Recorded: 25 August 2017

Released: 26 August 2017

Duration: 93 minutes 16 seconds

Host Paul Carr welomes panelists Nick Nielsen and Sam Lichtenstein, who soldier on when Paul's Thunderbolt 3 hub crashes. They engage in a discussion of whether mathematics is discovered or invented. How does this apply to efforts to communicate with distant technological civilizations? Could math be used to establish a common language?

Links:

The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Science

The Mandelbrot Set Crop Circle Formation  
by Joseph E. Mason

A Conversation with Edward Snowden (Part 1) (SETI at 33:00 and following)

Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Awarded $7.5 Million Department of Defense Grant To Reshape Mathematics

Credits:

Host and Producer: Paul Carr

Music: DJ Spooky