Edward Frenkel

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Lex Fridman Podcast · #370 – Edward Frenkel: Reality is a Paradox – Mathematics, Physics, Truth & Love · 10 Apr 2023 podcast

But the real explanation is that both of them are projections of the same thing.

And that we haven't found yet, but that's what I want to find.

So that's what motivates me, I would say.

So there is this one thing which has different projections, except it's not just the table and the wall, but there are many different walls, if you will.

It means that what we believe are the fundamental elements of mathematics are not fundamental.

There is something beyond.

It's like we previously thought that atoms were indivisible.

Then we found out that there is a nucleus and electrons, and the nucleus consists of protons and neutrons.

Then we thought, okay, protons and neutrons must be elementary.

Now we know they consist of quarks.

It's about finding the quarks of mathematics.

Which was my initial motivation to study mathematics, by the way, right?

Yes.

Fascinating.

I enjoyed it very much.

I also felt that I have to keep up, you know?

And so we wrote this long paper in 2007 and we collaborated for about a year.

I have known him before and we talked before and I've seen him since and we talked, but it's very different to just meet somebody at conferences and have a conversation as opposed to actually working on a project together.

So he's very serious, very focused.

This is one thing which I have to say.

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