entropy and its implications on "design"

[malorum]

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by Roger Penrose

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He also wrote "The emperors new mind" and "shadows of the mind", and is ultimately responsible for the pop science of quantum consciousness that can be found littering the web.
Its amazing what a cambridge background and a knighthood allows you to write and still get published/listened to.

Agreed -- he is prone to a great deal of speculation on the nature of "consciousness" etc. but I suppose I can allow him that luxury in his later years, given that he has been one of the most influential relativists of all time. In any case, the cosmological arguments he presents are certainly very relevant and depend only upon the most general principles -- any thoughtful person can follow the logic and see the heart of the problem without much trouble.

[Trantor]

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There is an online lecture (by Roger Penrose) on this stuff here: http://www.princeton.edu/WebMedia/lectures/
Lecture 3 of his series deals with entropy and cosmology.

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Great site......thanks for the pointer!