Edward Frenkel
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2,304 appearances
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first heard Apr 2023
last heard Apr 2023
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This was not a theologian.
This was not a priest.
This was not a spiritual guru.
It was a hardcore scientist who actually developed, I think, one of the very first calculators.
How interesting that this guy also was able to...
impart on us that wisdom.
Now, you can always say that's not the case, but why should we from the outset exclude this possibility that there is something to what he was saying?
That is my question.
I'm not taking sides.
What I'm trying to do is to shake a little bit the debate, because most mathematicians that I know, and computer scientists even more so, they're kind of already sold on this.
It reminds me of this famous Lord Kelvin's quote from the end of 19th century.
There's some debate whether he actually said that.
Never let a good story stand in the way of truth.
He said, physics is basically finished.
All that remains is more precise measurement.
So I find a lot of my colleagues are happy to say, everything's finished.
We already got it.
We got it.
Maybe a little tweaks in our language models.
So now here's my question.
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