We need to 'gravitise' quantum mechanics, not quantise gravity | Roger Penrose | Full interview
2,866Sir Roger Penrose speaks to Curt Jaimungal about key turning points in his life's work, and the 'blatant contradiction' in quantum mechanics that is yet to be solved.
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In this exclusive interview, Roger Penrose discusses the shortcomings and blatant contradictions of quantum mechanics which led his career down a different path to most. Whilst others are on the quest to quantise gravity Penrose discusses his alternative approach to "gravitise" quantum mechanics. Join interviewer Curt Jaimungal in listening to Penrose's career highlights, criticisms of quantum mechanics and thoughts on Einstein, Dirac and other great thinkers in physics and mathematics.
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Roger Penrose is a world-renowned mathematician, mathematical physicist, philosopher of science and Nobel Laureate in Physics. He is best known for his work on general relativity and sharing the Wolf Prize for Physics with Stephen Hawking for his work on black holes.
Interviewed by filmmaker and presenter Curt Jaimungal, host of @TheoriesofEverything
00:00 Introduction
00:29 What are you most proud of in your career?
01:58 The collapse of the wave function
07:50 The Diósi–Penrose model
11:01 Were you ever led to discover a breakthrough by flawed reasoning?
12:02 What has been your equivalent of Einstein’s ‘happiest thought’?
12:52 The Kennedy assassination
14:32 Working out Twistor theory in a car ride back from southern Texas
23:35 Two-component vs four-component spinors
24:42 Meeting Paul Dirac
27:48 Was Einstein wrong?
28:50 The wrong wrongness
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