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Published · transcript-backedJoel David Hamkins: observation
31 Dec 2025 Lex Fridman Podcast #488 – Infinity, Paradoxes that Broke Mathematics, Gödel Incompleteness & the Multiverse – Joel David Hamkins
“The way to think about it is white is going to win, but black controls how long it takes.”
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- Joel David Hamkins
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- 31 Dec 2025
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
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…There’s no N? No N. So it’s not mate in N for any N, but it’s a white win, infinitely many. The way to think about it is white is going to win, but black controls how long it takes. Ah, got it.…
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