Grant Sanderson: 3Blue1Brown and the Beauty of Mathematics

Grant Sanderson is a math educator and creator of 3Blue1Brown, a
popular YouTube channel that uses programmatically-animated
visualizations to explain concepts in linear algebra, calculus, and
other fields of mathematics. This conversation is part of the
Artificial Intelligence podcast. If you would like to get more
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Play), use code "LexPodcast".  Here's the outline of the
episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the
timestamp to jump to that time. 00:00 - Introduction 01:56 - What
kind of math would aliens have? 03:48 - Euler's identity and the
least favorite piece of notation 10:31 - Is math discovered or
invented? 14:30 - Difference between physics and math 17:24 - Why
is reality compressible into simple equations? 21:44 - Are we
living in a simulation? 26:27 - Infinity and abstractions 35:48 -
Most beautiful idea in mathematics 41:32 - Favorite video to create
45:04 - Video creation process 50:04 - Euler identity 51:47 -
Mortality and meaning 55:16 - How do you know when a video is done?
56:18 - What is the best way to learn math for beginners? 59:17 -
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