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#370 – Edward Frenkel: Reality is a Paradox – Mathematics, Physics, Truth & Love
Lex Fridman Podcast
The Process of Discovery in Mathematics
I think all of us are engaged in that kind of play no matter when we do what we love I think it always feels the same but it's not real right. There is a big conundrum as to whether mathematics is invented or discovered and mathematicians are divided on this nobody knows where do you bet your money on financially investment advice so let me tell you something yeah my abuser have evolvedOkay when I wrote love in math when I wrote my book I was squarely on the side of mathematics is discoveredWhat does it mean usually mathematicians or others who have this you know idea what believe are called a playtaniests in honor of the great philosopher Plato who talked about this absolute perfect forms.
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