Paul Mecurio

We got an answer to that.

You're both wrong.

It's 11 billion.

I'm the guy that knows nothing and you're both wrong.

So when does applied mathematics sort of do...

a cheat, if you will, right?

Sort of simplify things intentionally, drawing on pure mathematics.

And where's that line where it's too much of a cheat or it's just enough of a cheat that it's still... Do you mean approximation?

Yeah, well, you know, the term is intentional simplified reality, right?

Mine has.

That's why I have a bad ticker.

But wait, having those details of legs, tail, and head.

That's the detail that you said doesn't matter, matters.

Have you found that applied mathematics can change a settled pure math theory?

Is it Matt Damon writing on a board when he's a janitor?

Can I just tell you something right now?

I want a milkshake in the worst way.

I mean, to put this in sort of practical terms, pure math versus applied, it's like you're painting a room and you exactly calculate the number of gallons of paint.

And then two days later, you've made three trips to Home Depot because you need three more gallons and you're going to have a nervous breakdown because that's the applied part, right?

Once you get into it, you sort of go, oh, wait a minute, I didn't factor this in.