Joe Rogan Experience #1216 - Sir Roger Penrose

Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS is an English mathematical physicist, mathematician and philosopher of science. He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics in the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford.

[arshsingh]

And he won this year's Nobel Prize for Physics, Roger Penrose is a true legend. Joe you gotta have him back.

[buddyrichable]

What makes Joe Rogan such a great interviewer in my mind, is that he asked Roger Penrose a question that required a lengthy explanation, and he listened to his answer without interrupting him once. He didn’t interject with a dumb question or stupid joke and kept the continuity of the answer so that I could somewhat understand his explanation. I’ve learned more from his podcasts than pretty much any other platforms.

[jakelabete]

I hope you realize how big a deal this interview actually is. Sir Roger Penrose is one of the greats. It's like sitting down with Einstein, or Newton. I love that Joe just sat there and let him talk.

[swfcocs]

JR really is a very underrated interviewer, it's obvious Penrose is a little tense at first, likely he has never heard of Joe or his podcast but Joe does the perfect thing, just asks him the first question and lets him speak, then with his follow up questions makes it obvious he understands and has read his work, all these things clearly relax Penrose and make for a wonderful interview.Kudos to Joe...

[coder]

This man is 87 and physically and mentally present, much respect.

[tominpuertorico]

Great interview Joe! You drew him out with minimal interruptions. You didn't use ANY foul language (which i'm sure he appreciated). You let him build his argument through pregnant pauses. You did everything right in this interview and i got the sense we saw the real Penrose as a result. Well done.

[jaafarabbadi]

0:00 Consciousness.
3:33 Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem
7:00 Understanding
14:03 Stuart Hameroff's Letter
25:08 Animals
30:45 What is Consciousness?
35:01 Quantum.
43:00 Cosmology
56:08 Dark energy
1:06:46 Hawking Points
1:12:45 The Multiverse
1:17:53 Dark Matter
1:20:55 Other Intelligent Life
1:29:55 Truth Dance

[ihaok]

Congratulations Sir Penrose for winning 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics!

[aliedfurdich]

Half a million people have seen this in 20 hours! Shows the hunger people have for this kind of content when its delivered in this way.

[eldanardo]

This was the best JRE I've listened to yet. Please rope in more 80 year old physicists.

[jopo]

Wow. This guy is unbelievably brilliant, and razor sharp for any age, nevermind 87. Shout out to 007 for letting Q out of the lab to do Joe's podcast.

[tomkavulic]

"I shouldn't make a statement if I don't really know" Words to live by.

[i.c.stupidpeople]

When someone says "I attended a lecture by Paul Dirac", you know he is a living legend. Paul Dirac was one of the founders of Quantum Mechanics. #mindblown

[CamWilliamsonOfficial]

I love how the smartest people will all say " I'm not sure about that" instead of just making shit up when they don't know.

[leom]

you've got to respect Rogan's genuine interest in such diverse themes, sure he makes good money with his podcast ( and well deserved) but mainstream media just can't compete with his product. I hope he keeps going for years

[MohakJoshi]

The amount of self control Joe displayed here to not mention DMT even once is commendable.

[SuperDynamite]

Sir Roger Penrose is an absolute gift to the world

[billgluckman]

Who would’ve thought the two greatest minds of physics and Joe Rogan would be sitting in the same room?

[RobCrusoe]

This man is an absolute legend. Without taking anything away from him, this is probably the closest you can get to hear Einstein himself speak on a podcast. Thanks for this Joe, nevermind all the imbeciles saying this was boring. All of my respect to you for having guests like this. You have the most amazing platform.

[stefanz]

1:05:53 when you're such an important figure that Joe doesn't tell you to move the mic, young Jamie gets up to do it!

The respect.
I'm not crying!