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20th Century’s Greatest Living Scientist | Sir Roger Penrose | Sept. 28, 2024

Source: TheoriesofEverything youtube



Description: Sir Roger Penrose is a renowned physicist and mathematician known for pioneering the theory of twistors and his contributions to differential geometry, which have significantly impacted our understanding of space-time. Roger's work has been instrumental in advancing theories related to general relativity and quantum mechanics, including the Penrose-Hawking singularity theorems.

Timestamps: 
00:00 - Intro
01:22 - Cosmology and Twistor Theory
15:00 - “Most Significant Thought I Had”
20:45 - “Twistors Are Inherently Chiral”
25:34 - Extra Dimensions
27:02 - Algebraic and Differential Geometry
37:57 - Alexander Grothendieck
40:36 - Gravity and Quantum Mechanics
43:00 - Collapse of the Wave Function
53:04 - Gravitational Fields and the Wave Function
01:11:02 - Free Will
01:14:03 - Is the Universe Discrete or Continuous?
01:16:35 - Ai’s Capabilities
01:19:09 - Many Worlds Theory
01:20:38 - Idealism
01:21:35 - CCC
01:23:31 - Roger’s Legacy
01:33:25 - Outro / Support TOE
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