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.

The basic theory in twistor theory is not to add extra dimensions.

Intelligence cannot be present without understanding. No computer has any awareness of what it does.

It is hard to see how one could begin to develop a quantum-theoretical description of brain action when one might well have to regard the brain as "observing itself" all the time!

There are considerable mysteries surrounding the strange values that Nature's actual particles have for their mass and charge. For example, there is the unexplained 'fine structure constant' ... governing the strength of electromagnetic interactions.

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

Do not be afraid to skip equations (I do this frequently myself).