Marcus du Sautoy – What We Cannot Know

Are there limits to what we can discover about our physical universe? Are some regions of the future beyond the predictive powers of science and mathematics?

Science is giving us unprecedented insight into the big questions that have challenged humanity. Where did we come from? What is the ultimate destiny of the universe? What is consciousness?

In this breakfast talk Professor Marcus du Sautoy asks us to rein in this unbridled enthusiasm for the power of science. Are there limits to what we can discover about our physical universe? Are some regions of the future beyond the predictive powers of science and mathematics? Are there ideas so complex that they are beyond the conception of our finite human brains? Can brains even investigate themselves or does the analysis enter an infinite loop from which it is impossible to rescue itself?

Simply, what can we just not know?

Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at Oxford Marcus du Sautoy OBE joins us as part of Second Home's year-long events programme in partnership with the British Embassy, bringing the best of British entrepreneurs, thinkers and innovators to Lisbon.

9am – Breakfast Served

9:30am – Talk

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