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Mario Livio — Mathematics, Mystery, and the Universe
On Being with Krista Tippett
The Three Worlds and Three Mysteries
The longer you think about this question of whether mathematics is invented or discovered, the more mysterious it becomes. A famous mathematical physicist once said that there are these three worlds and three mysteries. One mystery is that somehow, out of the physical world, our world of consciousness has emerged. And third, and maybe most amazing, mystery, is that we find that this world of mathematics provides the explanations for the physical right? What's that circle again? Right? So, so so. They're all part of one universe, but it's an interesting way of opposing the question. I mean, am and yu and you and you end up with all these ah s or mysteries that that feel to
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