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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Yeah, this guy is so full of shit.

Edit: Whoever doesn't like it, go watch his discussion with Roger Penrose, etc. He's so obviously out of his depth when he's not talking about speculative pop science bullshit.

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's not like Penrose doesn't get out of his depth pretty rapidly. I read The Emporer's New Mind and my first reaction was has the guy never heard of a heuristic? Brains aren't perfect Turing machines but sloppy approximaters that make "eh, good enough" decisions.

[–] OrganicMustard@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Kaku is very good in physics, he just decided to make money instead of doing proper physics.

Penrose is also considered somewhat wacky in the field, mostly because of conformal cyclic cosmology, but does proper physics

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago

Penrose is also a legend