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To add to this: The Emperor's New Mind, by Roger Penrose. Really cool book. The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe, by Penrose agai
by judegomila 18y ago
To add to this:
The Emperor's New Mind, by Roger Penrose. Really cool book.
The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe, by Penrose again.
Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness, Penrose.
- jsmcgd 18y agoI'm reading 'The Road to Reality. A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe'. Be warned: Penrose doesn't use the word 'complete' lightly. Well worth the effort however.
- ionfish 18y agoI've always been rather dubious about Penrose's approach to consciousness. He seems to be of the school of "Put two metaphysically mysterious things together, in the hope that we can explain one in terms of the other."
- sown 18y agoRoad to Reality is nice but the other two books you mention are not so much. Biology is very much a show-me science and if you can't actually prove or demonstrate it then ... I dunno what to say. Don't bother anyone with it? That sounds harsh but it is the case.
- kqr2 18y agoSince you mentioned The Road to Reality, I have to put in a plug for Feynman's Lectures on Physics.