With thought comprising a non-computational element, computers can never do what we human beings can.

- Roger Penrose

Well I didn't actually see the Matrix but I've seen other movies where with similar sorts of themes.

- Roger Penrose

I imagine that whenever the mind perceives a mathematical idea, it makes contact with Plato's world of mathematical concepts... When mathematicians c…

- Roger Penrose

Quantum mechanics makes absolutely no sense.

- Roger Penrose

our present picture of physical reality, particularly in relation to the nature of time, is due for a grand shake up

- Roger Penrose

We have a closed circle of consistency here: the laws of physics produce complex systems, and these complex systems lead to consciousness, which then…

- Roger Penrose

It is always the case, with mathematics, that a little direct experience of thinking over things on your own can provide a much deeper understanding …

- Roger Penrose

I would say the universe has a purpose. It's not there just somehow by chance.

- Roger Penrose

I'm pretty tenacious when it comes to problems.

- Roger Penrose