Penrose (2004: 1045):
The spacetime singularities lying at cores of black holes are among the known (or presumed) objects in the universe about which the most profound mysteries remain — and which our present-day theories are powerless to describe. As we have seen, there are other deeply mysterious issues about which we have very little comprehension. It is quite likely that the 21st century will reveal even more wonderful insights than those that we have been blessed with in the 20th. But for this to happen, we shall need powerful new ideas, which will take us in directions significantly different from those currently being pursued. Perhaps what we mainly need is some subtle change in perspective — something that we all have missed . . . .
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From the perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistic Theory, the required subtle change of perspective is that confirmed by the experiments of quantum mechanics. Meaning does not transcend semiotic systems, and a construal of experience as meaning instantiates the most probable of a range of potential construals.
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This is the final post on The Road to Reality (Penrose 2004).
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