Roger Penrose - Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Consciousness?

That the universe is fine-tuned for life, with multiple physical laws required to be within small ranges, is generally accepted. But can we then make the additional argument that the universe is somehow required to contain consciousness? Such a conclusion may not follow. But the key question is this: Is consciousness wholly contingent or somehow special? Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN Watch more interviews on the purpose of consciousness: https://bit.ly/3OxPu1s Support the show with Closer To Truth merchandise: https://bit.ly/3P2ogje Sir Roger Penrose is a mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher. He is the Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford, as well as an Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College. Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: https://bit.ly/3He94Ns Closer To Truth, hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn and directed by Peter Getzels, presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.