Edward Frenkel

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2,304 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2023 last heard Apr 2023

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we should do that.

Do we really need, do we really feel the urge to say the world is like that?

The world can be explained this way or that way.

And I'm saying it, you know, it's a personal question for me because I am addicted to knowledge myself.

you know, hi, my name is Edward.

And I'm a knowledge addict.

Okay?

I'm being serious.

I'm not being facetious.

Up until very recently, maybe a couple of years ago, I simply did not feel comfortable if I could not say, give an answer, explanation.

It's like, oh, there has to be some explanation.

And I tried to frantically search for it.

Just for somebody like me, a nerd, you know, a left brainiac, and, you know,

That's kind of typical for a scientist, for a mathematician.

It is incredibly hard just to allow the possibility that it's a mystery and not to feel the urge to get the answer.

It is incredibly hard, but it's possible and it is liberating.

It's a recovering addict to knowledge.

Let me say,

what you gain from it.

For instance, I understand the value of paradoxes.

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