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#370 – Edward Frenkel: Reality is a Paradox – Mathematics, Physics, Truth & Love

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The Divisiveness of Two Plus Two Equals Five

In mathematics it seems that theories don't change pedagoras theorem. It's been the same for the last 2500 years x squared plus y squared equals z squared. That to me is actually even more hints even more at how much we are connected to each other. We still have not found the dictator who would actually say two plus two equals five in George Orwell's 1984.

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