Roger Penrose: Physics of Consciousness and the Infinite Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast #85

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as an accessible walkthrough of Penrose's ideas on consciousness and cosmology, interesting even if debatable.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Lex Fridman

Topic

physics of consciousness

Format

podcast

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2022

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From the original HN conversations

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• Such a joy to see Sir Roger Penrose awarded with this honor. One of my favorite contemporary intellectuals. If anyone hasn't seen it, I recommend his recent appearance on the Lex Fridman podcast: [VIDEO]

• Consciousness is Not a Computation (Roger Penrose) | AI Podcast Clips [LINK] Full episode: [VIDEO] I don't take Roger's view about consciousness for granted but it is very interesting nevertheless.

• Lex Fridman interviewed Penrose on this topic recently (2020) and Penrose delivered a very accessible walkthrough of his historical and current thoughts on the topic. [VIDEO] (Deep-link half-way through to his discussion on microtubules)