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erronis

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4. Penrose continues to be a leading light (or at least a different one) in so many areas.

Sun Apr 2, 2023, 03:24 PM

Apr 2023

Just recently someone discovered a single multi-faceted shape that could be used to cover a plane (an unlimited flat area) without a repeating pattern. Penrose showed how that could be done decades ago with multiple shapes and suggested that a single shape might be possible.

His work in understanding consciousness has led many other researchers into deep analyses of how the brain regions interact, and how they are not just "programmed" but function based on extraordinarily small changes - which leads to a chaos theory interpretation of memories and actions.

A polymath extraordinaire!

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The Collapse of the Wave Function and Origins of Consciousness: A Conversation with Roger Penrose [View all] NNadir Apr 2023 OP

You woul think... JackSabbath Apr 2023 #1

Thanks for the link, and the recollection 4dog Apr 2023 #2

He was close to 90 when I met him. NNadir Apr 2023 #5

fascinating mike_c Apr 2023 #3

Penrose continues to be a leading light (or at least a different one) in so many areas. erronis Apr 2023 #4

Do you have a link for that tiling? 4dog Apr 2023 #6

Here are 2 links - to a brief description and to the 89 page paper on arXiv Jim__ Apr 2023 #7

Thanks, Jim, for adding that remarkable picture. On a tangent, 4dog Apr 2023 #8

You're welcome 4Dog. But, I don't know anything about that quadrilateral shape. Jim__ Apr 2023 #9

Well, the hat tile unexpectedly dropped into my mailbox today 4dog Apr 2023 #10