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

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

Consciousness ... is the phenomenon whereby the universe's very existence is made known.

We have a closed circle of consistency here: the laws of physics produce complex systems, and these complex systems lead to consciousness, which then produces mathematics, which can then encode in a succinct and inspiring way the very underlying laws of physics that gave rise to it.

My own way of thinking is to ponder long and I hope deeply on problems and for a long time which I keep away for years and years and I never really let them go.

And these little things may not seem like much but after a while they take you off on a direction where you may be a long way off from what other people have been thinking about.

What right do we have to claim, as some might, that human beings are the only inhabitants of our planet blessed with an actual ability to be "aware"? The impression of a "conscious presence" is indeed very strong with me when I look at a dog or a cat or, especially, when an ape or monkey at the zoo looks at me. I do not ask that they are "self-aware" in any strong sense (though I would guess that an element of self-awareness can be present). All I ask is that they sometimes simply feel!