Asking a Theoretical Physicist About the Physics of Consciousness | Roger Penrose | EP 244

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

Комментарии • 9 тыс.

  • @davidschultz6555
    @davidschultz6555 2 года назад +2653

    Despite being a brilliant mathematician, Nobel laureate physicist, worldly acclaimed academic, I love how willing Sir Roger is to say "I don't know"

    • @matsauvagea
      @matsauvagea 2 года назад +112

      Anyone who is honest knows there are things that we know, things that we don't know , things we know we don't know and things we don't know that we don't know because how could we ?

    • @ClemAparia
      @ClemAparia 2 года назад +145

      The smarter and more knowledgable you are, the more you know that there are countless things you dont know.
      Only a stupid man knows everything, because he isn't even aware of how small his knowledge is.
      And that's the greatest pain of scientists (any field), when trying to answer one unknown, you end digging up 10 new unknown.

    • @johnmachter40
      @johnmachter40 2 года назад +38

      i allways wondered why it is SO DIFFICULT fir people that i ask a lot and they get angry when they dont know an answer instead of just saying "i dont know"

    • @jakem5782
      @jakem5782 2 года назад +28

      In my sales career, I have been told that my clients truly appreciate my willingness to tell them, “I don’t know, but what I do know is that I can find the answer”

    • @johnmachter40
      @johnmachter40 2 года назад +9

      @@jakem5782 thats good

  • @n0rbakn0rbak38
    @n0rbakn0rbak38 2 года назад +1055

    Never thought I would understand Dr. Penrose's answer more than Dr. Peterson's questions.

    • @Mcgernica
      @Mcgernica 2 года назад +126

      "i still dont think it´s the same thing". Peterson often uses examples and metaphors that are too wide for the case. Penrose has a single clear notion of what this "is not", therefore batting down most analogies

    • @thestonethatgodcant
      @thestonethatgodcant 2 года назад +81

      @@Mcgernica i feel like penrose would have been open to exploring wide reaching metaphors and connections to other concepts in they had been more on point. he often noticed peterson was missing the point and clarified that hes open to changing the subject so long as its explicit and no connections are are implied between the two subjects

    • @Oxydron
      @Oxydron 2 года назад +72

      What Penrose understands and talks are the most difficult concepts a human being can grasp and describe. And Perterson is not a physicist.

    • @thestonethatgodcant
      @thestonethatgodcant 2 года назад +50

      @@Oxydron yeah but they were both keeping it on the philosophy side. penrose was very careful to avoid shutting peterson down with actual physics and kept it to just briefly clarifying theorems and theories as it pertained to petersons philosophical interpretation. honestly peterson did not look like a professional academic that had time to prepare for this interview. maybe his schedule didnt allow it? stuck in his own interpretation of things several times in a row like a 101 student if you ask me.

    • @thestonethatgodcant
      @thestonethatgodcant 2 года назад +25

      @@Oxydron if theres a physicist out their that can bring complex concepts from physics into the realm of philosophy with the right conversation its penrose. and petersons reverence towards penrose suggests that he in fact prepared a lot for this interview but in a way thats very self involved. but thats just me getting into not liking peterson as an intellectual celebrity. and maybe penrose is getting too old to feild this kind of interview

  • @makebritaingreatagain2613
    @makebritaingreatagain2613 2 года назад +766

    For all the problems of the modern world, the fact that I can so easily listen in on a conversation between two minds such as Penrose and Peterson makes me feel blessed.

    • @docmacdvet
      @docmacdvet 2 года назад +3

      I rhink Dr. Peterson is postulating whether ir not there are other algorithms possible to arrive at consciousness if it is mathematically driven.

    • @coolbreeze6198
      @coolbreeze6198 2 года назад

      How true

    • @chrisgriffiths2533
      @chrisgriffiths2533 2 года назад +4

      @@docmacdvet I Think Prof Roger is Saying Maths will Expose that the AI is Not Human Consciousness but Many Humans may Not be able to Differentiate.
      Interesting Topic.

    • @SupernaturalBeingsofEarth
      @SupernaturalBeingsofEarth 2 года назад

      Huuuuah ?

    • @SupernaturalBeingsofEarth
      @SupernaturalBeingsofEarth 2 года назад

      Kidding. 👍

  • @KssandraMontgomery
    @KssandraMontgomery Год назад +301

    What I LOVE about this talk is that questions are asked, they listen intently to each other until they have a good understanding, then there is answer. Nobody is getting self-righteous, or annoyed. THIS, my friend, is GREAT conversation!

    • @BrewBlaster
      @BrewBlaster Год назад

      This intrigues me and makes me think a lot about AI possible characteristics.

    • @KssandraMontgomery
      @KssandraMontgomery Год назад +3

      @@antoniosantiago22 it's all in perception

    • @AppleOfThineEye
      @AppleOfThineEye Год назад +6

      @@antoniosantiago22 Peterson was clearly trying to introduce ideas to tie together solid, working theories.
      There can be a debate about his ability to do so, but suggesting he was "overcomplicating" things is, at best, reductive.

    • @debrachilcott7179
      @debrachilcott7179 Год назад +1

      I had the same thought.

    • @squamish4244
      @squamish4244 Год назад +16

      @@AppleOfThineEye There isn't a debate. In this case, Peterson has NO ability to make any sort of working theory out of the words of one of the greatest living physicists and mathematicians. He is way, WAY out of his depth.
      Compare the way he interviews Penrose to the way Lex Fridman and Joe Rogan did. That is, they kept quiet a lot more.

  • @jrhwood_
    @jrhwood_ 2 года назад +419

    I enjoy how careful and precise Roger Penrose is to make an erroneous connection between two seemingly related topics. As a physicist, he is concerned with the facts and reality, it is very much the case that two physics concepts are in fact very different, or else they would only require one law. He is concerned utmost with being factually correct, so as not to undermine his existing body of work and his own credibility as a Nobel Prize-winning scientist.
    Contrary, Peterson plays with the framework of ideas, he draws the gist out of incredibly complicated ideas from many different fields and tries to refine his mental representations by adding similar examples, very Feynman method-like, and an example of multi-modal analysis. Jordan aims to find universal truths that can be reached across multiple levels of analysis from different fields, despite not specializing or understanding the finer mechanics of those fields.
    This interview very much demonstrated the Harris vs. Peterson divide on the definition of truth. Penrose takes this as empirical, whereas Jordan is more open to metaphorical and narrative truths.

    • @danielgrzybowski75
      @danielgrzybowski75 2 года назад +88

      this is all true however I have a strange feeling Dr Peterson is trying a bit too hard here. It seems as Penrose is getting slightly annoyed at some of the attempts.

    • @anthonyhardisky1471
      @anthonyhardisky1471 2 года назад +18

      I agree with your observation. I believe both of their approaches are important because I think every human wrestles with life and ideas in these ways. Of course some more so empirically and some more relatively.

    • @heywayhighway
      @heywayhighway 2 года назад +44

      This is a really nice way of saying Jordan is completely lost and grabbing for straws.

    • @anthonyhardisky1471
      @anthonyhardisky1471 2 года назад +83

      @@heywayhighway lol seemed like he grasped quite a bit for having never studied advanced mathematical physics before. As well as asked good questions and was forthright with the concepts he was struggling to grasp until he was satisfied. And then he related these concepts that were new to him to concepts he knows very well... You know, kinda like anyone who enjoys talking with others about complex ideas?

    • @anthonyhardisky1471
      @anthonyhardisky1471 2 года назад +32

      @@heywayhighway isn't it weird how easily people get salty and become haters online? What do you think makes people spend time online just trying to put others down?

  • @pedroskipie
    @pedroskipie 2 года назад +949

    First time I have heard Jordan sound more like the child rather than the father. Great conversation. Was nice to see Jordan's child like curiosity come out. Penrose is "off the scale" intelligent.

    • @JordiLinares
      @JordiLinares 2 года назад +124

      Jordan showed us he is unable to understand a shit about what Penrose work is about, and the Jordan has a collection of basic, disconnected, uncompleted pieces of knowledge about computability, AI, conciousness etc. It is the first time I have seen Peterson saying ridicolous and out of the scope things.

    • @ricksmith5944
      @ricksmith5944 2 года назад

      @@JordiLinares you didn't understand their conversation, or how understanding develops through conversation. Dr Peterson has an IQ roughly the size of your bank balance, so any respect for your comment is only from the ignorant and stupid.

    • @Limpass610
      @Limpass610 2 года назад +32

      @@JordiLinares dont we all?
      Goes to show the scale of holes in this type of knowledge from jordan and the intelligence to actually connect the dots that he has to fully grasp what he is missing

    • @PauldeGrootMobytron
      @PauldeGrootMobytron 2 года назад +64

      You could also see it from a positive perspective: how cool is it that Jordan surrenders and permitted himself to act like a thirsty shild squeezing out the last single drip of Penrose

    • @MarkVrankovich
      @MarkVrankovich 2 года назад +104

      @@JordiLinares You expect Peterson to know and understand everything? Even things outside his field?

  • @lushbIood
    @lushbIood 2 года назад +597

    i appreciate peterson's courage to ask blindly in a field not his own. you can see a childlike eagerness and curiosity to know more.

    • @sirfer6969
      @sirfer6969 2 года назад +18

      ​@@Theactivepsychos I know right? At least Peterson recognises it and adjusts somewhat, its a real intelligent discourse.

    • @steadfasttherenowned2460
      @steadfasttherenowned2460 2 года назад +1

      That and if not intimidation, reverence.

    • @AxP3
      @AxP3 2 года назад +45

      @@Theactivepsychos I don't think it's that. It's just that Penrose seems more of a balanced thinker who has learnt the limits of his conscious capability.
      JP has a craving for absolutes in topics he's well-informed and uninformed in, whereas Penrose seems to have come to terms with certain fundamental questions going unanswered in his lifetime, so knows where to stop inquiry and thus comes off as more humble.
      I wouldn't paint JP in an arrogant light though, nor Penrose as particularly humble.

    • @AxP3
      @AxP3 2 года назад +10

      @@Theactivepsychos I don't think it's that, because JP definitely backtracks and tries to understand as much as he can.
      At the end of the day, it's just different approaches to learning and analysis, not egotistical predisposition.

    • @AxP3
      @AxP3 2 года назад +3

      @@Theactivepsychos and what does that have to do with this lecture? Now you're the one just looking to back his pre-built conclusions.

  • @baba-sm1fm
    @baba-sm1fm Год назад +57

    Although the interview flapped during the first part, and the guest is aware of it, annoyed by the questions, the conversation improves when he speaks of his memories and experiences, but he is misunderstood or asked questions that do not relate to his field. He is strictly about physics, a genius! I thoroughly enjoyed listening to him towards the end, I think that we all learned a lot from this interview, including Peterson. We don't know what we don' t know.

    • @mouthfulofmac
      @mouthfulofmac 9 месяцев назад +4

      The questions weren’t annoying, they were challenging, that may be why u didn’t like it

    • @BlueCoore
      @BlueCoore 8 месяцев назад

      Annoying to a brilliant mind? Don’t think so bro honestly

    • @psychonautical6587
      @psychonautical6587 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@mouthfulofmacno, they didn’t like it because the first half was full of confusion and misunderstanding, along with partial rudeness

    • @patrickgomes15
      @patrickgomes15 6 месяцев назад +2

      Thanks for this. I was about to switch "off" having watched 20 minutes of JP trying too hard to wrangle randomness into non-computability.

    • @wearestardst
      @wearestardst 4 месяца назад

      I agree about the first part. Thanks for this. Overall it's stellar, and I'll be registering many times.

  • @chasethornton1362
    @chasethornton1362 2 года назад +69

    Dr. Peterson’s humility is refreshing. Never afraid to put his ideas out there. He is acutely aware of other points of view and and willing to adapt and refine his ideas. Always learning and progressing.

    • @RR-et6zp
      @RR-et6zp 2 года назад +3

      so , an adult

    • @johanortiz4189
      @johanortiz4189 2 года назад +8

      @@RR-et6zp a quite rare thing this days

    • @karniskavva
      @karniskavva 2 года назад

      He does well in this room!

    • @Camcolito
      @Camcolito 2 года назад +2

      Hardly, he spouts off on topics he has no idea about all the time - economics, and now philosophy of mind. To top it off, he asks a physicist about consciousness which is like asking a sprinter about skiing.

    • @karniskavva
      @karniskavva 2 года назад +9

      @@Camcolito Roger penrose has been working on consciousness for over a decade, WTF are you on about?

  • @ThaiChinaMalay
    @ThaiChinaMalay 2 года назад +444

    I am so thankful that people like me can have access to this kind of thought provoking and educational discussions between people of great merit like Roger and Jordan. What a privilege and blessing. I feel so fortunate.

    • @mikejames6664
      @mikejames6664 2 года назад +9

      Don't overdo it.

    • @emilioyared
      @emilioyared 2 года назад +1

      True

    • @ProfessorToadstool
      @ProfessorToadstool 2 года назад +1

      its only our legacy, and something that should have been being done since the advent of television
      i don't consider myself lucky as much as consider myself owed

    • @Donny54
      @Donny54 2 года назад +2

      I was thinking the same thing. What a world we live in where we can be a fly on the wall in a conversation like this.

    • @LeavingBabylon_
      @LeavingBabylon_ 2 года назад +1

      Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved. Acts 16:31

  • @maxineot5652
    @maxineot5652 2 года назад +204

    I’m not an academic but for some reason listening and watching this discussion made my heart sing. Pure joy for me. Thank you to you BOTH!

    • @carolirene49
      @carolirene49 2 года назад +4

      I'm with you on that! 😀

    • @brandonlarge649
      @brandonlarge649 2 года назад +15

      Might not be in an academic field but you sound academic to me. Getting excited about the pursuit of knowledge might be the core of academia

    • @bibiana1953
      @bibiana1953 2 года назад

      I felt exactly the same!!

    • @v0VeNoM0v
      @v0VeNoM0v 2 года назад

      Pure curiosity and wonder I think

    • @maxxxy910
      @maxxxy910 2 года назад +1

      They're both amazing story tellers, extremely expressive and the best at what they do. They resonate passion.

  • @isilver78
    @isilver78 Год назад +41

    Thirty years ago when I was in grad school (physics), a philosophy professor asked me to lunch to discuss a concept that was bothering him. He asked about a statement he read that a photon feels no time. Watching this discussion I'm fascinated that Jordan seems to have focused on the same concept. The discussion ended up covering many aspects of physics and beyond. It was obviously memorable.

  • @susanarupolo2212
    @susanarupolo2212 2 года назад +87

    My admiration and love to Roger Penrose after this conversation have increased , he has so an incredible and humble mind. My blessings to him.

    • @OmarDavidPerez
      @OmarDavidPerez 2 года назад

      It's super difficult to find a cocky briton, I can attest to that.

    • @charlesaydin2966
      @charlesaydin2966 2 года назад

      And patience… 😃

  • @ashabulkahfi1552
    @ashabulkahfi1552 Год назад +548

    He is 90 years old and he is talking about advanced physics. That is another level of badass!

    • @kkath_greenmachine
      @kkath_greenmachine Год назад +18

      It'd be even more impressive if he was three years old👀

    • @ianrand9737
      @ianrand9737 Год назад +14

      @@kkath_greenmachine No it won't . It would be illogical, because it would require an intervention of some inhuman force, and would be fit for nothing but animation movie for kids, or a horror movie, or something that silly.
      But we can see here is a reality that shows what the human brain muscle could do if you keep training it. And reality, in my humble opinion, is far more impressive than animation movies and horror shows :)

    • @gw7624
      @gw7624 Год назад +7

      He's able to do that because he didn't decide to give up on his career when he reached retirement age, unlike 95% of westerners.

    • @martyfoster7053
      @martyfoster7053 Год назад

      @@kkath_greenmachine Well.... he WAS 3 years old.... 88 years ago!

    • @cyberspeeds
      @cyberspeeds Год назад +2

      Why surprise? Our President is also 80 years old too. Still ruling the world.

  • @stevewithington7640
    @stevewithington7640 2 года назад +301

    Penrose is brilliant. He is wonderfully straight forward, intelligent and unpretentious.

    • @boouyayme
      @boouyayme 2 года назад +7

      Yes when jordon spoke of the collapse penrose is saying that basically consciousness is emergent that inclines that things can affect it but the conscious cannot affect things. The pattern birds fly in is because of the birds , the pattern itself does not create the bird. That’s why telekinesis is not real but physical reality causing hallucinations is real

    • @rishabhaniket1952
      @rishabhaniket1952 2 года назад

      All people with true intellect are unpretentious.

    • @JeanneCiampa
      @JeanneCiampa Год назад +2

      You forgot he doesn't look at Jordan once!
      He's spectrum!
      Those people might be intellectual but they lack in basic human relations!

    • @JeanneCiampa
      @JeanneCiampa Год назад

      Hello....it's called the fucking soul
      How can brilliant people be so dumb and clueless!

    • @rishabhaniket1952
      @rishabhaniket1952 Год назад +7

      @@JeanneCiampa What are you talking about, get off those drugs, he looks at him multiple times while explaining Peterson’s silly doubts about Escher’s drawings and so on. Jordan overdoes his confidences persona so much that the other person looks a bit odd without context.

  • @CarlosManAl
    @CarlosManAl Год назад +27

    Simply wonderful. Thank you very very much. It is an immense pleasure to hear Sir Roger giving clear answers, as "No" or "I don't know"

    • @kasuo7039
      @kasuo7039 4 месяца назад

      No matter the line of inquiry, you will understand that "I don't know" "likely" is the destination of reason, while simultaneously being an irrational statement by all measures. People who actually understand the limits of reason are a minority. The concept is easy to understand logically, hard to demonstrate and impossible to prove. Unfortunately, the culture that emerged out of Platonism is deeply ingrained in the mind of our people, it declares poorly defined and meaningless statements to be axioms. From these flawed axioms, simple logic becomes overcomplicated/absurd.

  • @thenephilim9819
    @thenephilim9819 2 года назад +331

    Jordan and Roger were definitely talking past each other on several occasions, meaning the same thing but using a different type of language. Still a great conversation to listen to. Two of my heroes talking to each other.

    • @viktordoe1636
      @viktordoe1636 2 года назад +60

      I got the feeling that Penrose has a way deeper understanding of these issues. Jorden is brilliant, but even he was out of his depth here...

    • @ryancoxy91
      @ryancoxy91 2 года назад +57

      @@viktordoe1636 the only issue being Penrose even with his library of knowledge isnt willing to openly talk about the spiritual or metaphysical in public due to his reputation and knighthood so the issues at hand will never be solved by him🤷‍♂️

    • @ismaeleo
      @ismaeleo 2 года назад +32

      They were talking past each other and JBP was way out of his depth at the start. I felt Penrose was holding back quite a bit and only spoke in terms of physics and mathematics nothing more… it shut the conversation down quite a few times

    • @viktordoe1636
      @viktordoe1636 2 года назад +42

      @@ismaeleo I think JBP didn't do his "homework". He obviously had no idea what superposition means or what the collapse of the wave function entails. He seems to think that non-determinism or randomness is the essence of conciousness, which was show stopper for Penrose.

    • @thedolphin5428
      @thedolphin5428 2 года назад +20

      Different universes, differences brain hemispheres. Embarrassing to watch.

  • @AaronMartinProfessional
    @AaronMartinProfessional 2 года назад +2538

    After quitting my philosophy studies in university 10 years ago because I was bored out of my skull most of the time, I didn‘t think I would ever get this excited about a 100 minute long recording of 3 older men in a poorly lit room discussing intellectual topics.

    • @Laysea89
      @Laysea89 2 года назад +134

      Lol right? These guys certainly deserve some comfy chairs and a fireplace or something🔥🤣❤️

    • @melaniaborzan8889
      @melaniaborzan8889 2 года назад +71

      You were bored studying philosophy?! I thought one will get exasperated rather than bored…

    • @jademoon8095
      @jademoon8095 2 года назад +14

      ii am no interlect but at least they simplify it enough for us to get a grasp

    • @tysonclarke012
      @tysonclarke012 2 года назад +7

      Will Peterson, please, tackle Spiral?
      Seriously.

    • @sarahalderman3126
      @sarahalderman3126 2 года назад +17

      @@melaniaborzan8889 it is literally the major for those unable to make it in a real major. The modern equivalent of a degree in gossip (socialite).

  • @Kroitk
    @Kroitk 2 года назад +169

    If you take a step back and look at this moment objectively, it is so beautiful and what a privilege it is to be alive at a time where this conversation was both possible, as well as documented for us to watch for free.
    This conversation could have just as easily never manifested itself for an endless, countless slew of reasons...but it did.
    Thank you, Dr. Peterson.

    • @Kroitk
      @Kroitk 2 года назад +8

      @@psychcowboy1 Sir Roger Penrose was the one answering with intelligent answers posed by Dr. Peterson's thoughtful questions, while Dr. Peterson was in the role of the one who was using his genuine curiosity and awe, playing the role of the interviewer as well as student.
      He asked questions for the lot of us, given the opportunity to sit down with a man of that caliber, in his 90s.
      And I thanked Dr. Peterson for making this conversation possible. Because it was most certainly not Sir Roger Penrose who sought out Dr. Peterson to schedule time to sit down for an interview.
      Hope that explained.

    • @dakotadad8835
      @dakotadad8835 2 года назад +2

      @@Kroitk this is a great way to respond to that question you handled that well, and I agree 100% with your summation I love conversations like this what a privilege for us

    • @victorsanabria5479
      @victorsanabria5479 2 года назад

      @@psychcowboy1 not as thoughtful and deep as your name Molecule boulder.

    • @leoleo2336
      @leoleo2336 2 года назад

      and here you are again to troll people... get a life...

    • @sammencia7945
      @sammencia7945 2 года назад +1

      Happened all the time in the 60s 70s and 80s on Public and Access channells.
      Weekend tv.

  • @malayangkaalaman
    @malayangkaalaman Год назад +52

    I never imagine myself getting interested in this topic even though I flunked out of college. Sir Roger is Amazing

    • @TheOnlyONeill
      @TheOnlyONeill Год назад +7

      Just because you’re a bad student doesn’t mean that you’re stupid. It just means you’re undisciplined, which is a trait you can improve on.

    • @FaxanaduJohn
      @FaxanaduJohn Год назад +2

      Yeah the fact you flunked out of college is precisely why I never imagined you getting interested in this topic.

    • @rapistincel
      @rapistincel 10 месяцев назад

      Yeah@@FaxanaduJohn

  • @thomaslangley1571
    @thomaslangley1571 2 года назад +86

    I've never seen Dr Jordan Peterson so on the edge of his seat, asking questions and getting excited to hear what will be said or explained. I think it shows the true nature of Sir Roger Penrose' intelligence, and knowledge in general on these subjects. And just how interesting a subject it is.

    • @dartskihutch4033
      @dartskihutch4033 Год назад +3

      I thought the same, and if anything Peterson I could tell was to an extent intimidated and a bit nervous as not to come across too uninformed (although he is out of his wheel house and just curiously picking his brain for added detail to his own philosophies). This guy's intelligence is off the handle.. I mean at his age he's surely declined a good amount from his prime and still he maintains a genius IQ.. just makes me wonder his genius when he was younger.
      Also I couldn't help but notice how tightly Penrose kept his statement within what he knows and didn't entertain or go down rabbit holes of philosophy or assumptions. Tbh I felt that slightly annoying as I'd like to here what his assumptions beyond what he knows would be a bit more, but I respect how much integrity he has when speaking of things we simply don't know.

    • @TailoredReaction
      @TailoredReaction Год назад +1

      Peterson's demeanor does not reflect on anything other than Peterson is a complete ninny.

    • @dartskihutch4033
      @dartskihutch4033 Год назад +2

      @@TailoredReaction lol okay.. I don't agree with everything he says, but he certainly isn't a fool.

    • @TailoredReaction
      @TailoredReaction Год назад

      @@dartskihutch4033 Jordan Peterson is a complete embarrassment to Canada. The stories I could tell you about him from 20 - 25 years ago, long before he became such a hero to the Trump crowd down south. One thing for absolute certain, Jordan Peterson IS NOT an intellect. Don't be fooled by his verbal salads.

    • @pierrelabounty9917
      @pierrelabounty9917 Год назад

      People giving their opinion , no matter how uridite, I not a reason to be intimidated. Love to learn, and like listening to the same. Pomposity is no virtue. Good here.

  • @YeahMcMad
    @YeahMcMad 2 года назад +196

    Aren't we all so fortunate to be able to listen in and watch a conversation like this?

    • @micwun7844
      @micwun7844 2 года назад +1

      I agree.what role emotions play is what I'm thinking.the pianist plays different ly just because he she feels like it.holds a note a little more.plays more dramatically just because the mood suggest s it?

    • @BobMartin76
      @BobMartin76 2 года назад +1

      Yes and understand the conversations and agree and disagree with or solve some of the systems, words and other forms spoken about as I enjoy doing without having any titles or over the education of time lost in some cases with those
      kind of humans if, in fact, you would call them that rather than nuts, eccentrics or whatever? I say that with respect to what I have been referred to over my life as a nut etc even bipolar when called that I say no Tripolar I am smarter than just a 2 polar being while I am looking at the 2polar person calling me bipolar the stupid ass.

    • @buhuhuh7757
      @buhuhuh7757 2 года назад +1

      Yes, crazy to think just 40 years ago only a select few people would get to witness this. Now nearly the whole world can get unfettered access.

  • @thucydides7849
    @thucydides7849 2 года назад +285

    This guy is 91 years old. To maintain this level of mental wherewithal and wit in his advanced age is any thinking persons dream.

    • @northernhemisphere4906
      @northernhemisphere4906 2 года назад +12

      wherewithal is a cool word😊

    • @hjr2000
      @hjr2000 2 года назад +1

      Amen to that.

    • @billlets5460
      @billlets5460 2 года назад +11

      Likely he never daydreamed a moment of any day in his life but instead engaged intensely continuously in deep thought every second of his life. He might even be obsessively thoughtful.

    • @avigindratt7608
      @avigindratt7608 2 года назад +13

      I give Penrose a lot of credit for having so much patience with Peterson's dumb ass questions/challenges. Really wasted the man's time

    • @F8LDragon2
      @F8LDragon2 2 года назад +16

      @@avigindratt7608 that’s such an arrogantly ignorant thing to say

  • @GeorgeDoumani8
    @GeorgeDoumani8 25 дней назад

    Brilliant interview. I particularly appreciated how much effort Dr. Peterson put into researching and acquainting himself with theories in physics to make such a discussion possible. Likewise, I admired Sir Penrose’s openness in answering the questions. I’m glad that he explored with Dr. Peterson the subject of Platonism throughout the interview, most notably at the end: the Platonic world ⊂ the world of beauty ⊂ the world of morality.
    Since there is a multitude of philosophies about mathematics, its nature, its origins, and its purpose, I would also appreciate it if Dr. Peterson had the opportunity to explore counterpart ideas with philosophers of mathematics like Marcus du Sautoy and Stephen Wolfram. Situated at the intersection of psychology, theology, and cosmology, Dr. Peterson, exploring such topics, would bring us-the viewers-a projection of those ideas into the creative, multidimensional space of thought engendered by his mind.
    In particular, since he has acquainted himself with explanations about morality’s possible origins and purpose from a behaviorist lens (such as studies with rats and play), as well as beauty from a psychological point of view, he could have a lot to say about similar explanations regarding mathematics: how commonplace simple counting is in the animal kingdom, how even microorganisms distinguish between “quantities” (e.g., less light, more nutrients), and how mathematical skills could be inherent to consciousness, given that the first thing we perceive about “an” object we are conscious of is its multiplicity.

  • @nerdgonewild
    @nerdgonewild 2 года назад +155

    Peterson's openness is on display here. A few of the connections he makes across domains don't land, but some do, and they enrich the conversation

    • @HillcrestGames
      @HillcrestGames 2 года назад +26

      I was just thinking about how this aspect of Peterson might be one of the reasons I find his conversations so interesting. He has a mode of thinking that seems to be very rare among scientist/intellectual communicators. When very intelligent people talk with him he makes lateral moves that nobody sees coming. It's like he's a master jazz musician, and when he closes his eyes and twiddles his fingers he's improvising a phrase that the other musicians don't see coming.

    • @kdemetter
      @kdemetter 2 года назад +16

      That's one his great strengths. Also sometimes a weakness though, as it can make him drift far off-topic. Which is great fun if you are just listening casually, but I imagine could have been hard for his students to follow.

    • @suetownsend1656
      @suetownsend1656 2 года назад +15

      That's an important aspect of his intellectual process. He is willing to attempt making connections in front of an audience and is comfortable with the possibility some may not land.

    • @neochris2
      @neochris2 2 года назад +2

      This is very valuable for intellectual progress. I've read a few times that a problem in modern academia is that all domains are so specialized that they have formed bubbles around them and rarely interact with each other, and it is indeed frowned upon if you, coming from a discipline, write bout another you are not an expert in. In the past they had greater interactivity and a lot of groundbreaking results come from these types of interactions.

    • @djz2308
      @djz2308 2 года назад +5

      Which ones land?

  • @hama3157
    @hama3157 2 года назад +408

    Peterson has an enormous intellectual curiosity and a desire to extrapolate from one discipline to another, to synthesize different strands of thinking and so enrich his 'map of meaning', a cartography of the world. This makes him fascinating to listen to and explains a lot of his draw as a populariser of academe, and a scientific communicator par excellence. The trouble is, maths and physics are such deep, esoteric disciplines that - even for the very intelligent outsider - Peterson's worthy attempts to draw out the parallels he loves seem to strike Penrose as superficial or off-point. What happens when the ultimate specialist meets the ultimate generalist

    • @Hello.Bye.123
      @Hello.Bye.123 2 года назад +87

      Maybe because Peterson is often just blabbering with big words like you have in this comment 😅😅😅 whereas Penrose tries to express complicated ideas with the simplest language possible. They're two opposites

    • @tortysoft
      @tortysoft 2 года назад +2

      Exactly ! Brilliant :-)

    • @tortysoft
      @tortysoft 2 года назад +2

      @@Hello.Bye.123 Just one opposite :-)

    • @tortysoft
      @tortysoft 2 года назад +27

      @@psychcowboy1 He is the king of circumlocution . He says less in a paragraph than Penrose says in a few words. But, what I decoded was deep, insightful and yet constantly changing subject which I think irritated Roger somewhat.

    • @DavidvanderWant
      @DavidvanderWant 2 года назад +2

      Great observation. Ha ma

  • @Boogaloo_Baloo
    @Boogaloo_Baloo 2 года назад +124

    Oh what privilege we have as a society that we can listen to the conversation of such gentlemen. What a privilege to be able to rewind and play it back as well.

    • @mikejames6664
      @mikejames6664 2 года назад

      You've watched it TWICE?!

    • @nathanielhotz2329
      @nathanielhotz2329 2 года назад

      Spot on!

    • @Firstthunder
      @Firstthunder 2 года назад

      Thankful for technology.

    • @Sacarat
      @Sacarat 2 года назад

      I pause more than rewind. I can’t keep up with the processing speed of these guys. I need a break to process every few minutes, or seconds.

  • @abhinavkumar8396
    @abhinavkumar8396 Год назад +15

    Understanding is something which requires consciousness... This is such a great relief in whole podcast. Thanks Roger. 😊

    • @steveflorida5849
      @steveflorida5849 10 месяцев назад

      However, what is the source of human Consciousness?

    • @abhinavkumar8396
      @abhinavkumar8396 10 месяцев назад

      @@steveflorida5849 I think there is no source and "It ' is the source.. the intelligent mind or what we call matrix.

    • @steveflorida5849
      @steveflorida5849 10 месяцев назад

      @@abhinavkumar8396 so you claim there is no source, and then say "it" is the source of human Consciousness.
      What is IT?

    • @abhinavkumar8396
      @abhinavkumar8396 10 месяцев назад

      @@steveflorida5849 well according to Bible I think "It" is God ... Or the Creator. He created human consciousness even.

    • @benmccarthy2796
      @benmccarthy2796 10 месяцев назад

      At the point you don't know you should say you don't know

  • @scorch4299
    @scorch4299 2 года назад +292

    This man's mind is a goldmine, and it needs to be mined completely before hes gone.
    Long live Sir Roger Penrose, one of the greatest minds alive today.

    • @MrKarpovy
      @MrKarpovy 2 года назад +5

      What an optimistic comment!

    • @tinkeringtim7999
      @tinkeringtim7999 2 года назад +14

      but on point. The significance of Penrose's perspective is vastly under appreciated by the modern physics community, possibly because of its bizarre and totally illogical faith that fundamental physics is more likely accessible via high energy physics. I have a degree in the subject so neither expert nor layman, but I have read extensively in English and maths everything I could find to justify this belief and so far I have only found poorly constructed Sophistry.

    • @chopperhead2012
      @chopperhead2012 2 года назад +6

      a gold mind, if you will

    • @Ging_10
      @Ging_10 2 года назад +2

      Dont focus on the person…focus on his ideas cause they do sure can live for ever…

    • @tinkeringtim7999
      @tinkeringtim7999 2 года назад +4

      @@Ging_10 yeah of course, I think that entirely misses the point of the comment. He tends to only speak of what he's quite certain, but there will be a much larger wealth of thinking which would best be teased out in interviews etc. before they are lost. He has had a very unique position in a unique juncture of history.
      If you don't know what's different and therefore why your totally generic cookie cutter comment isn't particularly useful here, best learn a bit more about his theories and history first.

  • @dreaminpsyche984
    @dreaminpsyche984 2 года назад +79

    I'm so happy Sir Roger Penrose dedicated some of his precious time to have this discussion with Jordan Peterson! Considering the huge popularity of the latter, it sure will bring questions about physics, cosmology and the "hard problem of consciousness" to a large audience, which is great. More discussions like this one. More!

    • @thedolphin5428
      @thedolphin5428 2 года назад +1

      Cut with the hero worship. This was a meeting of two men, two clever humans. But Penrose was like an intellectual automaton.

    • @dreaminpsyche984
      @dreaminpsyche984 2 года назад +4

      ​@@thedolphin5428 I don't "worship heroes", I just made a comment about a discussion I found very interesting. If you have time to waste in unpleasant replies to comments, that's your problem.

  • @IsidroAPS
    @IsidroAPS 2 года назад +144

    And just like that, Dr Peterson casually drops a conversation of a lifetime... As I was listening to Sir Roger's explanation of his model of the universe, man, awe and gratitude were the only things in my mind. Once again, thank you for everything, Dr Peterson.

    • @markstipulkoski1389
      @markstipulkoski1389 2 года назад +7

      @@nuqwestr Penrose had to spend much of his time saying "that is not what I'm saying." Peterson kept trying to get Penrose to say something that fits his theist narrative and Penrose would not go there. Luckily, Peterson gave it a rest after a while and stopped trying steer Penrose.

    • @wthomas7955
      @wthomas7955 2 года назад +4

      @@markstipulkoski1389 Yeah, and how many times did he have to say, "I don't think I understand the question."? Ridiculous conversation.

    • @CleverMetaphor
      @CleverMetaphor 2 года назад +2

      @@markstipulkoski1389 at what point was theism ever a part of this conversation?

    • @shardultheshaneshankar
      @shardultheshaneshankar 2 года назад +1

      @@markstipulkoski1389 Where was theism in this? Is there some other conversation I missed?

    • @markstipulkoski1389
      @markstipulkoski1389 2 года назад +3

      @@CleverMetaphor I did not state theism was discussed. Jordan Peterson and Stephen Blackwood are both theists. Roger Penrose is a self- described agnostic, which means he sees no evidence of the existence of a god or gods, and thinks that the question is logically unknowable. I'm with Penrose and I know the arguments of theists. JP/SB tried to twist RP view that consciousness is not computational to mean that it cannot be derived from the physical world. RP later used his tiling example to clarify what "non-computational" means to mathematicians and that it doesn't mean that it ultimately can't be understood. At 52:15, RP states that "consciousness is not YET part of current physics." So Roger is not a dualist. JP/SB also tried to go down the path that conscious observers are needed to collapse the quantum mechanical wave function and so consciousness is necessary for our universe to exist. Theist say God is the first cause, the first conscious observer that collapsed the wave function. A silly argument in that a true God would not be bound by the QM laws that He created. Anyway, RP explicitly stated that universes dont require conscious observers. JP/SB were looking for confirmation of their theist beliefs from a Nobel prize winning mathematician/physicist but they did not get that.

  • @ivanenev323
    @ivanenev323 9 месяцев назад +5

    It's extremely hard to have a casual chat with a top physicist I suppose, he'll constantly ask you to clarify or correct you :). Nice interview, thank you!

  • @jamesli5823
    @jamesli5823 2 года назад +21

    Truly grateful to Dr. Penrose and Dr. Peterson and Dr. Blackwood for making the conversation happen, and to all the people for their work in making it publicly accessible.

  • @brianpryor9624
    @brianpryor9624 2 года назад +150

    This is the type of discussion that gives me a huge amount of hope for the future. The audience is pulled along for a ride and respected, not belittled. It says this topic is serious and should be respected, and the audience deserves to hear what has to be said. So often the corporate press treats the audience as though they are children and give them watered down version of what is to be said. This is not the case in this instance.

    • @morthii
      @morthii 2 года назад

      There is no future if we won’t stop “decolonising science” and think that math is racist. I know or hope that this is propagated by loud minorities but for some idiotic reason universities around the world bend over to this ideology.

    • @heidifarstadkvalheim4952
      @heidifarstadkvalheim4952 2 года назад +1

      Then you should pick a better conversation with Penrose and someone else than Peterson. Peterson only have a personal agenda. Real scientist has not. Penrose is an excellent scientist who got the Nobel prize.

    • @basketvector7311
      @basketvector7311 2 года назад

      @Postmortem Colonoscopy no he doesnt

    • @EmperorAsad
      @EmperorAsad 2 года назад

      @Postmortem Colonoscopy contempt in what sense? That it’s inadequate? Excessive or something else?

  • @ThaLatePizzaBoi
    @ThaLatePizzaBoi 2 года назад +5183

    I am going to sit through this and pretend I understand every word of it.

    • @Archbishop-Desmond-Tutu
      @Archbishop-Desmond-Tutu 2 года назад +176

      Listen to penrose on Joe rogan, lex fridman and Sean carrol as well. That way u can triangulate what he's saying and build a picture that makes sense without having to understand the micro details. Also penrose book the emporers new mind is quite accessible

    • @cholasuek
      @cholasuek 2 года назад +31

      Me too

    • @mariai.sandoval3294
      @mariai.sandoval3294 2 года назад +106

      Same. But I’m intrigued that I’m intrigued. So I’ll stick around and see what happens.

    • @pablogonzalez8304
      @pablogonzalez8304 2 года назад +14

      Hahaha

    • @ihateeverythingsucks7003
      @ihateeverythingsucks7003 2 года назад +5

      @m_train1 🧘🏻‍♀️

  • @vermaakf
    @vermaakf Год назад +2

    Mr. Peterson... What a privilege to be engage in such a varied and deep discussion and privilege for me to observe. But...! Listening to Sir Roger's words, tone and observing his demeanour, I cannot help but think that he has some thoughts about some subjects that he decided not to mention. I am sure those thoughts would have been just as intriguing and potentially controversial. This was an excellent discussion that has challenged me to find a connection between all that was discussed in this video and the spiritual realm... Never stop thinking.

  • @robisonkarls
    @robisonkarls 2 года назад +148

    Imagine being in a presence of Sir Penrose and Jordan Peterson... Its like watching your heart and brain having a discussion

    • @alexlalov7152
      @alexlalov7152 2 года назад +4

      Wonderful way of putting it!

    • @wisdomCurator1471
      @wisdomCurator1471 2 года назад

      I couldn't have said it any better 😅

    • @hold_my_ribcage
      @hold_my_ribcage 2 года назад +3

      @@phasespace4700 The scope of your thinking, the scope of ignorance.

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx 2 года назад +3

      I doubt even 0.1% of people in the comments have a brain that could honestly feel kinship wuth Penrose (myself included in the 99.9%).
      The guy is a legend, albeit a far less popularly known one vs the likes of Hawking.
      I learned about this guy first when visiting an exhibit of MC Escher artwork and found out he had collaborated with Penrose on at least one occasion.

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 года назад +2

      Basically Comic-Con for uber nerds🤔

  • @Censeo
    @Censeo 2 года назад +113

    We need more people like Penrose! He is really thinking outside the box. He doesn't put assumptions on all the things he learned, like many smart people still do. We need more people like him, who is curious and ask the right questions. He truly knows where the black spots are in our knowledge. He points them out clearly. We are watching a genious of our time. 200 years from now he will be known because he was one of the few who understood how little we know and where we should look

    • @alejandrocurado5134
      @alejandrocurado5134 2 года назад

      I agree. If humans prevail, future scientists will explore these initial ideas by Penrose and find a new science

    • @darricshhh
      @darricshhh 2 года назад

      Or he will have been shown to be wrong. Thats how science works. Yay science

    • @uraniumu242
      @uraniumu242 2 года назад

      His real strength is clarity

    • @uraniumu242
      @uraniumu242 2 года назад

      @@darricshhh something we have lost recently in the rush to accept science as absolute.

    • @newfinishautospa
      @newfinishautospa 2 года назад

      Well I’m 24 minutes in and Penrose has yet to communicate any intelligible ideas in the English language. He has just been repeating that he knows everyone else is wrong on the topic of consciousness, but cannot explain why. In what way does that reflect his intellectual ability? I can only speak for my personal conscience experience, but I think this way about ideas on a daily basis. I can answer a question that can be done with calculation correctly without doing the calculations with any sort of equation. How is that different from photo machine learning? Can you “understand” without visualization in your mind? Try it…let me know how that works out for you.

  • @RafNorth
    @RafNorth 2 года назад +134

    It’s interesting to see Sir Roger tame Dr. Peterson in his eagerness to understand the questions he’s asking him. You can clearly see that Penrose is the teacher and Peterson is the student here. You can tell he is so excited just listening and learning from him.

    • @shaunmcinnis566
      @shaunmcinnis566 2 года назад +37

      Sir Roger is not able to articulate his ideas as clearly and on the same level as Jordan Peterson. So in another way, Jordan has to come down to his level too.

    • @thomasgarman6353
      @thomasgarman6353 2 года назад +32

      @@shaunmcinnis566 okay so I was thinking it was something like this though,
      To me it looks like Roger is older than Peterson, and so he’s little slower, especially verbally like you said. So I think he Dosent want jordan to try anything crazy, like in the beginning jordan used the word “faith” and roger didn’t like that,
      I think there’s some tension between the two of them because they are on two different paradigms. Roger, the computational physics side, and jordan the transcendent psychology

    • @shaunmcinnis566
      @shaunmcinnis566 2 года назад +5

      @@thomasgarman6353 Good point.

    • @n8sfolly
      @n8sfolly 2 года назад +5

      Dr. Jordan was very much his usual self, I also felt that Penrose certainly did seem to want tom curb his enthusiasm, however I do not think curbing enthusiasm is the mark of a good teacher.

    • @MattHabermehl
      @MattHabermehl 2 года назад +19

      You can see Peterson's lateral thinking here when contrasted with how Penrose seems to think, which is very logically, but not at all analogical. Peterson is making perfectly legitimate connections, IMHO, and ones I've heard in nascent form elsewhere, but in Penrose's mind they are separate and distinct issues, one in this box and one in the other. Both brilliant but in very different ways.

  • @chrishostetler3576
    @chrishostetler3576 Год назад +31

    Jordan's pivot and careful approach in treating Sir Roger with delicacy, in the goal of reaching truth, is one of his most enduring qualities. What a great interview.

  • @tachikomakusanagi3744
    @tachikomakusanagi3744 2 года назад +29

    This is one of the best interviews i've seen with Sir Roger (and i've seen many, one of which in person), becuase Dr Peterson is not afraid to ask questions and to request more detailed explainations. He is not afraid to say he didn't understand. Many other interviewers just do not not dare, because they don't want to look stupid, as if failing to understand Sir Roger's 5 dimensional chess arguments on the first take would in any way make you stupid.
    Bravo to Dr Peterson here.

  • @drjcarrick
    @drjcarrick 2 года назад +362

    This is fantastic to see these two amazing gents talking together. Coincidentally I recently passed my PhD (mostly AI related) and quoted both Jordan Peterson and Roger Penrose in my thesis! :)

    • @Margo714P
      @Margo714P 2 года назад +20

      Congratulations! Jordan would be proud of you. 🙂

    • @ianamos5649
      @ianamos5649 2 года назад +5

      Well done !

    • @dozzio
      @dozzio 2 года назад +5

      Well done 👏

    • @unscient
      @unscient 2 года назад +5

      Congrats Man!

    • @conq3097
      @conq3097 2 года назад +24

      I'm surprised the university didn't fry you for daring to mention Peterson

  • @DragonballG.
    @DragonballG. 2 года назад +403

    Fascinating to observe two brilliant intellectuals have a completely different approach. Jordan wants to immediately incorporate everything into his broader understanding of the world and draw meaningful connections between things. Professor Penrose simply wants to make an interesting observation as concisely as possible and leave it where it is. Its almost as if Professor Penrose is content with making a statement of truth, whereas Jordan wants to extract every drop of value he can from this truth. Or perhaps professor Penrose just disagrees with the connections Jordan is making.

    • @Him.TheOneAndOnly
      @Him.TheOneAndOnly 2 года назад +30

      🎯

    • @qrious786
      @qrious786 2 года назад +43

      I noted this as well. I think Penrose is not disagreeing but he isn't 100 percent sure and therefore declining to comment in favor. Penrose and Peterson are different personalities and have different approach.

    • @DragonballG.
      @DragonballG. 2 года назад +1

      @@qrious786 I think you’re right

    • @qrious786
      @qrious786 2 года назад +41

      @@rickmoen3076 I think you are being very biased here. Here's what I honestly perceived from the dialogue.
      RP has depth in specific areas (mathematics, physics, etc.) but JP has a lot more breadth.
      RP goes by the book and very precise and won't make a statement otherwise.
      RP is not comfortable discussing stuff beyond his speciality. And even in those areas, he only strictly talks about established science.
      JP has much more polymathic intellect and philosophical insight than rest of the panel. JP isn't afraid to explore connections between concepts.

    • @ironclownfish2
      @ironclownfish2 2 года назад +34

      @@qrious786 Not to minimize JP’s thoughtfulness, but he was struggling to understand the difference between indeterminacy and incomputability. And I do not agree at all that RP has a narrower field of knowledge.

  • @Helmann9265
    @Helmann9265 Год назад +8

    We can't REALLY understand Einstein without sir Roger Penrose.... 92 years so sharp, unbelievable. amazing.
    thanks, brilliant one .🙌❤️🌠

    • @pialakin6517
      @pialakin6517 Год назад +1

      Only wish is to let him speak, and finish his thought. JP interupts all the time

    • @vinterwn2946
      @vinterwn2946 Год назад

      What did u understand?

    • @ulrichkristensen4087
      @ulrichkristensen4087 24 дня назад

      Penrose, Suskind, Smolin, Thorne, Weinberg, Guth are the true giants i physics today

  • @da-p6814
    @da-p6814 2 года назад +62

    Bringing conversations like this to the masses is such a profoundly beautiful thing. Different people may disagree with aspects of your politics (I know I do,) but here it should be unequivocally clear to all that you're a positive force for humanity, and we're lucky to have you. This, your harvard lectures on youtube, your biblical series...you're doing truly fantastic work. Thank you.

    • @benjamindyck741
      @benjamindyck741 2 года назад +5

      @Michael Johnson You are correct about the his lecture tours and his action surrounding compelling speech. However, JP has recently engaged in plenty of political discourse especially regarding Canadian politics.

    • @noahheninger
      @noahheninger 2 года назад +1

      @Michael Johnson You should see him when he sits down with Rex Murphy. I would say those conversations are exclusively political.

  • @no_alias_for_me
    @no_alias_for_me 2 года назад +173

    Damn this man is sharp for his age. My granddad (bless his soul) only got to live to the age of 79 and in his last 3 years he deteriorated to such a degree that he couldn't function at all. It was sad to witness. Sir Penrose is 90 now (almost 91) and he talks about stuff in a very clear way which most adults aren't able to do. Amazing.

    • @ptb4049
      @ptb4049 2 года назад +14

      Use it or lose it😎
      A lesson for us all.

    • @MaqAttaq1
      @MaqAttaq1 2 года назад +18

      The brain is a muscle and he’s the Arnold Schwarzenegger of physics

    • @paulmichaelfreedman8334
      @paulmichaelfreedman8334 2 года назад +2

      definitely sharp for a 90-year old. Queen Elizabeth II was incredibly sharp right up until her death recently.

    • @holliswilliams8426
      @holliswilliams8426 2 года назад +2

      I went to a lecture of Roger a few months ago and the way he talks you would think he was 30 or 40 years younger.

    • @larrymountain1914
      @larrymountain1914 2 года назад +1

      Sorry about you grandad, but it is a question of keeping your mind active and not retiring. Penrose is remarkably humble and honest, he keeps it simple, yet he is fully engaged and very logical.

  • @philopoemen6659
    @philopoemen6659 2 года назад +32

    Roger Penrose is a living legend, and it's an amazing privilege to listen to him, so thank you for this conversation.
    20:29 "The creative people use lower probability concepts and words in their approach." This is because in lower probability concepts and words convey more information in Information Theory, since information is defined as negative entropy. This means that there is less randomness, since entropy is basically randomness.
    20:01 "Creative consciousness doesn't seem to be a random walk." Well, obviously because the less probable the idea, the less random it is, according to Information Theory. So, he understands "creativity", but he has to learn the basics of Information Theory/Cybernetics (and he should know cybernetics since it's being used extensively in psychology, and he also mentions it on one of his lectures).

    • @MartyHiggins
      @MartyHiggins 2 года назад +2

      @@psychcowboy1 Boulder... that says it in a single word.

    • @carlknepfler8976
      @carlknepfler8976 2 года назад +3

      @@psychcowboy1 that’s what creative people do. That exact point was touched on in the context of the conversation. Much of it is nonsense, but that’s any good conversation. Also I think there were times when Jordan was making a point that would be worth discussing but they missed each other. Partly because Jordan easily moved between levels of abstraction and also partly because Roger is less interested in meta questions about how advanced our understanding of the physical world may advance those conversations.

    • @tommorgan7599
      @tommorgan7599 2 года назад +2

      @@psychcowboy1 Im on my second run of this video and trying to find it, he talks absolute nonsense tangents imo. But so many people here think he's saying something amazing, can someone help me understand?

    • @k.butler8740
      @k.butler8740 2 года назад +1

      Just...no? A little knowledge is a dangerous thing; you're confusing entropy and differential entropy while acting like graduate level physics is child's play while making more sketchy inferences then Penrose would dare.

    • @tsunamimae1965
      @tsunamimae1965 2 года назад +1

      @@tommorgan7599 sense of what dr Peterson says is not "in the sense of providing information" but rather "in creating environment for prof Penrose to provide some information". Thus, the most relevant information provided by dr Peterson in this video - to me - is the verbal and nonverbal example of how to speak with other person in such a way you could understand what they're saying. It's some "meta" because it is information about how to obtain information. Foolish questions and listening to the aswer explaining why you are a fool is quite a good way to do this.

  • @Stopcolonizinglebanon
    @Stopcolonizinglebanon Год назад +21

    The immense respect these interlocutors have for the process of discovery is revelatory. This is how great minds pursue a shared understanding of reality. The thinking world should pay attention.

  • @BySixa
    @BySixa 2 года назад +212

    This interview shows why Dr Peterson comes across as so real to so many people, and also why he is so successful in his field and his new found internet fame.
    The ability to be truly curious and ask questions is a dying trait

    • @stevenfitzgerald2214
      @stevenfitzgerald2214 2 года назад +12

      The path to wisdom is paved with wonder.

    • @raukoring
      @raukoring 2 года назад +28

      It also shows how he often connects things that dont go together and creates nonenses out of them.

    • @aeiouaeiou100
      @aeiouaeiou100 2 года назад +24

      I don't know about that. He is truly out of his depth here, it's kind off frustrating to watch. Instead of getting to the bottom of Penrose's ideas he is trying to impose his own philosophical ideas onto the conversation continuously and by doing this he's just talking past the very interesting points Penrose is making. This conversation shows that Jordan is not really that smart or knowledgeable beyond the field of psychology, sociology and politics. Imposing his philosophy on those subjects onto physics and mathematics is just awkward and painful.

    • @aeiouaeiou100
      @aeiouaeiou100 2 года назад +6

      @@raukoring That indeed became extremely clear in this conversation, damn

    • @kylepugh6607
      @kylepugh6607 2 года назад +4

      @@aeiouaeiou100 I noticed, too. A variety of Peterson's ideas have appealed to me over time, but I'm only 30 minutes in and he's imposed several times already. Slightly aggravating.

  • @enigma7791
    @enigma7791 2 года назад +71

    Professor Penrose just WOW! One of my intelligence heroes and he is the first to admit "we just don't know!" I really like how he probes consciousness and knows it isn't what humans think it is and like quantum is so much more complex and strange.

    • @Djurel
      @Djurel 2 года назад

      🎯

    • @shawmafkhubba8406
      @shawmafkhubba8406 2 года назад +1

      Intelligence heroes? That's a new one, lol.

    • @MarvinMonroe
      @MarvinMonroe 2 года назад +1

      @@shawmafkhubba8406 yeah man I swear these are all bots talking about how "breathtakingly stunningly brilliant" this is and how we are "so lucky to be able to listen to these geniuses".
      RUclips is full of professors giving lectures and having discussions. This isn't rare or new or even very high quality

    • @shawmafkhubba8406
      @shawmafkhubba8406 2 года назад +1

      ​@@MarvinMonroe Agreed. If anything, what stood out about this interview was its poor quality. The interviewers are clearly lacking in both knowledge and competence in the subject matter that they'd intended to ask good, serious, intelligent questions about.

    • @kkandola9072
      @kkandola9072 2 года назад +1

      @@MarvinMonroe I agree when people say that about Peterson, but Penrose is one of the most distinguished individuals in his field of mathematics. He’s definitely somebody very special.

  • @alexandere9928
    @alexandere9928 2 года назад +33

    We live in a wonderful time when I and everyone else on earth can watch this beautiful discussion

  • @mohamedelkerdawy88
    @mohamedelkerdawy88 Год назад +12

    Dr Jordan gradually realizes how smart and intimidating the presense of this man is. He gradually adjusted the conversation from the colleague tone to being a good and engaging student. It takes a lot of humility and self awareness to do this on the spot on camera. Many healthy cognitive functions interacted to produce this. I would say Ti + Ne + Si + Fe stack.

    • @jeanmichaels8686
      @jeanmichaels8686 Год назад +1

      I really wanted to understand something here but nope, not one word. 😮

    • @user-pl9yq3fc8u
      @user-pl9yq3fc8u Год назад

      uhuh, thought the same thing
      also regarding this, it's super coincidential that there was a subsect of this conversation about intuition (Ti) and how it encompasses an ability to jump through layers of logic via pattern recognition

  • @duckworthlamar7997
    @duckworthlamar7997 2 года назад +118

    16mins into the conversation and my brain is already fried. Penrose is extremely smarter than I expected before watching the interview. And Jordan never disappoints either. The attention to details… the choice of words…. I’m speechless

    • @MattHabermehl
      @MattHabermehl 2 года назад +16

      I'm 14 minutes in, so I expect Penrose will astound me in the next 2 minutes. So far he's clarified that he's not talking about the hard problem of consciousness but just understanding, and claims that it can't be a result of computation. But if you take Wittgenstein's analysis of understanding and a cognitive scientist's analysis of sensorimotor feedback loops, I don't see why understanding can't be accounted for computationally. Understanding, as opposed to phenomenal consciousness, is deemed one of the "easy problems of consciousness" (Chalmers) precisely because we can see how computation could account for understanding in principle. His interpretation of Gödel is also unfamiliar. Sounds metaphorical at best.
      23:00 he gives an example of non-computability, which is just the halting problem. Imagine an algorithm that just keeps computing and never yields an answer. That's a problem on idealized Turing machines, but not on wetware. Is his claim that if you can understand things that can't be computed, your understanding is non-computational? That doesn't follow. You can have a concept of infinity without counting to infinity. The concept itself still bears its syntactic relations in thought and is computed qua concept and not qua an infinitude.

    • @alexbuckley4378
      @alexbuckley4378 2 года назад +7

      The first 20 minutes are easy to get lost on because Jordan Peterson and roger penrose are talking past each other. Jordan is asking to specific a question when roger is only making a general argument. This gets resolved around 21:00 and the conversation moves on

    • @jamesdot87
      @jamesdot87 2 года назад +1

      Me too….I’m lost and I’m following every word so far 😂

    • @RJ-sx4qi
      @RJ-sx4qi 2 года назад +16

      You didn’t expect Penrose to be a genius? Aha

    • @cristianproust
      @cristianproust 2 года назад +16

      Really?, his professor of QM was Dirac, and he named a myriad of the greatest Nobel prize recipients and their conversations. Penrose is one of the big brains of the last century "smarter than I expected " is an inexplicable sentence

  • @jeffreyterwilliger3089
    @jeffreyterwilliger3089 2 года назад +31

    A fascinating conversation which seems to me to reveal more about the participants' thought process than the subject itself. Peterson continually pushes to abstract more concepts out of another, and Penrose continuously snaps him back to what is known and not known.

    • @bustedrav
      @bustedrav 2 года назад

      @Konstantin Dahlin this is true, in a way it shows a level of immaturity from Peterson, I don't mean that in a negative way, more of like a childlike curiosity. At the end of the day this is the fundamental difference between science and philosophy.

  • @harrisonbennett7122
    @harrisonbennett7122 2 года назад +96

    Such a great man, Sir Roger gave a talk at my university and I was lucky enough to get a signature from him

    • @oOHiggsFieldOo
      @oOHiggsFieldOo Год назад +2

      Did a Pen rose out of nothing for him to do the autograph? (not i'm not ashamed and never will be) :D

  • @ajngray
    @ajngray Год назад

    What a wonderful discussion. Jordan, if this Jordan could turn up to every meeting and every discussion you had … your ability to influence the world would expand by an order of magnitude. What a lovely Jordan to be in the presence of. So it’s to know he is always there … and how can we get how can we get him to always be there.

  • @CanWeGetDeep
    @CanWeGetDeep 2 года назад +38

    Watching Jordan’s youthful interest and nervousness is so touching. He seems so genuinely curious, he’s not afraid to reveal his ignorance on certain topics in search for the truth.

    • @CanWeGetDeep
      @CanWeGetDeep 2 года назад

      @@ally11488 maybe, and maybe/certainly I’m out of my depth, but from what I heard, Sir Roger did not quite understand what Jordan was asking…he’s stuck in his 20-30 year old lane of knowing things nobody else knows. Then again, maybe Jordan (and I) just didn’t quite understand what Roger was trying to say…maybe Roger isn’t best at explaining what he’s thinking. Who knows

    • @Kyrieru
      @Kyrieru 2 года назад +2

      @@ally11488 I mean he said that himself in the video.

    • @Kyrieru
      @Kyrieru 2 года назад +6

      ​@@ally11488 Jordan is a clinical psychologist, nobody here is under the illusion that he is a genius in Penrose's field, nor does Jordan act like he is in this video.

    • @nf191
      @nf191 2 года назад +2

      ​@@ally11488 At least for me it is, and I'm sure for others who try to inject the most sense into definitions. A genius is a person who reached a point in a field that no one has been to before and surpassingly so. The more intelligent you are, the quicker you can reach that point, I don't see how Jordan doesn't apply to that definition. Also, Jordan's intelligence is in the excess of 150, which is enough to be able to ever reach the 'point' that I've been referring to. Penrose is undoubtedly also, it's just that each has a different kind of intelligence. Penrose seems to be hyper-mathematical, while Jordan seems to be hyper-verbal.
      It's like if you go left, and I go right, and we both reach that 'point' of genius, but those points are too distinct and far apart, that we may perceive the same concepts differently, and most likely will have a gap in communication, this conversation is a clear representation of that.

    • @nf191
      @nf191 2 года назад +3

      ​@@ally11488 He understands how old ethics are applicable, then explains their applicability to our current present day in a clear manner and emphasizes that we don't put them aside that easily. I don't claim that old-world ethics, particularly Judeo-Christian, are all 'correct', but he managed to extract the most applicable ones.
      His ideas would appeal more to the young generation, so I can see how age plays a role here. I think what he does is important, though I agree not all of his ideas make sense. He contradicts himself at times, it seems to be the case, but it could be that his reasoning simply leaps, which may seem as incoherent to a listener. I've more than once found inconsistencies in what he said, but later on, when he expanded on it, it made sense since he was referring to things differently than what I did. You have to be sure what he 'means' by what he says in order to criticize him, maybe you do, but I suspect that many people don't. Also, even if he has contradictions between his ideas, it doesn't suggest that all are wrong. Many so-called geniuses had dumb ideas.

  • @AKadir8
    @AKadir8 2 года назад +54

    I'm gonna have to watch this multiple times, with my books and notebook open until I understand without pausing and taking notes, literally every minute.
    Forever grateful for this fountain of knowledge and wisdom you two have created.

    • @SandyNiki
      @SandyNiki 2 года назад +1

      If you look up kaos theory it will help understand this. Kaos theory is the fact that everyone's (for an example) fingerprints are different, but are still recognized as fingerprints.

    • @kce4520
      @kce4520 2 года назад +1

      At a minimum, look up the Escher's pictures referred to:
      - Fishes and Scales
      - My Little Ghosts (inspired by Penrose)
      - Circle limit IV (Devils & Angels)

  • @aristotleolympiada4540
    @aristotleolympiada4540 2 года назад +14

    Wow, Roger Penrose at 90 sounds so incredibly sharp. Also well done JBP for preparing for this so thoroughly. Amazing conversation.

  • @mervcharles8365
    @mervcharles8365 6 месяцев назад

    I sat through the whole interview but I think I only got about 30% of this discussion. It's so fascinating to listen to Roger's explanations. I picked up two of Roger's books after watching his interview with Lex Fridman. Can't wait for it to arrive and get a better understanding of these topics.

  • @andresramos5166
    @andresramos5166 2 года назад +75

    There was a fundamental misunderstanding between the reasoning and propositions between Sir Penrose and Jordan. This significantly impaired the initial discussion and the perception of the meaning of such propositions. It is necessary to fully grasp what "computational" might even mean in the simplest mathematical terms before even considering algorithmic thinking and to extend such a primordial form into questions of predicting the future and statistical phenomenon of math and physics is impossible. These two great men have shown why in some sense, social sciences and natural sciences are so disconnected and far from eachother and that it is too naive to draw conclusions about our behavior and cognitive structure from the fundamentals of logic. I had no idea we were this far behind and ofcourse I did not understand the propositions of Sir Penrose either but his borderline annoyance to the way these were taken as parts of a very different set of ideas.

    • @alrick3000
      @alrick3000 2 года назад +14

      Agreed. This misunderstanding (and Sir Penrose's apparent annoyance) made me a bit uncomfortable. I can't really say it's necessarily a bad thing though as I think the majority of this video's audience have a mindset and knowledge base closer to Dr. Peterson's. It certainly has made me aware how fuzzy my understanding of the term "computational" is.

    • @KyriosHeptagrammaton
      @KyriosHeptagrammaton 2 года назад +4

      I've got a bit of background in calculus and psychology, but it's not helping me here. Granted it was only a few years of each in university, but I think the problem might be that they seem to be having two different conversations or something. I've got no idea what they're talking about as of 21:44, and I've read Godel Escher Bach which I would think would be exactly what this is about.

    • @KyriosHeptagrammaton
      @KyriosHeptagrammaton 2 года назад +3

      And his description of Godel's theorem was super confusing to me. I'd phrase it more: "Any sufficiently complex set is incomplete". and "There are truths which cannot be expressed." i.e. "I am asleep".

    • @qtpies2095
      @qtpies2095 2 года назад

      Agreed

    • @Az-bb4mb
      @Az-bb4mb 2 года назад

      Agreed

  • @singhprabhjinder
    @singhprabhjinder 2 года назад +34

    Sir Roger Penrose everyone knows that he is unarguably one of the best minds we have in the field of mathematics and physics, and I have seen his other talks as well but the kind of knowledge you have been successful in taking out of him is phenomenal. Thank you very much for this talk. You have made a lot of people much smarter than they were earlier through this effort. Thank you once again.

  • @desertshadow6098
    @desertshadow6098 2 года назад +37

    Having enjoyed decades of Sir Roger Penrose’s wisdom and insights through his many fascinating lectures and books I am still amazed at his focus and integrity.

  • @Sultan18951948
    @Sultan18951948 Год назад +2

    Just like with Jordans biblical lectures I could listen to this 10 times and learn new things. Thank you Mr Peterson for everything you do.

  • @LateNightVideozz
    @LateNightVideozz 2 года назад +77

    I see someone who is very particular and very precise with what he is getting into and someone who scrambles everywhere. Which some could see as curious but ultimately fail to address any questions at last and just possess more and more complex ones. Penrose stands out. I don't know- humble and honest

    • @huithu
      @huithu Год назад +2

      Exactly!!!

    • @tjeerdteves1039
      @tjeerdteves1039 Год назад

      hits the nail on the head

    • @BRaviShankar
      @BRaviShankar Год назад +5

      Right on the money. Exactly my thoughts too.. Should never delve too much into the subject you are just curious about without doing a proper homework as an interviewer

    • @painless4785
      @painless4785 Год назад +2

      Came to to the comments section to see if I was the only one who felt this way. It's like watching religious people try to get an atheist to say something they can latch on to as means to Jesus smuggle. May be a tad too far but definitely in that direction.

    • @marvinwilliams7938
      @marvinwilliams7938 11 месяцев назад +1

      The beginning was confusing because Jordan wanted to know about Godels theory of INCOMPLETENESS not Godels theory, two diff things. Penrose is precise and thought about the latter.

  • @ilopgaara
    @ilopgaara 2 года назад +70

    Sir Roger will probably be with us for another decade, he seems incredibly lucid and physically well, my grandfather is 96 and still going strong, and he looked very much like Sir Roger does here when he was 90.

    • @HarryNicNicholas
      @HarryNicNicholas 2 года назад +3

      personally i'm impatient for david sinclairs "ten years younger" pill, i'd gladly share with sir roger tho'

    • @paulmichaelfreedman8334
      @paulmichaelfreedman8334 2 года назад

      People with sharp minds tend to live longer because they are able to take care of themselves longer, and high intelligence helps with spotting diseases very early, making early treatment possible, which increases survivability of potentially deadly or disabling diseases.

    • @apjbrw
      @apjbrw 2 года назад

      @@paulmichaelfreedman8334 he's just at a higher level of consciousness given his knowledge on it. has probably trained his mind a lot, so yeah he'll be very intuitive to what his body needs as you say

  • @thewingedavenger1007
    @thewingedavenger1007 Год назад +164

    He's 91 years old and speaks more lucidly than any thirty-year-old I've met.

    • @colezy1998
      @colezy1998 11 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@greyinsight This isn't normal. He was born with an exceptionally robust and wired brain, causing him to have an extremely high-IQ, defending him against cognitive-decline beyond the threshold for lost-lucidity. What you are mentioning is not on it's own enough to make a man born with an IQ of 90 to speak this way at 91 years old.

    • @greyinsight
      @greyinsight 11 месяцев назад +4

      @@colezy1998 Im aware. I simply encourage the consistent use of your brains cognitive function in all aspects rather then having it deteriorate away from lack of utilization.

    • @user-pp1qd8kq3o
      @user-pp1qd8kq3o 10 месяцев назад +1

      I think Joe Biden is more lucid 😊

    • @colezy1998
      @colezy1998 9 месяцев назад

      @@greyinsight There's absolutely no evidence that attempting to use the brain can fight off cognitive decline. The only scientifically supported method to fight against inevitable age-related cognitive decline is physical exercise, which works by keeping blood supply to the brain high and oxygenated.

    • @carefulcarpenter
      @carefulcarpenter 8 месяцев назад +1

      Wisdom is never taught. Most people think at the highest level of their credentials allow.
      Synchronistic Mathematics is far above all three of these scholars.
      Experience is direct personal observation over a period of time.

  • @mariapuentes5713
    @mariapuentes5713 Год назад +96

    I love Jordans profound curiosity for life experiences…consciousness, where the mind is and so on human behaviors

    • @pillsareyummy
      @pillsareyummy Год назад +1

      Well, he is a psychologist....

    • @martyfoster7053
      @martyfoster7053 Год назад +1

      Yep.... you gotta be a smart dude, just to ask either of these guys a question! I've heard all my life that there are "no dumb questions!" That is the DUMBEST statement ever made!

    • @nargiznasibova9700
      @nargiznasibova9700 Год назад

      Where are you from?

    • @user-pl9yq3fc8u
      @user-pl9yq3fc8u Год назад

      i disagree with "that is the dumbest statement ever made" what's dumb about that statement@@martyfoster7053

  • @j.t.4072
    @j.t.4072 2 года назад +16

    That was a very interesting conversation to listen to. I don't feel quite as slow when also I hear theoretical physicists say they don't understand a question which I have to listen to a few times before I have a grasp of it. Thank you for sharing, Dr. Peterson. God bless you and your family.

  • @bokchoiman
    @bokchoiman 2 года назад +135

    Now THIS is epic.

    • @cd7002
      @cd7002 2 года назад +1

      nya

  • @menthols4625
    @menthols4625 2 года назад +58

    I love how the discussion is so complex that it's even difficult for them to figure out the right words to use to ask questions. This was fantastic to watch.

    • @mitchcarpenter4506
      @mitchcarpenter4506 2 года назад

      I thought the same within a few minutes

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 года назад

      Ikr? I thought I noticed a little frustration at JP’s enthusiasm during one point😆

  • @Trailightband
    @Trailightband Год назад +57

    Penrose seems to be exercising every bit of physically conscious patience in this interview.

    • @OfLastingThunder
      @OfLastingThunder Год назад +15

      I'd see it the other way around. Jordan laid out some good thoughts and Penrose couldn't seem to get his head around the angle in which Jordan was approaching it. Penrose was speaking like a math equation and Jordan was speaking from the philosophical side and Penrose couldn't understand the intersection of the two. Jordan saying "I'm not understanding" is a polite way of saying "You aren't getting my point, please elaborate more"

    • @dundeedolphin
      @dundeedolphin Год назад +7

      ​@@OfLastingThunderWhich is another way of saying that Peterson was operating only within the very limited scope of his own understanding, intent on trying to demonstrate his own point of view,, rather than just asking open questions.

    • @OfLastingThunder
      @OfLastingThunder Год назад +1

      @gawa9254 the questions he asked were quite simple and straight forward. Penrose sounded as though he wanted to assert his intellect by "correcting" every question. You've met these people and this is what they sound like. It's annoying.

    • @mikael9325
      @mikael9325 Год назад +4

      ​@@OfLastingThunderIt's of no consequence whether Peterson's questions are or are not simple. It's completely plausable to look dumbfounded when the questions you are receiving have little to do with what you are saying.

    • @HeyHey-ju1xi
      @HeyHey-ju1xi Год назад +1

      ​@@OfLastingThunderNo Penrose was getting annoyed because Jordan made it look like he had questions but he was actually talking alone about subjects that were far from the initial assessment. Penrose couldn't elaborate that way and it's obvious that you should humble down when you speak with someone like Penrose, as Penrose's IQ must at least double Jordan's. When it comes to consciousness, Penrose should have had more time to speak, as it's his domain. I really like Jordan's conferences about psychology and I agree with him most of the time by the way.

  • @Ankur4330
    @Ankur4330 2 года назад +63

    This is perhaps the epitome of this series!
    Thank you so much, dear Sir, for bringing the best mind on the podcast! :')

    • @akashbhullar
      @akashbhullar 2 года назад +1

      Science can't find what Consciousness is, as it is not physical and Sciences study Physical Phenomena. Your name says you belong to Sanatana Dharma, you should know what Consciousness is. These deliberations are problems of materialists, mainly westerners.

    • @AtariForeva
      @AtariForeva 2 года назад +6

      @@akashbhullar What are you babbling about?

    • @therealbs2000
      @therealbs2000 2 года назад +3

      @@ItsJustRyan89 dude probably best to steer clear of that one. that is clearly a cultural conversation that is lost in translation. the fact that you mistake it for something that is supposed to make sense in your native language and idiom is the issue. If you put it in their language and cultural context that response made perfect sense. It is not someone trying to appear smart...

    • @Seeker7257
      @Seeker7257 2 года назад +1

      @@therealbs2000 Wrong. It doesn't make any sense to make a comment in a cultural context while simultaneously using the prerogatives invented by the westerners, while calling them materialists. I am an indian, and I know this to be true.

    • @therealbs2000
      @therealbs2000 2 года назад

      @@Seeker7257 uh. Dude. That is you. I am only describing WHAT THAT DUDE IS DOING. Not you. I know what you say and you are correct.

  • @johnspikes256
    @johnspikes256 2 года назад +60

    What Dr. Peterson seems to use is a mix of elaborative thinking and active questioning mixed with verbalizing his thoughts. I also process information this way. This coupled with his sheer excitement about the topic seems to manifest in a way that some people in the comments think is annoying when seen in relation to how Dr. Penrose seems to be expressing his ideas. This is understandable, but both people are extremely intelligent and should be respected for their contributions to their fields. Collaborations like this help us grow as a species.

    • @straightline76
      @straightline76 2 года назад +1

      'Dear John' - we, the members of the Homo sapiens sapiens
      species with an IQ higher than that of a small plastic soap dish, are letting you go from our group. Please re-read through your statement to understand why. Goodbye.

    • @Fritzybedeek
      @Fritzybedeek 2 года назад

      :D

    • @ozzyoz1495
      @ozzyoz1495 2 года назад +4

      "Elaborative thinking and active questioning mixed with verbalizing his thoughts" Soo... he's having a conversation? Lol wow. Such genius. Jp is just babbling and Penrose is frustrated by this. There is only one genius in that room.

    • @johnspikes256
      @johnspikes256 2 года назад +1

      @@ozzyoz1495 Guess I should've elaborated on what I thought the communication style of Dr. Penrose was here to compare to my description of Dr. Peterson's. Doesn't matter much in all honesty as it'd just be my musings and not any professional opinion (of which I wouldn't be qualified to make anyway). The point of what I was saying is that I communicate a lot like how Dr. Peterson is communicating in this video, and no matter how these two speakers communicate, they are both worthy of more respect than the comments section, including you unfortunately, seem to be giving them.

    • @jamesbogart
      @jamesbogart 2 года назад

      lol.😄

  • @anundbabajee9327
    @anundbabajee9327 2 года назад +7

    Man, that first 45 m was rocky! But the humbleness and humility of the participants highlighted even more - if such was ever required - their curiosity, willingness to understand and share intellectual, philosophical knowledge at a very high level without any ego. Brilliant!

    • @ismaeleo
      @ismaeleo 2 года назад +3

      They lost me in the first 45 minutes; they were talking past each other. I have to try and listen to the rest of it to see if there’s something there.

    • @raydurka
      @raydurka 2 года назад

      @@ismaeleo there is so much more! They reach a "quantum equilibrium" (LOL) after a while, then it gets REALLY interesting! Definitely watch the rest!

    • @raydurka
      @raydurka 2 года назад

      Totally... but that's what happens when two black holes collide! They had to find their resonance... then once they tuned into one another, they were OFF!
      Total nerdgasm!

  • @c0dii837
    @c0dii837 Год назад +52

    Roger clearly explained his position in the first few moments, and they spent another 20 mins trying to understand it

    • @sen7826
      @sen7826 11 месяцев назад +2

      Yup lol. I don't think he wants to be there either, because his take on the whole matter is simple and short. It claims nothing beyond what it says, it's not speculative and it's not open-ended the way the other two men are trying to make it out to be

    • @wilburdemitel8468
      @wilburdemitel8468 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@sen7826 useful things come from extrapolation

  • @TRYtoHELPyou
    @TRYtoHELPyou 2 года назад +24

    There is not enough of this stuff available to the masses, thanks for doing what you do!

  • @lokeshparihar7672
    @lokeshparihar7672 2 года назад +43

    12:20 conciousness can't be reduced to mechanistic process
    19:15 conciousness isn't producing randomness in response to indetermency
    21:45 non computation doesn't imply conciousness is free
    22:20 example of non-computational thing
    41:40 sphere of mind , matter and mathematics

  • @heatrayuk2520
    @heatrayuk2520 2 года назад +42

    Penrose has the appearance of someone who has been withered by a lifetime of dealing with daunting concepts, but he still retains the courage to face them. That’s the most admirable sort of person, in my view.

    • @fupopanda
      @fupopanda 2 года назад +7

      I think it's just because he's 90 years old. Dude is just old. He's still incredibly sharp and brilliant.

    • @heatrayuk2520
      @heatrayuk2520 2 года назад +1

      @boogiedahomey
      A somewhat less lyrical account, but take y’pick I guess…

  • @robinrobinson6714
    @robinrobinson6714 Год назад +8

    This is a great conversation between two of the greatest minds in recent history! Wonderful!😊👍

  • @2ShadesOfGray
    @2ShadesOfGray 2 года назад +10

    What an age to live in, to overhear the conversations of great men and to take away snippets of knowledge and leaned wisdom

  • @meinking22
    @meinking22 2 года назад +84

    This was epic! A bit of a rocky start as thinking styles converged. This is to be expected when you put a physicist and a psychologist/philosopher together. But things really pick up at around the 45:00 point and start roaring from there. So glad you were able to do this conversation in person. Not sure the fruits of this engagement would have been possible without it.

    • @meinking22
      @meinking22 2 года назад

      @@L.I.T.H.I.U.M I thought Dr. Peterson had a psychiatric practice of his own prior to his illness. That wasn't the case?

    • @isaaccheetham5081
      @isaaccheetham5081 2 года назад +7

      @@meinking22 he was trained as a clinical psychologist. Psychiatrists are medical, Peterson from what he has said specialized in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Never prescribed medication.

    • @meinking22
      @meinking22 2 года назад +1

      @@isaaccheetham5081 Okay. Thanks for the correction.

    • @jonis7989
      @jonis7989 2 года назад

      @@isaaccheetham5081 He has prescribed antidepressants.

    • @WarlikeSRK
      @WarlikeSRK 2 года назад

      He is not a philosopher.

  • @mattvsmetaverse
    @mattvsmetaverse 2 года назад +13

    JP is SO GOOD at getting at the motivation of someone to find out why they think what they think. He's both working out his concepts and getting Penrose to consider different angles. I would love to see Jordan sit down with all of our greatest thinkers and scientists and just pick their brains. It's so rewarding to watch. He's both increasing his understanding, and politely challenging the other person's understanding. This is such a great way for both parties to grow. Jordan is just hardwired to improve himself and others. It's refreshing.
    I do think Penrose has been "confined" to his interpretations, and the general scientific consensus, for such a long time, that he has come to consider much of what he understands as gospel (pun intended). That's not to say that he doesn't know his field incredibly well, or hasn't provided many salient points. But, he had a wall up here, and it only grew when "faith" was mentioned. He put that guard up when he got the notion something vaguely religious entered the discussion.
    To address that behavior a bit, I think that a certain amount of faith is necessary in science. We can only understand so much as it is, that so much beyond what we can't predict has to be taken with a bit of faith. Speaking personally, I think that once one believes in the existence of God, or a creator of some kind, much in science makes a LOT more sense, and only bolsters research. I think not understanding this, or at least the potential for it, limits your scope as a scientist.
    However, I make no judgment of Penrose for this. It's the primary and promoted interpretation of existence in the scientific community that we came about as an accident, regardless of the many unpromoted and prominent Christian scientists of the world, and the logical fallacies said theories contain. I actually really appreciate that he was willing to have the dialogue in the first place. Saying that, I think JP might have plucked a few of those cognitive strings, getting Penrose to consider some angles beyond his normal comfort level, and gradually opened him up to dialogue. That's saying a lot for someone trained to regard mention of "faith" or God as taboo.
    Great discussion! These talks are masterclasses, for so many reasons. Is Alan Guth next? 😁

    • @brettjames9088
      @brettjames9088 2 года назад +4

      Good physics requires discipline. Have you met a scientist in academia? They're fairly rigid when they discuss science topics, it can all be measured, whether or not the machine yet exists and it's either known or it isn't and it can all be modelled. If it's not, they simply don't know and that's all they'll say. Anything else isn't science.
      Psychologists are different. Besides the biology side of things, their science is based upon statistics. They can say generally what's true but any given individual is not going to confirm exactly, or even closely, unlike a physicist, where a planets orbit or the heat loss of a laser or the volume of space in a vacuum is known to a very precise level.
      Their science has more accuracy and precision. It's not diagnostic like psychology. It makes predictions, not therapy. It measures via instruments, not surveys and patient feedback.
      Can't knock the bloke for thinking the way he does. It's not too rigid, it's appropriately rigid.

    • @brettjames9088
      @brettjames9088 2 года назад +2

      @@psychcowboy1 Yep it's bad. The guy has watched a few physics videos and gotten some idea he has a sense of what physics is.
      There is no intuitive metaphor for Penrose's ideas. You either do all the math and learn the systems over the length of a science degree to understand it, or not. It's too abstract and too fundamental.
      He's right when he says he is out of his depth.

    • @mattvsmetaverse
      @mattvsmetaverse 2 года назад +1

      @@brettjames9088 Yea, I know most of the world is ignorant, but I know how scientists and psychologists work. lol Perhaps I should have used the more encompassing term “academics”, which includes all of these.
      I was simply commenting on the general consensus among academics that God does not exist and the continued push for that, in all of these areas of study. Of course they aren’t identical fields, but they’re certainly not dissimilar. But that’s missing the point.
      Regardless of how professionals in academics of any kind gather their information, talk of God and faith is discouraged. When you’re biased, the accuracy of your methods don’t matter. I’m speaking on encouraged bias, and the fallibility of literally any information gathering, from any area of study, using it. It was a pretty general statement.

    • @brettjames9088
      @brettjames9088 2 года назад +2

      @@psychcowboy1 there's a link between physics and anything natural. If consciousness exists in the physical world, then there is a link.

    • @SP-mf9sh
      @SP-mf9sh 2 года назад +2

      I agree completely. I got that from but also a smug, close minded vibe in a way. Like " oh this soft science nut job is asking me all these wacky questioms" he tried to paint Peterson as dumb simply because Peterson was stumping him by asking really good questions in his OWN field. Bit of an ego thing going on here with scientists..if u are out of their community you are considered crazy like all the great scientists who didn't fit the "mold". People have such a problem with Peterson for some reason...maybe it's his quest for truth and to drive deeper into concepts. To break down walls of understanding with new ideas. Nothing wrong with that. He is the only one that can hang with all of these scientists, still respect artists and hold his own opinions. He is a great speaker that values logic and creativity, beauty, religion and rationality. He goes deeper into kaos to understand order. He is a rare breed. "Academia" is afraid of him..they are jelous of his following.

  • @erichniemand6771
    @erichniemand6771 Год назад +5

    This is probably one of the most amazing videos I have watched in a long time. I have pondered the existence of the universe since I was a child, and I have hypothesized the exact thoughts Penrose spoke of near the end of this video. I have thought of both the expanding and collapsing theory and the this continual theory many times. I could not put it into mathematical or scientific language as Penrose did though. This is amazing, thank you.

  • @ZakkeryDiaz
    @ZakkeryDiaz 2 года назад +16

    This is a topic I've spent countless hours pondering about. Thank you for this interview and asking these questions.

  • @ryancoxy91
    @ryancoxy91 2 года назад +52

    This was an absolute brilliant attempt at bridging mathematics, physics, psychology and philosophy. Thankyou for this conversation fellas, it was well worth the watch.

    • @neochris2
      @neochris2 2 года назад +2

      We need more bridge attempts like this. Modern academia is bounded like islands in an archipielago.

    • @viktordoe1636
      @viktordoe1636 2 года назад +3

      A failed attempt nevertheless:)

    • @thedolphin5428
      @thedolphin5428 2 года назад

      It didn't bridge anything because Penrose is such a fkn know all and can't bring himself into ANOTHER'S frame of thinking.

    • @ryancoxy91
      @ryancoxy91 2 года назад

      @@thedolphin5428 Its not that he's a know it all, he's just educated in a way of thinking which doesn't permit the use of concepts outside of the frame of science which is unfortunately a huge flaw. This goes for most modern physicists...he certainly knows what JBP is saying but cant play ball in that court as it will ruin his reputation among his peers. He's a Sir because he holds up the scientific status quo....if he was to start blabbing about metaphysics, spirituality and "magick" he would be labelled a buffoon and thrown under the bus.

    • @thedolphin5428
      @thedolphin5428 2 года назад

      @@ryancoxy91
      No, I didn't want or expect him to talk about gobbledygook. I just wanted him to treat JBP as an intelligent, enquiring human to ENGAGE WITH. He must know JBP is a broad-minded pychologist but he treated him like an imbecile. He MADE NO BRIDGES towards understanding -- as you first commented.

  • @charlesberton2581
    @charlesberton2581 2 года назад +8

    I've been a huge MC Escher enthusiast since the 70s. I like what Roger said in describing Escher's work, that is shows the relationship between mathematics and the physical world and the world of conscious perception. That wraps it up in a neat little bow. Love it.

    • @Matt-gl5fj
      @Matt-gl5fj 2 года назад

      His lex interview is amazing. They talk much about Escher

  • @artlessons1
    @artlessons1 Год назад +1

    thanks ! Sir Penrose is a calm, brilliant man in Physics and a paradigm of applying Platonic thinking. Math related to higher forms. TThanks Dr Peterson for participating on behalf of consciousness,

    • @notyetactive
      @notyetactive Год назад

      Yes. This was the frustrating element in the first part of the conversation. Penrose is trying to restrict the conversation of understanding-consciousness to a non-psychological set/domain (discounting any Uncertainty/material uncertainty/determinism etc.) and stating that, even within this domain (I see why Plato/Ideals/Ideas/rationalism etc. is a good descriptor here) there is an issue of consciousness regarding its assumption of proofs according to how it arrives at those proofs etc. etc. I don’t have the fundamental understanding to meet either of these positions/thinkers in full, but this differentiation was never really ironed out and was very frustrating to watch.

  • @eddie-a8922
    @eddie-a8922 2 года назад +6

    It's amazing and fortunate of us that we could still see and hear Sir Roger talking about Science and Maths these days...He is 10 years senior to Stephen Hawking, and Stephen Hawking used to attend his lectures in the 1960's........

  • @manjibean4015
    @manjibean4015 2 года назад +31

    The 2 people i feel most honoured to have shared the earth with at the same time, what a joy to be alive at this time

  • @davidlakhter
    @davidlakhter 2 года назад +10

    1:06:01 "I think the mistake here is to think of time as an objective thing, which is attached to this model - and it's not. There is no concept of when such an event happens."
    1:07:39 "There is no universal notion of time ticking away independently of frame of reference."
    1:33:05 perhaps because morality is the perception of truth and beauty (assuming these are fundamental constituents of the world) that is constructed from the vantage point of one's experience of the world. and engaging by re-ordering this "truth" as you may see fit is the venture we all seek to animate on this experience of life.

  • @pi5549
    @pi5549 Год назад +2

    This is delightful. I could listen to these two forever.

  • @chuckthecontractor
    @chuckthecontractor 2 года назад +67

    Jordan - “What are the geometric forms conceptually?”
    Roger - “I just like doing puzzles man.”

    • @allistairneil8968
      @allistairneil8968 2 года назад

      Perfect👌

    • @alaididnalid7660
      @alaididnalid7660 2 года назад

      I think it's beyond (tiling) puzzles. But it hilariously comes off as if Peterson is trying to figure out what is wrong with Penroses mind from a psychiatric point of view. (I mean, who knows, lol) But he's probably mostly trying his best to follow the logical reasoning.
      I think some tiling problems are a visual way to illustrate examples of uncomputability and even to some extent, what the hell understanding and consciousness is. I think Penrose is more drawn to those abstract ideas and it so happens that certain puzzles shed light on other concepts which he is (also) drawn to.
      I'd say one interest might fuel the other and vice versa.

  • @ilyasmoutawwakil2818
    @ilyasmoutawwakil2818 2 года назад +95

    I love how Jordan throughout the whole conversation is just overwhelmed with excitement. Yes he doesn't have a solid understanding of material physical concepts and some of his questions were funny but I'm pretty sure that with the impact he had on many people, even his little silly questions will make young mathematicians and physicists wonder about the connections he mentioned. "Children are not afraid to ask basic questions that might embarrass us the adults" just as Penrose himself said.

    • @es696
      @es696 2 года назад +12

      Conversations are never great when everyone knows the same stuff 😉

    • @DanielFBest
      @DanielFBest 2 года назад +7

      Is it selfish of me to want to hold on to Roger for longer than he is destined to survive?? It's going to devastate me when he's gone, I utterly adore him - so eloquent.

    • @uraniumu242
      @uraniumu242 2 года назад

      That’s the most backhanded condescending insult I have ever read. “Little silly questions”? Peterson is a highly credentialed professional who isn’t afraid to find out how things beyond his wheelhouse may be brought to bear to illuminate the ideas that interest him. You have exposed yourself as a petty jealous person.

    • @ilyasmoutawwakil2818
      @ilyasmoutawwakil2818 2 года назад +2

      @@uraniumu242 LMAO I love what Peterson does but I'm not ignorant enough to pretend that he has enough maths knowledge for this discussion (he is a scientist but a qualitative one, not quantitative). I would recommend you watch other interviews of Penrose. Also, this is exactly the snowflaking that Peterson talks about xD

    • @ayla8417
      @ayla8417 2 года назад +2

      yea though id kinda want if peterson had maybe read penrose's books before so he had some basic understanding of things like computation/non-computational problems. idk i didnt feel like penrose was enjoying his questions

  • @paulmichaelfreedman8334
    @paulmichaelfreedman8334 2 года назад +21

    Only a few minutes in , this conversation is already GOLD.

    • @edithbannerman4
      @edithbannerman4 Год назад

      @Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

  • @michaelohair3715
    @michaelohair3715 Год назад +9

    When Penrose really gets going he's a wizard.and very eloquent.

  • @yasminthescientist
    @yasminthescientist 2 года назад +78

    I used to think all of Physics could be explained to people in words and pictures, but when I got half way through my undergrad degree I realised that there are some things that can only be understood using mathematics. This takes me back to those days . "It sounds crazy but it's correct" is a good summary of the whole of relativity and quantum mechanics 🙂

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 года назад

      Right. Like how love is more closely related to red rather than black. I mean nobody gets a black box of chocolates on valentines day😆

    • @manicbichon5847
      @manicbichon5847 2 года назад +8

      A better summary for Theoretical Physics would be "a whole field dedicated to trying to force unfounded materialistic beliefs to fit with empirical reality through mathematical gibberish with such a volume of low grade nonsense and self referential stupidity that makes it impossible for anyone to agree, disagree or in fact, pinpoint any single of the multiple incongruences in which it incurs."

    • @the2ndcoming135
      @the2ndcoming135 2 года назад +1

      @@manicbichon5847 🍎

    • @TheElectricChickens
      @TheElectricChickens 2 года назад +16

      @@manicbichon5847 and yet, it seems to be good enough to create the device you typed that out on, which if you stop to reflect for a second is an incredibly radical power requiring an understanding of subatomic interactions so precise, it's literally impossible for the human mind to comprehend. All your comment tells us is that you have a good vocabulary but have no idea what physics is all about. I mean, you talk about all the 'incongruences' physics incurs (and we're actually lucky it does, since most of the reality that we percieve seems to result from symmetry-breaking), but you've already defended yourself from pushback by saying it's impossible to pinpoint what those incongruences are.
      And 'mathematical gibberish' just tells me you haven't studied the math at all. It's actually surprisingly elegant, which is part of why it's so encouraging that it seems to describe physical reality with staggering accuracy. I'm not trying to be a mathematical elitist here, not everyone wants or needs to get a deep mathematical education, and that's fine. There are plenty of vocations that are equally meaningful and fulfilling. But just passing it off as nonsense with a bunch of fancy words and no concrete examples or evidence seems unhelpful at best.

    • @manicbichon5847
      @manicbichon5847 2 года назад +5

      @@TheElectricChickens u actually believe computers were designed taking into account theoretical physics? 🤭🤣

  • @clayskelton9557
    @clayskelton9557 2 года назад +5

    Wow this entire conversation was just purely satisfying. It scratched my itch. Thank you for speaking with a theoretical physicist and introducing me to Penrose.

  • @alexjohnson5677
    @alexjohnson5677 2 года назад +42

    The writings of Gödel and Escher were core (and difficult) foundational elements in my Discrete Mathematics courses. It was very cool to listen to these two giants discuss Gödel and Escher in such a philosophical context. The book “Gödel, Escher, Bach: A Golden Braid” is one of my most valued artifacts from college - highly recommend to anyone interested in philosophical fruits of uncommon mathematical ventures.

    • @straightline76
      @straightline76 2 года назад +4

      There was only one giant in that conversation, whichever way it's looked at.

    • @norbertbaranya6627
      @norbertbaranya6627 2 года назад +3

      I deeply respect Peterson (my netdad), but the conversation started really badly, because he didn't understand the Gödel numbering part, which was the starting point for Penrose reasoning.

    • @alexjohnson5677
      @alexjohnson5677 2 года назад +2

      It’s true that Jordan Peterson came to this conversation with less preparation than he should have given the domain of the conversation, but he asked some important questions that got at the essence of the question of consciousness. Regardless, I highly admire both men despite their tendency to miss the other’s point during this discussion.

    • @alexjohnson5677
      @alexjohnson5677 2 года назад

      I agree - I think Roger Penrose started out a little annoyed with Jordan Peterson. It picked up some steam towards the middle, though

    • @straightline76
      @straightline76 2 года назад +3

      I'm genuinely beginning to question what Jordan Peterson does understand, in terms of expert level knowledge. Definitely not depth psychology. I've stopped pointing folk in his direction.