaking work on twistors, differential geometry, and their impact on cosmology and quantum theory. We discuss his singularity theorems, the chiral nature of twistors, extra dimensions, and the philosophical implications for free will and the nature of reality.- 00:00 - Intro- 01:22 - Twistors & cosmology- 15:00 - Most significant thought- 20:45 - Twistors are chiral- 25:34 - Extra dimensions- 27:02 - Geometry overview- 37:57 - Grothendieck- 40:36 - Gravity & QM- 43:00 - Wave function collapse- 53:04 - Gravitational fields & wave function- 01:11:02 - Free will- 01:14:03 - Discrete vs continuous universe- 01:16:35 - AI capabilities- 01:19:09 - Many worlds theory- 01:20:38 - Idealism- 01:21:35 - CCC- 01:23:31 - Penrose’s legacy- 01:33:25 - Outro & supportSPONSORS:- THE ECONOMIST: 20% off digital access – https://www.economist.com/toe- INDEED: Boost job visibility – https://indeed.com/theories- HELLOFRESH: Free breakfast for life – https://www.HelloFresh.com/freetheoriesofeverything- PLANET WILD: First month free, use code EVERYTHING9 – https://planetwild.com/r/theoriesofeverything/joinRESOURCES:- Support TOE on Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal (early access to ad-free audio episodes!)- Listen to TOE on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e- Become a YouTube Member Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdWIQh9DGG6uhJk8eyIFl1w/join- Join TOE's Newsletter 'TOEmail' at https://www.curtjaimungal.org- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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