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Published · transcript-backedTerence Tao: belief
15 Jun 2025 Lex Fridman Podcast #472 – Terence Tao: Hardest Problems in Mathematics, Physics & the Future of AI
“Yeah, I think mathematics inherently, mathematics is so huge these days that nobody knows all of modern mathematics. And inevitably, we make mistakes and you can’t cover up your mistakes with just bravado because people will ask for your proofs, and if you don’t have the proofs, you don’t have the proofs.”
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- Terence Tao
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- 15 Jun 2025
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
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…New concepts, new ways of thinking, also sucking at a thing that others… I think in that talk, you could be a Fields Medal-winning mathematician and an undergrad knows something better than you. Yeah, I think mathematics inherently, mathematics is so huge these days that nobody knows all of modern mathematics. And inevitably, we make mistakes and you can’t cover up your mistakes with just bravado because people will ask for your proofs, and if you don’t have the proofs, you don’t have the proofs. I love math.…
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