Edward Frenkel: Reality is a Paradox - Mathematics, Physics, Truth & Love | Lex Fridman Podcast #370

Edward Frenkel is a mathematician at UC Berkeley working on the interface of mathematics and quantum physics. He is the author of Love and Math: The Heart of Hidden Reality. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: <br>- House of Macadamias: https://houseofmacadamias.com/lex and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order <br>- Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex to get free trial <br>- ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod to get 3 months free <br> <br>EPISODE LINKS: <br>Edward's Website: https://edwardfrenkel.com <br>Edward's Book - Love and Math: https://amzn.to/40Bgxh0 <br>Edward's Twitter: https://twitter.com/edfrenkel <br>Edward's YouTube: https://youtube.com/edfrenkel <br>Edward's Instagram: https://instagram.com/edfrenkel <br> <br>PODCAST INFO: <br>Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast <br>Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr <br>Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 <br>RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ <br>Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playli....st?list=PLrAXtmErZgO <br>Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playli....st?list=PLrAXtmErZgO <br> <br>OUTLINE: <br>0:00 - Introduction <br>1:10 - Mathematics in the Soviet Union <br>11:20 - Nature of reality <br>22:39 - Scientific discoveries <br>36:00 - Observing reality <br>52:12 - Complex numbers <br>1:00:58 - Imagination <br>1:08:49 - Pythagoreanism <br>1:16:44 - AI and love <br>1:29:22 - Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems <br>1:49:48 - Beauty in mathematics <br>1:54:17 - Eric Weinstein <br>2:16:12 - Langlands Program <br>2:22:51 - Edward Witten <br>2:25:57 - String theory <br>2:31:25 - Theory of everything <br>2:40:18 - Mathematics in academia <br>2:45:45 - How to think <br>2:51:31 - Fermat's Last Theorem <br>3:06:22 - Eric Weinstein and Harvard <br>3:13:47 - Antisemitism <br>3:34:00 - Mortality <br>3:41:58 - Love <br> <br>SOCIAL: <br>- Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman <br>- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman <br>- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman <br>- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman <br>- Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman <br>- Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman <br>- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman