Edward Witten - How is Mathematics Truth and Beauty?

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    What is it about mathematics that mathematicians employ the language of philosophy to speak about “truth” and the language of art to speak about “beauty”? What makes mathematical propositions true? What makes them beautiful. Conversely, can mathematical propositions be true without being beautiful and/or be beautiful without being true?
    Edward Witten is a theoretical physicist and professor of mathematical physics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Witten is a researcher in string theory, quantum gravity, supersymmetric quantum field theories, and other areas of mathematical physics.
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Komentáře • 474

  • @Eigenbros
    @Eigenbros Před 3 lety +500

    Ed Witten is a smart guy's smart guy. The amount of respect that scientists and mathematicians have for him says everything

    • @frankdimeglio8216
      @frankdimeglio8216 Před 3 lety +4

      Why DiMeglio CLEARLY tops Newton AND Einstein:
      The game is over. F=ma AND E=mc2 BOTH apply to AND describe WHAT IS THE SUN. The SPEED OF LIGHT (c) is a POINT. Gravity/acceleration involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ACCORDINGLY, GRAVITATIONAL force/energy IS proportional to (or BALANCED with/as) inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM ENERGY IS GRAVITY. "Mass"/ENERGY involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE consistent with/as what is BALANCED ELECTROMAGNETIC/GRAVITATIONAL FORCE/ENERGY, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ACCORDINGLY, a given PLANET (INCLUDING WHAT IS THE EARTH) sweeps out equal areas in equal times; AND this is THEN CLEARLY consistent WITH/AS F=ma, E=mc2, AND what is perpetual motion; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Gravity/acceleration involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE, AS GRAVITY IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY. (THEREFORE, the rotation of the Moon MATCHES it's revolution.) SO, ALL of SPACE is NECESSARILY ELECTROMAGNETIC/GRAVITATIONAL (IN BALANCE); AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. GREAT !!! Indeed, a PHOTON may be placed at the center of THE SUN (as a POINT, of course); as the reduction of SPACE is offset by (or BALANCED with) the SPEED OF LIGHT; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Energy has/involves GRAVITY, AND ENERGY has/involves inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE. Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy. ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY.
      It is proven.
      ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. This is proven by BOTH F=ma AND E=mc2. This NECESSARILY represents, INVOLVES, and describes what is possible/potential AND actual IN BALANCE. Consider THE MAN who is standing on the FULLY VISIBLE EARTH/ground in what is NECESSARILY the BALANCED, ELECTROMAGNETIC/GRAVITATIONAL, MIDDLE DISTANCE in/of SPACE. The ability to thought to DESCRIBE OR RECONFIGURE sensory experience is ULTIMATELY dependent upon the extent to which thought is SIMILAR to sensory experience. THINK invisible/VISIBLE SPACE in balance. GREAT. Game over. (Thoughts are invisible.) There is your complete and perfect correspondence. Philosophy and physics TOGETHER in victory !!! Balance and completeness go hand in hand. It ALL makes perfect sense. DONE. E=mc2 is DIRECTLY AND FUNDAMENTALLY DERIVED FROM F=ma. ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. GAME OVER.
      VERY IMPORTANTLY, outer "space" involves full inertia; AND it is FULLY INVISIBLE AND black.
      The ULTIMATE unification of physics/physical experience combines, BALANCES, and includes opposites. Indeed, the INTEGRATED EXTENSIVENESS of thought (AND description) is improved in the truly superior mind. That is top down thinking. The PROOF is absolutely CLEAR. I have surpassed Newton and Einstein. FACT. IT ALL MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
      Dream experience is/involves true/real QUANTUM GRAVITY. Dreams balance being AND EXPERIENCE. THE EYE IS THE BODY. In the dream, BODILY/VISUAL experience is invisible AND VISIBLE IN BALANCE; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY.
      ACCORDINGLY, we are in the BALANCED MIDDLE DISTANCE in/of SPACE that is BETWEEN what is THE SUN and what is the SPEED OF LIGHT (c, a POINT). SO, "mass"/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ALL of SPACE is NECESSARILY ELECTROMAGNETIC/GRAVITATIONAL (IN BALANCE), AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY.
      By Frank DiMeglio

    • @frankdimeglio8216
      @frankdimeglio8216 Před 3 lety +4

      I have proven that string theory is nonsense. I have mathematically unified physics.

    • @jamesmorseman3180
      @jamesmorseman3180 Před 3 lety +28

      @@archanayadav8322 literal nonsense, like the actual ramblings of a mad man lol

    • @cristianproust
      @cristianproust Před 2 lety +6

      @@jamesmorseman3180 It is very respetable to have a unified theory of physics and at the same time be a famous TikToker. I'm just saying

    • @user-hz1oy6ni6kpaparovits
      @user-hz1oy6ni6kpaparovits Před 2 lety +1

      He is the mekka of the brains

  • @pikiwiki
    @pikiwiki Před 3 lety +253

    every time I've watched Ed Witten I've felt he lives in a separate reality. Which is not all bad.

    • @kristijanmirceta460
      @kristijanmirceta460 Před 3 lety +28

      I don't think that at all. He just understands this reality far better than most people, I'd even say that that makes him a lot more present in this reality than other people are.

    • @pikiwiki
      @pikiwiki Před 3 lety +4

      @@kristijanmirceta460 hm. More present? More cognizant of the processes which govern the present? That sounds interesting

    • @kristijanmirceta460
      @kristijanmirceta460 Před 3 lety

      @@pikiwiki Nice thought. More able to understand those he takes interest in.

    • @forgetfulfunctor1
      @forgetfulfunctor1 Před rokem

      ​@@kristijanmirceta460there's a bio of Feynman on yourube (who I think was..a genius but also very full of himself lol)
      He says something about biology like, "Some ppl think science neuters subjects, subtracts from their value, their human origin", or something like that. And then "Just because I can imagine the kinds of molecular processes and stuff that the plant is doing....
      That only enhances my view of the beauty. It doesn't subtract."
      Basically nobody NEEDS to feel like some jilted teenager when faced with new discovery
      Anyway thats the point you're basically getting at also, right?

    • @aniccadance13
      @aniccadance13 Před rokem

      Absolutely!

  • @copernicus633
    @copernicus633 Před měsícem +5

    He is so soft spoken and without inflammatory opinions.

  • @gershonhayford8779
    @gershonhayford8779 Před 8 měsíci +48

    How I wish humans like Witten would be alive for a very very long time to do more for science. He is humble as usual, like all those truly intelligent people.

    • @sigurdh.s8320
      @sigurdh.s8320 Před 7 měsíci +4

      I think humbleness has more to do with wisdom than intelligence. He is obviously both:p

    • @SilvertortoisePiano
      @SilvertortoisePiano Před 5 měsíci +1

      Is he more intelligent than trump though? That’s the question

    • @berlinisvictorious
      @berlinisvictorious Před 3 měsíci +2

      Why would intelligent people be arrogant. Intelligent people allow themselves to make mistakes to learn from them. I haven't heard of a truly intelligent person who is arrogant in the slightest. Also, the more you are intelligent the more you understand how limited you are.

    • @Avicenna10
      @Avicenna10 Před 23 dny

      @@SilvertortoisePiano You know Trump is not a physicist. But if he HAD been, he would have been the BEST physicist of them all, with the POSSIBLE exceptions of Newton and Einstein...

    • @dustynmiller2497
      @dustynmiller2497 Před 7 dny

      It's more important that u understand, not everyone can. It's hard to bee one person on a hive planet

  • @LeventeCzelnai
    @LeventeCzelnai Před 4 lety +84

    imagine a "Closer to Truth" interview with AliG

    • @BugRib
      @BugRib Před 4 lety +1

      😆😂🤣 Good one! 👍

    • @adamj2683
      @adamj2683 Před 4 lety +8

      "Can a computer find the answer to: 999999999999999999999 multiplied by - you didn't let me finish! - 99999999999999999.999999999999?"

    • @pikiwiki
      @pikiwiki Před 3 lety +1

      such fun

    • @nyuhanC
      @nyuhanC Před 3 lety +1

      @@adamj2683 gold

    • @nivmhn
      @nivmhn Před rokem

      Imagine an Ali G interview with Ed Witten!

  • @kuribojim3916
    @kuribojim3916 Před rokem +101

    I really enjoyed hearing Edward Witten's thoughts on the questions you put to him. He is such a calm and eloquent speaker. I feel like he expresses himself with a certain economy of words that make incredibly clear points without any waffle or hyperbole. A very impressive man.

    • @forgetfulfunctor1
      @forgetfulfunctor1 Před rokem +6

      You eloqueted it perfect 😂😊 agreed

    • @insanity4224
      @insanity4224 Před rokem +5

      You could almost say his responses are.. calculated.
      😂sorry

    • @sanderwissink5330
      @sanderwissink5330 Před 7 měsíci +2

      Neil de Grasse Tyson comes to mind. He is the opposite, I much prefer this way of talking and presenting yourself

  • @monkerud2108
    @monkerud2108 Před 4 lety +37

    Understanding an equation is like walking into a new room, with new wonders you have never seen.

  • @jasonprazer7613
    @jasonprazer7613 Před rokem +15

    Robert Lawrence Kuhn, who is a great interviewer and host, as well as a great mind in his own rights, seems like a child asking an adult questions in this interview. Edward Witten is just a next level mind.

    • @SnakeEngine
      @SnakeEngine Před měsícem +1

      " seems like a child asking an adult questions" It's the trait of any good and respectful interviewer.

  • @Epoch11
    @Epoch11 Před 4 lety +19

    Thanks for more Witten!

  • @neeravmallick1293
    @neeravmallick1293 Před rokem +13

    I love this guy such a genius and so humble and grounded and his voice is so calm and soothing a gift to mankind

  • @kevinr8431
    @kevinr8431 Před 4 lety +19

    Enlightening and inspirational - thank you for this fascinating video.

  • @mariem6605
    @mariem6605 Před rokem +27

    My father was an artist (old fashion style like Michelangelo and Rembrandt) but I decided to study math. Math and art are connected so much it was a revelation to me. There are so much beauty in math and I used artistic type of creativity to search for solution. In art I used geometry I studied at uni (perspective and shade projection and calculations) to create beautiful and realistic paintings. For example, texture of robe is revealed by shape of shade it lays on the robe, more then by robe itself.

    • @seanpoovaiya
      @seanpoovaiya Před rokem

      do you have your work on the internet?

    • @HkFinn83
      @HkFinn83 Před 8 měsíci

      Wow, like Michaelangelo and Rembrandt😮

  • @N0B0DY_SP3C14L
    @N0B0DY_SP3C14L Před rokem +22

    Witten's description of beauty as it relates to music is brilliant, but simple and succinct. That is what genius looks like.

  • @feelwang
    @feelwang Před rokem +6

    What he described about the sense of simplicity at the end is quite applicable to everything in everybody's life. Remarkable man.

  • @tlpricescope7772
    @tlpricescope7772 Před rokem +60

    Ed Witten us the next step in human evolution. He’s beyond all us mortals.

    • @TheLuminousOne
      @TheLuminousOne Před rokem +2

      Billy Meier is. Research that story.

    • @majorrgeek
      @majorrgeek Před rokem +9

      TL Pricescope - silly comment, Ed and everyone else are the precursors to evolution - Ed is good at maths which does not make him any more special than you - you need to adjust your scope

    • @KadruH
      @KadruH Před 8 měsíci +1

      hes more special than all of us, yes. doesnt mean its a bad thing@@majorrgeek

    • @majorrgeek
      @majorrgeek Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@KadruH - you need to stop generalizing as say why Ed may be special at what? being special at maths does not make you special than all of us and many of us are more special at many other things over Ed

    • @KadruH
      @KadruH Před 8 měsíci

      he's just way more intelligent than us mate lol, can't really explain it to you more. People with an extra intelligence helps the world grow, that's how everything we know was discovered and that's why we aint stuck in the stone age anymore. so yes, he's special and we should be grateful.@@majorrgeek

  • @doodelay
    @doodelay Před 4 lety +6

    I seriously love this topic and witten is bringing fun thoughts

  • @jasonjlloyd
    @jasonjlloyd Před rokem +40

    I love listening to Edward. His intellect is so vast i feel he operates on a level beyond us normal people. He speaks in such a gentle tone laced with knowledge, authority and joy. Its like he has worked life out and is at peace.

    • @forgetfulfunctor1
      @forgetfulfunctor1 Před rokem +1

      As a *much lesser being in* mathematical physics, I feel he (and much of academia, google phrase "ivory tower" though im not accusing him of all that)
      is able to distance himself from reality, not escape it thru pure thought, like Pascal and Plato dreamed of doing (and like Hilbert dreamed of solving all of math, using math....Gödels 2 incompleteness theorems PROVED we can never do that 😅)
      Definitely he operates on another level than almost every single mind alive rn. But im saying, don't go ask him his predictions about the 2028 elections 😂 its not like QFT helps you with that (and he says almost this exact thing, in his interview!)

    • @Continential
      @Continential Před 4 měsíci

      @@forgetfulfunctor1 This is one annoying character flaw I sometimes see in mathematicians and physicists: they overestimate the power of pure intelligence without adequate knowledge and effort.

  • @edwardliu5793
    @edwardliu5793 Před 3 lety +4

    Thank you, I needed this.

  • @Leopar525
    @Leopar525 Před rokem +1

    What a beautiful mind. I do enjoy hearing him talk more than most things in this life

  • @bradleyboyer9979
    @bradleyboyer9979 Před rokem +3

    You can tell with a lot of brilliant people that their mind is still. Watch how he sits so relaxed and doesn't move. I would have to assume that this stillness of body and mind contributes to their great intellect.

  • @Isra-p1
    @Isra-p1 Před 4 lety +27

    I imagine that any math that looks complex for the rest of us (non-math proficient people) being beautiful for the mathematician is similar to (only) looking at the sheet music of a beautiful musical piece and not be able to see the beauty in the complex notation. All those symbols that mean nothing to the unfamiliar or untrained person in the practice of solfege or music notation, at least not until listening to the music. But once the music comes to life, then one can perceive the beauty by listening to it. But there are other kinds of beauty in music. Take the one that can only be experimented by a musician performing what's written in the music sheet, and some times especially if the execution requires extreme proficiency and skill.

    • @heywrandom8924
      @heywrandom8924 Před 2 lety +1

      I liked this example a lot. I will consider using it in the future. Indeed not knowing the symbols it's hard to grasp beautiful music until it's translated to something sensory that we can understand without prior training. When I say sensory it could be directly the music itself played with a particular instrument (here we see the notion of abstract beauty in patterns as good music sounds good regardless of the instrument) or it could be a visual dance choreography that goes with it or a blend and movement of colors that reflect the rhythm and contrasts of the song. In the same way it's easier to appreciate math when it's translated to something you can see or hear which can be physics or a visual video animation like on some math channels on CZcams.

    • @shwetanktewari7762
      @shwetanktewari7762 Před rokem

      @@heywrandom8924 You can get a sense that the 5th is beautiful just by listening to it even without understanding it. You can never get the beauty of maths without being trained in it. This analogy is wrong.

  • @billcook7483
    @billcook7483 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Mathematics that Ed Witten finds simple won't be simple to most of us.

  • @sunandangangopadhyay268
    @sunandangangopadhyay268 Před rokem +2

    Thank you Sir for your deep insights.

  • @hrushikeshgouda4965
    @hrushikeshgouda4965 Před 3 lety +28

    the man has the highest h index score in the world. he’s basically analogous to mozart in the world of physics today.

    • @robertx8733
      @robertx8733 Před 3 lety +3

      Yes, but he isn't the smartest men in the world in terms of IQ

    • @thecactus7950
      @thecactus7950 Před 3 lety +2

      @@robertx8733 I think he is actually

    • @robertx8733
      @robertx8733 Před 3 lety +2

      @@thecactus7950I don't think so, there's no proof of that.

    • @paulojose311
      @paulojose311 Před 2 lety +7

      @@robertx8733 if someone has better genetics for strength, but never trains, his physical capabilities will still be weaker than those of a less gifted but trained athlete. The same goes for IQ: it doesn't guarantee your actual superiority in reasoning when compared to highly trained people.

    • @robertx8733
      @robertx8733 Před 2 lety +4

      @@paulojose311 I think the same as you, the most important thing is effort and then talent

  • @litespeed65
    @litespeed65 Před rokem +3

    Truly a beautiful mind.
    Working at such a high level, I wonder how well versed Edward is regarding basic Applied Mechanics problems.

  • @theinformantdude
    @theinformantdude Před rokem

    Great camera work and sound, great interview.

  • @nourdineyahiaoui
    @nourdineyahiaoui Před 17 dny

    Thank you for this fascinating video.

  • @MrAvidLearner
    @MrAvidLearner Před rokem +2

    5:47 His appreciation for Linguistics shines with this answer

  • @vedicinsights9078
    @vedicinsights9078 Před rokem +40

    “Mathematicians and Physicists, and certainly you…” - that expresses how brilliant and absolutely singular this man is. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

    • @majorrgeek
      @majorrgeek Před rokem +2

      Ed is wasting his time on string theory, another dead end in physics

    • @JackLWalsh
      @JackLWalsh Před 10 měsíci

      @@majorrgeek I massively disagree with your statement.

    • @majorrgeek
      @majorrgeek Před 10 měsíci

      @@JackLWalsh - string theory is abandoned by most serious physicists

    • @SiriusSRX
      @SiriusSRX Před 8 měsíci

      @@majorrgeek Because they don't understand the theory

    • @majorrgeek
      @majorrgeek Před 8 měsíci

      @@SiriusSRX - because the theory is a load of crap

  • @adamsasso1
    @adamsasso1 Před 2 lety +6

    If we do encounter an advanced civ, we should definitely send this guy to meet with them first.

  • @Shinyshoesz
    @Shinyshoesz Před rokem +2

    What a beautiful man and a beautiful discussion of our beautiful universe :)

  • @elegantcourtier
    @elegantcourtier Před 3 lety +40

    What a rare treat to watch a sit down with Ed Witten. I understand he is the best mind to date since Albert Einstein. I would love to see him give a discussion on what we have learned since Einstein, the current state of theoretical physics, and what discoveries we hope to learn in the near future. In short, are we any closer to understanding a theory of everything?

    • @jackspencer8290
      @jackspencer8290 Před 2 lety +10

      No disrespect to Ed Whitten, a true genius among geniuses, but there are plenty of other candidates for best mind since Einstein. Von Neumann for one. Not all of them work in the field of physics.

    • @thesublime7539
      @thesublime7539 Před 2 lety +4

      Roger Penrose?

    • @levansaginashviliskidney8726
      @levansaginashviliskidney8726 Před rokem +3

      Silly comment. Dirac and Schrödinger have contributed way more to physics than Ed Witten has or will

    • @elegantcourtier
      @elegantcourtier Před rokem +5

      @@levansaginashviliskidney8726 sorry, didn't know they were still alive. 🙄

    • @Nautilus1972
      @Nautilus1972 Před rokem

      Einstein was wrong about a lot of things and even he said Feynman was the man.

  • @jameslyons3320
    @jameslyons3320 Před 2 lety +4

    He seems to proceed in his teaching by knowing where to start with his conversation. A good foundation makes the next construction proceed more effectively.

  • @francescos7361
    @francescos7361 Před 2 lety

    Such a wonderful mind

  • @Metacognition88
    @Metacognition88 Před 4 lety +64

    I wish I would have known math can help explain our reality as a kid. I might have not hated my math classes as much.
    They just tell you have to take math classes nd never explain why its important.

    • @HASHHASSIN
      @HASHHASSIN Před 4 lety +1

      Same here.

    • @jinjunliu2401
      @jinjunliu2401 Před 3 lety +1

      I doubt maths in high school and middle school doesn't really explain reality in any way though

    • @jinjunliu2401
      @jinjunliu2401 Před 3 lety +3

      only self study would help you in that way

    • @TheGamingg33k
      @TheGamingg33k Před 3 lety +3

      My university ruined calculus for me. Explained nothing, gave us tons of assignments and told us to solve it. I had to re learn calculus because I want to be a theoretical physicist. Even now I am struggling with some integration...

    • @Snap_Crackle_Pop_Grock
      @Snap_Crackle_Pop_Grock Před 3 lety +6

      Exactly. Was always my least favorite subject and I always just tried to do the minimum effort to pass the exams. As I got older my curiosity about different topics led me to see how crucial mathematics are to understanding the deepest aspects of reality, from biology, to chemistry, to physics, the origin of the universe, the nature of matter, evolution, etc. Math turns up everywhere you look.
      In school they would assign us abstract or trivial word problems that seemed useless. No passion, no deep explanation, no awakening of curiosity, no connection to nature. Even simple algebra and arithmetic are important to understanding deep aspects of reality, wish I realized this sooner.

  • @nelitary3369
    @nelitary3369 Před rokem +1

    I just dicovered this man, amazing = )

  • @snotsbuttwax
    @snotsbuttwax Před rokem +3

    Good on the interviewer as well. Asked some great questions and got some great answers.

  • @JBCCT01
    @JBCCT01 Před rokem

    This man literally is beaming genius. Absolutely fascinating how brilliant men like him are.

    • @ExistenceUniversity
      @ExistenceUniversity Před rokem

      How are you people getting this sense? I hear none sense and nothingness

  • @valeriepanico5555
    @valeriepanico5555 Před 3 lety +7

    If I could meet anyone in the world, it would be Edward Witten.

  • @lureup9973
    @lureup9973 Před rokem +3

    Strange that he made the statement that any advanced civilization would invent calculus… It made me appreciate the intricacies of human nature and it relationships to its environments. Our species always in a state of struggle, competition, and desire. Evolving into a more intelligent being to resolve those issues.

  • @ravir2781
    @ravir2781 Před 2 lety +1

    "How do we know that we are conscious" is a beautiful and a very serious question. normally nobody thinks about it even a bit. the answer is, It is a direct experience. it is beyond the grasp of sensual organs and that direct experience is real "you", the substratum of this universe.

    • @ColKurtzknew
      @ColKurtzknew Před rokem

      Human direct experience begins at birth, at least, and likely for a time before birth. Is it your claim then that a 7 month fetus or a 1 week old baby knows that they are conscious of their consciousness?

  • @ginebro1930
    @ginebro1930 Před rokem +1

    I think that's a good way to phrase it "math or physics feels they are being discovered", FEEL being the keyword.
    But always taking a deeper look all theories are wrong or present incompatibilities and it's not because they are bad theories, it's just that we can't convey the infinite on a concept without eventually losing presicion in some aspect of it.
    So i belive we in fact invent those theories and are universal to us or to our logic process but we don't know how other entity would process information to really regard them as universal.

  • @ShermerHighSchool
    @ShermerHighSchool Před 4 lety +6

    Edward Witten = A GIANT amongst GIANTS! I'm jealous of anyone who had the chance of meeting him 😊 Thank you for this interview.

    • @frankdimeglio8216
      @frankdimeglio8216 Před 4 lety

      Frank DiMeglio is Witten's superior.

    • @reimannx33
      @reimannx33 Před rokem

      @@frankdimeglio8216 ...and my pet parakeet is superior to "f$%^ dimeglio."

  • @brownriceprod
    @brownriceprod Před rokem

    i always felt trig was very primary being based on freq, unit circle, ratios, periodicity, etc

  • @alexandria5758
    @alexandria5758 Před 4 lety +1

    Was the last question in the description asked and or answered?

  • @patrickcampbell4504
    @patrickcampbell4504 Před rokem

    I'd love to hear him talk about zero and negative numbers.

  • @coolcat23
    @coolcat23 Před 7 dny

    1:20 "...invent calculus..." Exactly. The relationships and laws preexist (and therefore can be discovered) but the ways to formally capture them have to be invented.

  • @aresaurelian
    @aresaurelian Před rokem +1

    With math you can explore part of the infinity of the cosmos. It is a tool, that can be improved upon, amended, tweaked, and machinated in ways that provide mirrors and looking glasses into reality. By exploring math, we can travel without moving. It is a great thing.

  • @conflict_monitor
    @conflict_monitor Před 4 měsíci

    Love rhis interviewer (& Ed)

  • @cclewes7373
    @cclewes7373 Před rokem

    Brilliant man

  • @tachyonictortoise3142
    @tachyonictortoise3142 Před 4 lety

    For those interested in the development of theoretical physics in recent decades, this is a timeline video ranking the most cited theoretical papers in high energy physics: czcams.com/video/yDrudWnAlyc/video.html. One paper on the list is Witten's important paper on holography.

  • @subhadipbardhan9711
    @subhadipbardhan9711 Před 4 lety +12

    Want more with ed

  • @tarekazzam389
    @tarekazzam389 Před rokem

    The Worship of & Schleimen bei Edward Witten- without even understanding why he or Paschos are genuine x Stars is something my Conscience.& Hunch deride.

  • @crazieeez
    @crazieeez Před rokem +1

    Math is a tool. It helps us describe nature ever so accurately in shorter version. The number 42 sometimes described everything about the universe and sometimes it doesn't. I would not get too carry away with math. Like the last time we extrapolate Einstein field equation to the singularity and thought what's inside a black hole is INFINITELY dense, which it is not. Inside a black hole has some properties with limits. It is not INFINITELY dense. Such is the same when we extrapolate quantum mechanics describing matter and light interaction using old equations resulting in infinities. Then we shortcut by renormalizing resulting in quantum mechanic describing the vacuum energy 100 orders of magnitude higher than what is actually observed at cosmological scale.

  • @jamesruscheinski8602
    @jamesruscheinski8602 Před 3 lety +10

    Mathematics has some connection to subconscoous mind of cosmos.

  • @jimmycricket7385
    @jimmycricket7385 Před 2 lety

    if the square of the sine of any angle plus the square of the cosine of the same angle always equals one, what does that mean?

  • @helensmith7596
    @helensmith7596 Před 4 lety +28

    Well. Maths creates patterns....patterns are pretty ....

    • @azzylandvanessa5524
      @azzylandvanessa5524 Před 4 lety +3

      The golden ratio

    • @Helmutandmoshe
      @Helmutandmoshe Před 4 lety +2

      That is just scratching the surface.

    • @areus19891
      @areus19891 Před 3 lety

      @@Helmutandmoshe nope she is talking about supersymmetry and components of our reality

    • @Helmutandmoshe
      @Helmutandmoshe Před 3 lety

      @@areus19891 I'm not sure what you are getting at. What is the "nope" referring to?

  •  Před rokem +1

    A great mathematician that has held physics hostage for 40 years. String theory has not produced anything tangible and syphon valuable resources for too long, it is modern day ether.

    • @deveryhenderson8335
      @deveryhenderson8335 Před rokem

      the truth is in the aryan hindu upanishads. The judeochristian lies and deception have kept us in a state of misery.

    • @thewalkingjoke3843
      @thewalkingjoke3843 Před 4 měsíci

      It’s not his fault that others can’t figure out the correct direction in physics either…

  • @arnavrawat9864
    @arnavrawat9864 Před rokem +1

    People hype him up all the time, his talk was relatively simple here. I'd love to see him actually get into insights which i can understand.
    Edit this sort of comes of as a dig, i didn't mean it that way

  • @somethingyousaid5059
    @somethingyousaid5059 Před 4 lety +20

    It's only because I have no natural aptitude for math that I'm not able to like math (much less love it). And that's a shame. Even so, I don't doubt that mathematics does demonstrate truth and beauty. And I don't doubt that even if music can't demonstrate truth, it certainly can demonstrate beauty. (Not that I'm certain it doesn't demonstrate truth. It's just that I don't understand the concept of truth well enough to be sure about that.)

    • @charliecolyer5965
      @charliecolyer5965 Před 4 lety +5

      This is absolutely not a reason to not pursue mathematics. You can still become an extremely proficient mathematician if you just put some time into it. Far too many people write themselves off as "not natural mathematicians" because they weren't one of the kids who excelled in school at it. You don't need a special superhuman brain to understand mathematics, the whole point is that it is entirely logical and self-consistent. Music and mathematics also tend to go hand in hand, you are definitely selling yourself short and so is anyone who thinks they "can't" understand maths.

    • @shoopinc
      @shoopinc Před 4 lety +2

      Plato once said the reason we find things beautiful is because they reveal to us ideas which are true. Give math a little time, you don't need to be that good for mathematical physics. But it does take pain staking work. If you want to go into pure math good luck, that's some hard stuff.

  • @whoever_81
    @whoever_81 Před 6 měsíci +1

    He uses calculus for his precise verbal responses too.

  • @jewelrybag4557
    @jewelrybag4557 Před rokem +1

    Did this guy time travel back from the 26th century? Amazing intellect!

  • @drbonesshow1
    @drbonesshow1 Před 7 měsíci

    The truth and beauty of math that the average mind does not understand and therefore appreciate, but instead fears and subsequently hates. Just ask them. On a personal note as a grad student (long ago) the "toughest" math course I faced was Topics in Mathematical Physics. Though it really wasn't tough as it was strange (taught by one of the early proponents of string theory - in fact, to give a hint he was the first to ponder the 26th dimension).

    • @elputas
      @elputas Před 6 měsíci

      Well, Witten is only mathematical games which link to reality is still a promise.

  • @thomasnies9031
    @thomasnies9031 Před rokem

    I have an idea and a question: I think about an Intelligence or Spirit which live in a quantum world, immediately for the spirit it is obvious the quantum physics but maybe it has a lot of problems with numbers but can obviously understand the universe. Can it be?

  • @martindutton1645
    @martindutton1645 Před 3 lety +10

    I really now believe that children need to be taught a kind of history of science right up to superstring theory. Because as Einstein knew and probably EW, children are fascinated rather than fazed by 10 and 26 dimensions. Such ideas really buzz their imaginations. Well - some anyway. I’m an artist of sorts and I’m EXTREMELY taken with he ideas of physicists and the beautiful machines and experiments they manufacture. Instead we leave all this magic somewhat hidden and only the lucky few can engage with it at eg University studying physics etc Or like me they’ll catch a good tv program and buy a book pop science book (I’m currently rereading Hyperspace by Michio Kaku - who discusses some of EWs ideas). Yes - I think kids really love “WOW” subjects. And although actually doing the physics takes years of learning and understanding I’m sure the great stories of science (right back to Euclid) could be told wonderfully- especially with all our modern graphics technology. Actually- doesn’t it seem a bit mean NOT to let them in on it all (?) 👍

  • @jasonkidd969
    @jasonkidd969 Před rokem

    I gotta say that the beginning question of this interview with one of the smartest men alive was absolutely ridiculous. Science has always been about the discovery of truth! Truth is eternal and therefore will always be the end result no matter which route you take if you arrive.

  • @alexsimonelis164
    @alexsimonelis164 Před 2 lety

    Amen.

  • @mcmcx5514
    @mcmcx5514 Před 3 lety +9

    This man is OP. On real he is in the same league with Newton.

    • @ExistenceUniversity
      @ExistenceUniversity Před rokem

      How so?

    • @loui7210
      @loui7210 Před rokem

      He is far above Newton.

    • @ExistenceUniversity
      @ExistenceUniversity Před rokem

      @@loui7210 How so? What did he ever actually accomplish? I smell failure and stagnation for the last 4 decades

    • @LoveCoffee123
      @LoveCoffee123 Před rokem

      LOL. Mc Mcx and Mikey, you don't know physics do you? Stop making fools of yourselves. EW can't even tie strings for Newton.

  • @najm_addenalwerfally5640
    @najm_addenalwerfally5640 Před 3 lety +1

    يا سادة انتم تستمعون الى احد اذكى العباقرة على وجه الارض الان ادوارد ويتن 😱

  • @YoussefRahoui
    @YoussefRahoui Před 4 lety +35

    Imagine Ed and Terence in the same room

    • @maxwellsequation4887
      @maxwellsequation4887 Před 3 lety +1

      Or maybe Perelman

    • @DariusMo
      @DariusMo Před 2 lety +3

      @@maxwellsequation4887 Perelman doesn't like talking about maths anymore though unfortunately

    • @maitreyo137
      @maitreyo137 Před 2 lety

      Damn

    • @ivanleon6164
      @ivanleon6164 Před 2 lety +5

      would create a black hole of intelligence.

    • @reimannx33
      @reimannx33 Před 2 lety +1

      @@ivanleon6164 Or worse, it might rip spacetime apart - and that's the end of that...

  • @SlampthChompth
    @SlampthChompth Před rokem

    I feel that way about music.

  • @mathemagics4497
    @mathemagics4497 Před 2 lety +2

    It would have been interesting if humans evolved separately, as distinct civilizations. After complete isolation for 1000-2000 years they can finally come together and compare their findings. Well I think it happened with British and French mathematics back in the day.

  • @danielchristensen2133

    My My, What a Guy. BTW if you have not seen "The man who knew infinity" it's a delight.
    Good for you Mr. Witten now please give us cheap energy in abundance in your spare time.

  • @arteemvideo7353
    @arteemvideo7353 Před rokem

    Einstein is a great interviewer.

  • @user-vz5tj7jp2j
    @user-vz5tj7jp2j Před 7 měsíci +68

    This is what Jordan Peterson thinks he sounds like.

  • @rauckr09
    @rauckr09 Před 27 dny

    Ed Witten is perhaps the strongest practitioner of Mathematics, which is the previous method of understanding the world. However, Computation and later Multicomputation are supplanting it.

  • @vonBottorff
    @vonBottorff Před 3 lety +6

    So we laud people like EW -- mainly because he's such a unicorn in a world of math ignorance and darkness. K-12 math is typically taught like circus trainers teaching animals tricks, rats learning mazes. To really do math right you have to build it up carefully from logic. Sal Khan's TED talk about teaching for mastery was so amazing because he posited the idea that far greater percentages of the population could reach mastery if we really taught math right.

    • @momolams
      @momolams Před rokem

      how do you suggest we go about learning math by building it from logic. any books you suggest?

    • @vonBottorff
      @vonBottorff Před rokem +1

      @@momolams _Discrete Mathematics with Applications_ 5th Edition by Susanna S. Epp is a great way to see what is loosely called "higher math" but at an advanced high school/college freshman level. Discrete math is typically taught to comp-sci undergrads, but it's really just a grab-bag of higher math, i.e., post-calc. We need to get past the whole "see this, do this" conditioned training. Also good would be a truly Euclidean geometry book where you learn how math is built up from axioms into theorems. And math history goes a long way in that it shows us how real people first figured stuff out. HTH.

    • @momolams
      @momolams Před rokem

      @@vonBottorff Thanks! Yes reading Math history is fascinating

    • @LoveCoffee123
      @LoveCoffee123 Před rokem +1

      I really like the analogy of teaching circus tricks to donkeys. That's just it, in K-12.

    • @shwetanktewari7762
      @shwetanktewari7762 Před 11 měsíci

      But that guy focusses on exam prep rather than maths.
      Number theory, basics of probability, counting (all discrete Maths) can be taught without calculus. So, I am not sure how you say Discrete maths is post calculus.
      Nice book suggestion. Thanks for that.

  • @andrechretien4570
    @andrechretien4570 Před rokem

    You can almost see him kind of laughing at the interview or sometimes but hiding it to be polite

  • @heliomartins6681
    @heliomartins6681 Před 4 lety

    Wow

  • @nsc2443
    @nsc2443 Před 9 měsíci

    Pls explain UFO physics

  • @Ramkumar-uj9fo
    @Ramkumar-uj9fo Před 8 měsíci

    State 1 line as a metaphor that psychology be analogically grounded in string theory like a metaphor for strings interacting according to the forces as a metaphor. Just one line and do it
    In the realm of psychology, the intricate interplay of human thoughts, emotions, and behaviors can be metaphorically likened to the harmonious vibrations of strings in a grand cosmic orchestra, responding to the forces of our experiences.
    ChatGPT ♥️🌹

  • @godbennett
    @godbennett Před měsícem

    Cool

  • @BELLAROSE21212
    @BELLAROSE21212 Před 18 dny

    Wow I understand what he(Ed Witten) suggest about calculus being evolved from other planets …. I’ve had some crazy experiences with calculator..lol

  • @insanity4224
    @insanity4224 Před rokem

    You know your a genius when Einstein is just the interviewer.

  • @fornlike
    @fornlike Před rokem

    (Wishing that someone here knows french) Please, how can we translate "calculus" (as said here by Edward Witten) in french?

    • @gecjmedia
      @gecjmedia Před rokem

      analyse

    • @fornlike
      @fornlike Před rokem

      @@gecjmedia Thank you so much sir. Calculus wasn't what I thought it was so I doubted your answer. After reading a little I see that you are right. So thank you.

  • @danielsudarsky3490
    @danielsudarsky3490 Před 4 lety +2

    He once told me literally: Follow my advice "do not think juts compute"... very sad!!

  • @johnstfleur3987
    @johnstfleur3987 Před 2 lety

    He's Right.

  • @shaner3723
    @shaner3723 Před 10 měsíci

    Just the tone of voice reflects intelligence

  • @Cyberpunk9000
    @Cyberpunk9000 Před 8 měsíci

    I am not a numbers guy at all, but Andrew just became one of my “who would you invite to dinner” Answers

  • @djkoti74
    @djkoti74 Před 2 lety +3

    I like how Witten politely went from calculus to integers when he saw that his example wasn't understood. You can tell one has unparallel inteligence when he/she dismantles conflict before it even arises, I on the other hand would tell my interviewer to make less faith/god related episodes and focus more on the relevant subjects.

  • @gmshadowtraders
    @gmshadowtraders Před rokem

    100k views! Certified!

  • @rafaeltavares6928
    @rafaeltavares6928 Před rokem +1

    Do a follow up now that he has been criticized heavily

  • @zadeh79
    @zadeh79 Před rokem +1

    The fact that their are several different 'string theories', suggests string theorists are grasping at straws - however so much in a brilliantly creative way.

  • @simonlopez83
    @simonlopez83 Před rokem +1

    Why is Albert Einstein interviewing him though? I’m confused

  • @Q.Mechanic
    @Q.Mechanic Před 2 lety

    What about the incompleteness theorem

    • @reimannx33
      @reimannx33 Před 2 lety +1

      It is not complete. Now, go to sleep.

    • @Q.Mechanic
      @Q.Mechanic Před 2 lety

      @@reimannx33 ok sir!

  • @peacekeeper9840
    @peacekeeper9840 Před rokem +1

    Is language invented or discovered?

  • @topoisonfungus
    @topoisonfungus Před 5 měsíci +1

    2:51 bamb
    2:57 boomb
    And if you ........get interested in getting a little bit beyond counting....oh

  • @basement_chris
    @basement_chris Před rokem

    First this is my opinion for my first time seeing this person I mean no harm or foul. I had only recently heard the name, and was actually quite curious hence I am here.
    His gaze terrifies me ngl it's like he's in his imaginary world either to cope or to raise and I don't know what is more well terrifying. This may be a little far fetched but I think hypothetically he is a kid in a adults body trying to find someone that will I guess understand and even keep up with his process and better it further.
    This may be just stupid and I may be just idolizing the absolute madness that is intelligence but for me, I would love to learn his mathematics-his perception on how he seems to understand, see, and discover the things that may, just be there just out of our prying gaze.

  • @frankdimeglio8216
    @frankdimeglio8216 Před 4 lety

    Mr. Shashi Singh has stated that the following writing is "absolutely right". This is SUPER IMPORTANT work.
    ABSOLUTE MATHEMATICAL AND OBSERVATIONAL PROOF THAT FRANK DIMEGLIO IS THE GREATEST SCIENTIST/PHYSICIST WHO HAS EVER LIVED:
    ALL of SPACE is NECESSARILY ELECTROMAGNETIC/GRAVITATIONAL (IN BALANCE), AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. "Mass"/ENERGY involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE consistent WITH/AS what is BALANCED ELECTROMAGNETIC/GRAVITATIONAL FORCE/ENERGY, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. (Energy has/involves GRAVITY, AND ENERGY has/involves inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE.) Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/energy. ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. This is proven by BOTH F=ma AND E=mc2. Importantly, this NECESSARILY represents, INVOLVES, AND describes what is possible/potential AND actual IN BALANCE. E=mc2 is DIRECTLY AND FUNDAMENTALLY DERIVED FROM F=ma. A PHOTON may be placed at the center of WHAT IS THE SUN (as a POINT, of course), as the reduction of SPACE is offset by (or BALANCED with) the SPEED OF LIGHT; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY.
    "Mass"/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ALL of SPACE is NECESSARILY ELECTROMAGNETIC/GRAVITATIONAL (IN BALANCE), AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE is proportional to (or BALANCED WITH/AS) GRAVITATIONAL force/energy, as this unifies AND balances gravity AND ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY; as this balances gravity AND inertia. (This explains F=ma AND E=mc2, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY.) ACCORDINGLY, gravity/acceleration involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. "Mass"/ENERGY involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE consistent WITH/AS what is BALANCED ELECTROMAGNETIC/GRAVITATIONAL FORCE/ENERGY, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY.
    GRAVITATIONAL force/ENERGY IS proportional to (or BALANCED WITH/AS) inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE, AS GRAVITY IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY. ACCORDINGLY, gravity/acceleration involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE; AS GRAVITY IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY. (This is proven by F=ma AND E=mc2, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY.) THEREFORE, a given PLANET (INCLUDING WHAT IS THE EARTH) sweeps out equal areas in equal times; AND this is THEN consistent WITH/AS F=ma, E=mc2, AND what is perpetual motion; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. GREAT. "Mass"/ENERGY involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE consistent WITH/AS what is BALANCED ELECTROMAGNETIC/GRAVITATIONAL FORCE/ENERGY, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ALL of SPACE is NECESSARILY ELECTROMAGNETIC/GRAVITATIONAL (IN BALANCE), AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. SO, consider WHAT IS THE SUN. NOW, consider what is a PLANET (INCLUDING WHAT IS THE EARTH); AND then consider what is a PHOTON (c, a POINT). It ALL makes perfect sense. It is proven. Gravity IS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY. ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. GREAT. BOTH equations apply to AND describe WHAT IS THE SUN.
    F=ma AND E=mc2 NECESSARILY represent, INVOLVE, AND describe WHAT IS (by DEFINITION) the BALANCED MIDDLE DISTANCE in/of SPACE (AS invisible AND VISIBLE SPACE in FUNDAMENTAL equilibrium AND BALANCE), AS ALL of SPACE is NECESSARILY ELECTROMAGNETIC/GRAVITATIONAL (IN BALANCE); AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. GREAT. "Mass"/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. "Mass"/ENERGY involves BALANCED inertia/INERTIAL RESISTANCE consistent WITH/AS what is BALANCED ELECTROMAGNETIC/GRAVITATIONAL FORCE/ENERGY, AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY.
    The THEORETICAL necessarily represents, INVOLVES, AND describes what is possible/potential AND actual IN BALANCE. Indeed, it is a very great truth that the ability of THOUGHT to DESCRIBE OR RECONFIGURE sensory experience is ULTIMATELY dependent upon the extent to which thought is SIMILAR to sensory experience. (Thoughts are invisible.) It is another great truth that the self represents, FORMS, and experiences a COMPREHENSIVE approximation of experience in general by combining conscious AND unconscious experience. BALANCE and completeness go hand in hand, AS the INTEGRATED EXTENSIVENESS of THOUGHT (AND description) is improved in the truly superior mind. Therefore, the BALANCE of being AND EXPERIENCE is essential in the UNDERSTANDING of physics/physical experience.
    Very importantly, outer "space" involves full inertia; AND it is FULLY INVISIBLE AND black.
    The ULTIMATE unification of physics/physical experience combines, BALANCES, and includes opposites. Indeed, the INTEGRATED EXTENSIVENESS of thought (AND description) is improved in the truly superior mind. That is top down thinking. The PROOF is absolutely CLEAR. I have surpassed Newton and Einstein. FACT. IT ALL MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
    Dream experience is/involves true/real QUANTUM GRAVITY. Dreams balance being AND EXPERIENCE. THE EYE IS THE BODY. In the dream, BODILY/VISUAL experience is invisible AND VISIBLE IN BALANCE; AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY.
    ACCORDINGLY, we are in the BALANCED MIDDLE DISTANCE in/of SPACE that is BETWEEN what is THE SUN and what is the SPEED OF LIGHT (c, a POINT). SO, "mass"/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. ALL of SPACE is NECESSARILY ELECTROMAGNETIC/GRAVITATIONAL (IN BALANCE), AS ELECTROMAGNETISM/ENERGY IS GRAVITY. Great. IT ALL MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
    By Frank DiMeglio

    • @dracowolfe305
      @dracowolfe305 Před 4 lety

      Sorry buddy but you’re deluding yourself if you think this proves anything. I suggest being a little more humble and learning some actual physics rather than throwing the two most famous equations together and thinking that proves anything. I believe you’re passionate about physics; so how about I suggest a beginners path to learning physics so you could one day potentially prove us all wrong and be the greatest physicist that ever lived? :)
      These are only the fundamentals of physics but I believe you will be able to find your own way after learning all of the following,
      Newtonian Mechanics: Basics
      > Kinematics
      > Forces and Motion
      > Momentum
      > Energy and work
      Electrodynamics: Basics
      > Electric field
      > Electric charge and Coulomb’s law
      > Electric field strength/Electric Potential
      > Magnetic Field
      > Magnetic Flux and Flux density
      Mathematics for (this level of) Physics:
      > Elementary Algebra
      > Basic Trigonometry
      > Single variable calculus,
      • Differentiation
      • Integration
      Good luck ;)

    • @reimannx33
      @reimannx33 Před 2 lety

      You need help.

  • @zitaani2581
    @zitaani2581 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Why do people say intelligence will always enslave humanity. I think it's the opposite