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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.

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So what I'm saying is why don't we think about changing Schrodinger's equation at some level when masses become too big at the level that you might have to worry about Einstein's general relativity.

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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.

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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.

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But I think it is a serious issue to wonder about the other platonic absolutes of say beauty and morality.

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As for morality, well that's all tied up with the question of consciousness.

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

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Some people take the view that the universe is simply there, and it runs along - it's a bit as though it just sort of computes, and we happen by accident to find ourselves in this thing. I don't think that's a very fruitful or helpful way of looking at the universe.

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Some people take the view that we happen by accident. I think that there is something much deeper, of which we have very little inkling at the moment.

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The image of Stephen Hawking - who has died aged 76 - in his motorised wheelchair, with head contorted slightly to one side and hands crossed over to work the controls, caught the public imagination as a true symbol of the triumph of mind over matter.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Physicist

Born: August 8th, 1931

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