Edward Frenkel: Reality is a Paradox - Mathematics, Physics, Truth & Love | Lex Fridman Podcast #370

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Released

April 10, 2023

Duration

3h 46m

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Lex Fridman Podcast

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Edward Frenkel is a mathematician at UC Berkeley working on the interface of mathematics and quantum physics. He is the author of Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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EPISODE LINKS: Edward's Website: https://edwardfrenkel.com Edward's Book - Love and Math: https://amzn.to/40Bgxh0 Edward's Twitter: https://twitter.com/edfrenkel Edward's YouTube: https://youtube.com/edfrenkel Edward's Instagram: https://instagram.com/edfrenkel PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:10 - Mathematics in the Soviet Union 11:20 - Nature of reality 22:39 - Scientific discoveries 36:00 - Observing reality 52:12 - Complex numbers 1:00:58 - Imagination 1:08:49 - Pythagoreanism 1:16:44 - AI and love 1:29:22 - Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems 1:49:48 - Beauty in mathematics 1:54:17 - Eric Weinstein 2:16:12 - Langlands Program 2:22:51 - Edward Witten 2:25:57 - String theory 2:31:25 - Theory of everything 2:40:18 - Mathematics in academia 2:45:45 - How to think 2:51:31 - Fermat's Last Theorem 3:06:22 - Eric Weinstein and Harvard 3:13:47 - Antisemitism 3:34:00 - Mortality 3:41:58 - Love SOCIAL:

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🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Edward Frenkel and Lex Fridman, Edward Frenkel: Reality is a Paradox - Mathematics, Physics, Truth & Love | Lex Fridman Podcast #370 explores Edward Frenkel on math, paradox, AI, love, and knowing ourselves Edward Frenkel and Lex Fridman explore mathematics as both a rigorous science and a deeply human, almost mystical pursuit tied to beauty, truth, and love.

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