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Understanding is, after all, what science is all about — and science is a great deal more than mindless computation.

— Roger Penrose

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Children are not afraid to pose basic questions that may embarrass us, as adults, to ask.

The Emperor's New Mind (1989)

Does life in some way make use of the potentiality for vast quantum superpositions, as would be required for serious quantum computation?

Children sometimes see things clearly that are obscured in later life.

The Emperor's New Mind (1989)

It seems to me that we must make a distinction between what is "objective" and what is "measurable" in discussing the question of physical reality, according to quantum mechanics.

The Emperor's New Mind (1989)

There are two other words I do not understand — awareness and intelligence.

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