Edward Frenkel
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first heard Apr 2023
last heard Apr 2023
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And someone may be stuck in a, you know, some provincial town in Russia, for instance, but have the sense of Magellan, you know, of traveling around the world.
It's just not in the world that we usually think of.
So it's one point of view.
But the other point of view is that, yes, it is a human process.
Of course it is.
I mean, you cannot deny that.
It's human beings who have so far discovered new mathematics.
And I do not deny the possibility that computer programs will be able to discover new mathematics, but so far it's been humans.
So whatever it is, whether it's discovered or invented, it is a human activity.
Bingo.
And so it's like what I said.
But if you think it's weird, and I agree with you as a recovering addict to knowledge, you know, but I am liking it more and more because there's so much freedom in it.
And like Niels Bohr said, you know, I quoted that earlier, the opposite of a great truth is another great truth.
He's pointing out to this fact that
And he also said that some things in quantum physics are so complicated, the only way you can speak of them is in poetry.
So in other words, what is it about poetry?
What is it about art?
Why are we so drawn to that?
Why are we so captivated by those forms?
They are not intellectual necessarily.
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