Roger Penrose

We have a closed circle of consistency here: the laws of physics produce complex systems, and these complex systems lead to consciousness, which then produces mathematics, which can then encode in a succinct and inspiring way the very underlying laws of physics that gave rise to it.

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We have a closed circle of consistency here: the laws of physics produce complex systems, and these complex systems lead to consciousness, which then produces mathematics, which can then encode in a succinct and inspiring way the very underlying laws of physics that gave rise to it.

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Ordinary photons do have spin, they have a notion of helicity so they spin around their direction on motion.

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As you say, the way string theory requires all these extra dimensions and this comes from certain consistency requirements about how string should behave and so on.

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In the book, I make the point that here we have string theory and here we have twistor theory and we don't know if either one of them is the right approach to nature.

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I'm pretty tenacious when it comes to problems.

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My own way of thinking is to ponder long and I hope deeply on problems and for a long time which I keep away for years and years and I never really let them go.

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My younger brother ended up the British chess champion 10 times, a record.

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I was indeed very slow as a youngster.

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