Roads to Reality: Penrose and Wolfram Compared Contenders

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Author: Andrew Ross

Source: Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 12, Number 2, 2005 , pp. 78-83(6)

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Abstract:

Sir Roger Penrose, retired professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford and collaborator with Stephen Hawking on black hole theory, has written 'a complete guide to the laws of the universe' called The Road to Reality. His publisher calls it the most important and ambitious work of science for a generation. Penrose caused a furore in the world of consciousness studies with his 1989 book The Emperor's New Mind, which conjectured a new mechanism for consciousness and kept a faithful band of researchers busy for a decade with models based on microtubules and the like. Sadly, the idea fizzled out. The title of the 2002 Tucson 'Toward a Science of Consciousness' conference poetry slam winner was: Microtubules - my ass!

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2005-01-01