[PhilPhys] Laws of Nature Series -- Sir Roger Penrose -- April 8, 16:00 CEST

[Laws of Nature]

This is a reminder that today April 8: 16:00 CEST (Brussels time) 
<https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/cest> we have our first 
colloquium by
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*Professor Sir Roger Penrose*.

*Title: How the Large and Small Interrelate in General Relativity and 
Quantum Mechanics*

*Abstract:* Despite much theorizing on how quantum theory might modify 
general relativity at extremely tiny scales, thereby resolving the 
space-time singularity problem, there are strong reasons for believing 
that this cannot provide an overall solution. On the other hand, 
conformal geometry, relating large to small—a remote expanding future to 
an initiating big bang—leads to important thermodynamical insights and 
confirmed observations of previously unexpected effects. On the quantum 
side, the most troublesome and fundamental issue is the measurement 
problem—or collapse of the wave-function—and here I argue that it is in 
the large effects of tiny gravitational fields where we must find our 
answers.


*ZOOM Link:* Due to the increased interest, we upgraded our Zoom account 
and had to generate a new meeting link.
Please disregard the previously send link and use only the one called 
“Join the session on ZOOM” given in the schedule table at:

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This link will lead you to a ZOOM page from which you will obtain the 
link for the session. Please only share the the link to the web site or 
the “Join the session on ZOOM” link but not the link to the session as 
with the latter only one person (the fastest ;) ) will be able to join.


All news and updates will be posted on https://laws-of-nature.net 
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We thank you very much for the increased interest and hope for your 
understanding that we cannot answer all the emails one by one. We 
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Looking forward to having you!

The organizers

  Angelo Bassi
  Dirk- André Deckert
  Ward Struyve


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