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Pure Mathematician: There's a Perfect World Most People Will Never See | Kevin Buzzard

What if the universe you live in is just a noisy approximation of something perfect? Prof. Kevin Buzzard — pure mathematician at Imperial College London — has spent his life exploring a world most people will never see: the platonic realm, where perfect circles have zero thickness, every truth is absolute, and there's no room for interpretation. We talk about why Bertrand Russell chose mathematics over death, what Darwin meant when he said mathematicians have "a sixth sense," why negative numbers don't technically exist but changed everything, what it actually feels like to stand at the very edge of human knowledge, how Kevin's autism shaped his entire relationship with math, why he has absolutely no fear of death, and what happens when you point AI at real mathematical research. Kevin Buzzard is a professor of pure mathematics at Imperial College London. He's one of the leading figures in the formalization of mathematics, known for his work on the Langlands program and for pushing the Lean proof assistant into the mainstream of mathematical practice. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction: Why Bertrand Russell contemplated suicide (and why math saved him) 04:58 - The Platonic Realm: The world of perfect circles and zero thickness 06:28 - The "Why" Problem: Math vs. human-invented fields 13:23 - Von Neumann's Advice: You don't understand math, you just get used to it 18:51 - Darwin’s "Sixth Sense": Why math feels extraterrestrial to outsiders 31:40 - The Western vs. Eastern perception of mathematical "talent" 47:38 - The Howl of the Boeotians: Why Gauss was afraid to publish 57:54 - The Bitterness of Research: Dealing with the "Bottomless Night" of failure 01:09:43 - The Aging Brain: Adapting your "game" after 50 01:15:12 - The Archimedes Obsession: Drawing diagrams in your own bath oil 01:31:05 - Food as Fuel: Kevin’s "Pasta and Red Sauce" Algorithm 01:40:58 - Lean & AI: Digitizing mathematics to beat the "Final Boss" 02:14:43 - Mortality & Meaning: Why Kevin is at peace with the end