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Paul Mecurio

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
506 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Just go like that.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Well, it's not elegant.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

It's like you're putting a bunch of crazy ingredients in a blender and it always outputs oatmeal every time.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Some problems you can only solve by brute force.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Are we any closer to solving this conjecture?

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

I mean, how close?

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

You know what?

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

I'm going to use a term from your world.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Why don't you apply yourself?

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Good Will Hunting.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Do you sit there and yell at the screen?

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

That's not the way you do it.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

I can pay people and they don't cash the check.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Well, maybe if Mr. Smarty Pants cashed the checks, he could buy himself a house and not have to sleep in other people's bedrooms.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

No.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

And I can ask a question, and it's relevant and not off track.

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

So when you're collaborating that extensively, who is curating all of that?

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Who is in charge of that?

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

You need someone to sort of kind of manage that process, right?

StarTalk Radio
Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Exactly.