Sir Roger Penrose, at the 1st Ox & Lancs Colloquium on Cosmological Features on the Largest Scales at U. of Lancashire, takes us in the past aeons with his talk on Conformal Cyclic Cosmology, and an interpretation of Lopez giant rings.
Sir Roger Penrose, at the 1st Ox & Lancs Colloquium on Cosmological Features on the Largest Scales at U. of Lancashire, takes us in the past aeons with his talk on Conformal Cyclic Cosmology, and an interpretation of Lopez giant rings.
PLUS Själen lever kvar efter döden. En teori som om den bevisades skulle innebära ett sensationellt paradigmskifte.
Själen lever kvar efter döden. En teori som om den bevisades skulle innebära ett sensationellt paradigmskifte. Maria Strømmes vetenskapliga artikel i november menar just detta.#fysik #rogerpenrose #filosofi #döden
Vilda teorin: Efter döden lagras själen i universum

In 1965, Roger Penrose made a groundbreaking discovery in mathematical physics. He demonstrated that under two simple assumptions, space-time inevitably leads to singularities—points where it ends. This landmark paper has been hailed as the most crucial contribution to general relativity since Einstein. #Physics #GeneralRelativity #RogerPenrose
https://www.quantamagazine.org/singularities-in-space-time-prove-hard-to-kill-20250527/
He illuminated black holes together with the great Stephen Hawkins! Don't forget it...!!! 🎈 It's the birthday of Sir Roger Penrose, a British mathematician and physicist known for his deep and creative contributions to our understanding of space, time, and the universe. 🏴 Born in 1931 in Colchester, Essex, England, Penrose has made important discoveries in both general relativity and quantum theory, blending mathematics and physics in groundbreaking ways. 🕳️ One of Penrose’s most famous achievements was his work on black holes. In the 1960s, he proved that under certain conditions, when a massive star collapses under its own gravity, it must form a singularity—a point of infinite density where the known laws of physics break down. This work showed that black holes are a natural outcome of Einstein’s theory of general relativity and not just a mathematical oddity. His theorems laid the groundwork for much of modern black hole research. 🌌 Penrose also collaborated with physicist Stephen Hawking to study the nature of space and time. Their work helped show that the universe likely began with a singularity—what we now call the Big Bang. This changed how scientists view the origins and fate of the universe. 🧩 Beyond astrophysics, Penrose is also known for his ideas about consciousness and quantum mechanics. He proposed that human consciousness might arise from quantum effects within the brain, a controversial idea that bridges science and philosophy. 🏆 In 2020, Penrose was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work showing that black hole formation is a robust prediction of general relativity. His elegant and far-reaching theories continue to shape our understanding of the cosmos.
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.
Roger Penrose