But I think it is a serious issue to wonder about the other platonic absolutes of say beauty and morality.
Roger PenroseWell, I donโt know if I can comment on Kant or Hegel because Iโm no real philosopher in the sense of knowing what these people have said in any detail so let me not comment on that too much.
Roger PenroseWell, gauge theory is very fundamental to our understanding of physical forces these days. But they are also dependent on a mathematical idea, which has been around for longer than gauge theory has.
Roger PenroseAnd 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.
Roger Penrose