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: - House of Macadamias: and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order - Shopify: to get free trial - ExpressVPN: to get 3 months free EPISODE LINKS: Edward’s Website: Edward’s Book - Love and Math: Edward’s Twitter: Edward’s YouTube: Edward’s Instagram: PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: Apple Podcasts: Spotify: RSS: Full episodes playlist: Clips playlist: OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:10 - Mathematics in the Soviet Union 11:20 - Nature of reality 22:39 - Scientific discoveries 36:00 - Observing reality 52:12 - Complex numbers 1:00:58 - Imagination 1:08:49 - Pythagoreanism 1:16:44 - AI and love 1:29:22 - Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems 1:49:48 - Beauty in mathematics 1:54:17 - Eric Weinstein 2:16:12 - Langlands Program 2:22:51 - Edward Witten 2:25:57 - String theory 2:31:25 - Theory of everything 2:40:18 - Mathematics in academia 2:45:45 - How to think 2:51:31 - Fermat’s Last Theorem 3:06:22 - Eric Weinstein and Harvard 3:13:47 - Antisemitism 3:34:00 - Mortality 3:41:58 - Love SOCIAL: - Twitter: - LinkedIn: - Facebook: - Instagram: - Medium: @lexfridman - Reddit: - Support on Patreon: