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Roger Penrose: Why The Big Bang Was Not The Beginning
Nobel laureate Sir Roger Penrose dismantles standard cosmology, arguing the Big Bang wasn't the beginning and quantum mechanics is fundamentally wrong. He then connects a real, gravitational wave function collapse to the non-computational nature of consciousness and why today's AI can't truly understand.
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Timestamps:
- 00:00 - The Big Bang Wasn't The Beginning
- 02:14 - Conformal Cyclic Cosmology (CCC)
- 09:12 - The Collapse Problem
- 14:31 - A Feeling of Elation
- 24:32 - Gödel and Understanding
- 37:32 - Gravitational Collapse
- 50:05 - Critique of Modern AI
- 57:12 - Black Hole Information "Paradox"
- 1:04:15 - Wheeler, Wigner, & Witten
- 1:15:04 - Richard Feynman in Poland
- 1:20:25 - Libet's Timing of Consciousness
- 1:32:49 - Three Worlds, Three Mysteries
- 1:44:14 - Why Quantum Mechanics Is Wrong
Links mentioned:
- Stuart Hameroff [TOE]: https://youtu.be/0_bQwdJir1o
- Classical Theory [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9409195
- Rebecca Goldstein [TOE]: https://youtu.be/VkL3BcKEB6Y
- The Emperor’s New Mind [Book]: https://www.amazon.ca/Emperors-New-Mind-Concerning-Computers/dp/0192861980
- Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe [Book]: https://www.amazon.ca/Fashion-Faith-Fantasy-Physics-Universe/dp/0691178534
- Perturbative Gauge Theory as a String Theory in Twistor Space [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0312171
- What Is Life? [Book]: https://www.amazon.ca/What-Life-Matter-Autobiographical-Sketches/dp/1107604664
- Michael Levin [TOE]: https://youtu.be/Exdz2HKP7u0
- Why I Don’t Buy the Simulation Hypothesis (Nor Materialism) [TOE]: https://youtu.be/3_lBPMc6JRY
- Consciousness and Quantum Mechanics [Book]: https://www.amazon.ca/Consciousness-Quantum-Mechanics-Shan-Gao/dp/0197501664
- Ivette Fuentes [TOE]: https://youtu.be/cUj2TcZSlZc
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Nobel laureate Sir Roger Penrose dismantles standard cosmology, arguing the Big Bang wasn't the beginning and quantum mechanics is fundamentally wrong. He then connects a real, gravitational wave function collapse to the non-computational nature of consciousness and why today's AI can't truly understand.
Sponsors:
- Get 50% off Claude Pro, including access to Claude Code, at https://claude.ai/theoriesofeverything
- As a listener of TOE you can get a special 20% off discount to The Economist and all it has to offer! Visit https://www.economist.com/toe
Join My New Substack (Personal Writings): https://curtjaimungal.substack.com
Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e
Timestamps:
- 00:00 - The Big Bang Wasn't The Beginning
- 02:14 - Conformal Cyclic Cosmology (CCC)
- 09:12 - The Collapse Problem
- 14:31 - A Feeling of Elation
- 24:32 - Gödel and Understanding
- 37:32 - Gravitational Collapse
- 50:05 - Critique of Modern AI
- 57:12 - Black Hole Information "Paradox"
- 1:04:15 - Wheeler, Wigner, & Witten
- 1:15:04 - Richard Feynman in Poland
- 1:20:25 - Libet's Timing of Consciousness
- 1:32:49 - Three Worlds, Three Mysteries
- 1:44:14 - Why Quantum Mechanics Is Wrong
Links mentioned:
- Stuart Hameroff [TOE]: https://youtu.be/0_bQwdJir1o
- Classical Theory [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/9409195
- Rebecca Goldstein [TOE]: https://youtu.be/VkL3BcKEB6Y
- The Emperor’s New Mind [Book]: https://www.amazon.ca/Emperors-New-Mind-Concerning-Computers/dp/0192861980
- Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe [Book]: https://www.amazon.ca/Fashion-Faith-Fantasy-Physics-Universe/dp/0691178534
- Perturbative Gauge Theory as a String Theory in Twistor Space [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/hep-th/0312171
- What Is Life? [Book]: https://www.amazon.ca/What-Life-Matter-Autobiographical-Sketches/dp/1107604664
- Michael Levin [TOE]: https://youtu.be/Exdz2HKP7u0
- Why I Don’t Buy the Simulation Hypothesis (Nor Materialism) [TOE]: https://youtu.be/3_lBPMc6JRY
- Consciousness and Quantum Mechanics [Book]: https://www.amazon.ca/Consciousness-Quantum-Mechanics-Shan-Gao/dp/0197501664
- Ivette Fuentes [TOE]: https://youtu.be/cUj2TcZSlZc
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