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#370 – Edward Frenkel: Reality is a Paradox – Mathematics, Physics, Truth & Love
Lex Fridman Podcast
The Power of Ed Witten
Ed Witten is considered to be one of the smartest humans in history or at least mathematical physicists in history. He has had this unique vision of the subject he was able to connect different things especially find connections between quantum physics and mathematics almost unparalleled I don't think anyone comes close in some sense in the last you know 50 years to him, says David Wheeler. The current gap between the sophisticated theories which came from applying sophisticated mathematics and the actual universe means we are kind of at a very interesting place right now according to Wheeler.
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