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- What do you do?
- I'm a currency analyst,
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I probably inherited
one thousandth of my father's talent,
:29:08
- Are you a mathematician?
- Ooh, Christ, no,
:29:11
Theoretical phys-physics,
:29:13
- To the physicists,
- Drink up,
:29:18
When do you think they'll leave?
:29:20
No way to know,
Mathematicians are insane,
:29:23
I went to this conference in Toronto last fall,
I have never been so exhausted in my life,
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48 straight hours of
partying, drinking, drugs, papers, lectures,
:29:33
- Drugs?
- Amphetamines mostly,
:29:35
I don't, Some older guys, they're hooked,
They think they need it,
:29:38
Why?
:29:39
There's this fear that your creativity peaks
around 23, then it's all downhill from there,
:29:44
That's what my dad thought,
:29:46
I guess all the really original work,
it's... all young guys,
:29:50
- Young guys?
- No, there are some women,
:29:54
Really? Who?
:29:55
There's a woman at Stanford,
I can't remember her name,
:29:58
Sophie Germain?
:30:00
Yeah, I think I've seen her at meetings,
but I don't think I've ever met her,
:30:05
She was born in Paris in 1776,
:30:09
Then I've definitely never met her,
:30:14
Ah, I'm... Sophie Germain,
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- I'm stupid, Germain primes,
- Right,
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Double them, add one,
you get another prime,
:30:23
Like two is prime,
double plus one is five, also prime,
:30:25
Right,
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Or 92,305 times two
to the 16,998th plus one,
:30:33
Right,
:30:34
That's the biggest one,
the biggest known one,
:30:39
Coming through!
:30:42
Oh, what the hell are they doing here?