Eric Weinstein

proving something for characteristic not equal to two.

So they'll single out two as being just very, very different.

So look that up when we're done.

Because in part of what you're saying, the prime two, two, it does belong as a prime, but it is also special.

And in other words, I have the opportunity to strawman you if I want to, because what you just said sounded crazy.

And I also have the problem,

possibility to steel man you.

So all the algebraic topologists just heard, you know, for characteristic that equals to two, they're like saying, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's fair.

And so in part, by just jumping into the middle of this, we don't have the benefit of putting your best foot forward because, you know, if you say one times one equals two, everybody knows that that's crazy.

But what you actually may mean and the fact that you don't use certain terms or the fact that you use certain pronunciations that communicate to me something very positive, which is that you taught yourself.

You learned this stuff from reading about it because nobody taught you or you wouldn't pronounce certain words the way you pronounce them.

Yeah.

So, you know, in part, you always have the ability to make fun of somebody who pronounces a word the way it's read on the page.

And then you also have the opportunity to say, holy cow, that guy actually taught himself.

That's more impressive.

So in part, what I want to do is I want to start by giving you your best your best foot forward and see if I even understood what you said when you went into this whole flower of life riff that becomes your your larger theory.

And the only way I know how to do this is to see whether or not I actually grasped it.

Because, you know, I also had to spend some time.

I didn't spend a ton of time.

But, you know, my time is valuable.