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• And these little things may not seem like much but after a while they take you off on a direction where you may be a long way off from what other people have been thinking about.

  Roger Penrose

  Thinking, Long, People

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• I was indeed very slow as a youngster.

  Roger Penrose

  Youngsters

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• Well, gauge theory is very fundamental to our understanding of physical forces these days. But they are also dependent on a mathematical idea, which has been around for longer than gauge theory has.

  Roger Penrose

  Ideas, Understanding, Gauges

  "Secrets of the Old One". Interview with Frank Ling, grokscience.wordpress.com.

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• Well, I don’t know if I can comment on Kant or Hegel because I’m no real philosopher in the sense of knowing what these people have said in any detail so let me not comment on that too much.

  Roger Penrose

  Real, Knowing, People

  "Secrets of the Old One". "The Groks Science Show" with Frank Ling, grokscience.wordpress.com. January 18, 2009.

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• This book is about physics and its about physics and its relationship with mathematics and how they seem to be intimately related and to what extent can you explore this relationship and trust it.

  Roger Penrose

  Relationship, Book, Physics

  "Secrets of the Old One". "Groks Science" with Frank Ling, grokscience.wordpress.com. January 18, 2009.

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• As you say, the way string theory requires all these extra dimensions and this comes from certain consistency requirements about how string should behave and so on.

  Roger Penrose

  Consistency, Requirements, Way

  "Secrets of the Old One". "Groks Science" with Frank Ling, grokscience.wordpress.com. January 18, 2009.

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• The basic theory in twistor theory is not to add extra dimensions.

  Roger Penrose

  Add, Dimensions, Theory

  "Secrets of the Old One". "The Groks Science Show" with Frank Ling, grokscience.wordpress.com. January 18, 2009.

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

  Roger Penrose

  Theme, Wells

  "Secrets of the Old One". "The Groks Science Show" with Frank Ling, grokscience.wordpress.com. January 18, 2009.

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