Four Minutes With Terence Tao

We ask the 2006 Fields Medalist to talk about his love of mathematics, his current interests and his favorite planet. More details: www.simonsfoundation.org/2018...

[@TomFZER]

This man is so smart, he can correctly place a USB first time

[@mikemcdermott9656]

Oh, come now, Tom. It's hard enough to believe anyone has an IQ of 230.

[@samuelsado1753]

Tom Farrington 😂😂

[@Oliver-bn7jt]

@@mikemcdermott9656 its hard enough to believe someone can get struck by lighting 7 times in a row

[@MrGitarix]

Usally less intelligent people can not see, that someone is more intelligent. How could a fool agree with Einstein, for example

[@zaramomadi5569]

This comment just made my entire year

[@FPrimeHD1618]

"I started liking mathematics when I decided to calculate the proper trajectory to escape my mothers birthing canal. I was feet first and needed to realign my body, allowing for safe exit". Tao is the man lol.

[@bobjones5869]

FPrimeHD did he say that?

[@FPrimeHD1618]

@@bobjones5869 uhhhhhhh

[@merotuts9819]

@@FPrimeHD1618 🤣🤣🤣

[@abdisamad_]

😂😂🤣🤣

[@isaacvongurtberg7341]

@@bobjones5869 no. It is a joke

[@manoshulk]

such a humble intellectual giant

[@mirkx7382]

he is also fragile

[@gerjaison]

Since he had two kids, doubt it.

[@lordx4641]

@@gerjaison well u see its more about family in asian families

[@prathamyadav3105]

@@mirkx7382 what do you mean fragile? Physical state of someone's body, as long as the person is living a healthy lifestyle, doesn't matter in today's world. Intellectuality is the real power.

[@lordx4641]

@Noah dean if u think Iq is a measure of intelligence then think again

[@SalesforceUSA]

Tao is a very good communicator. Modest, fluent, responsive, considered, honest, and humorous. Very good person, a great scholar and a gentleman to the core.

[@davidk4082]

Apparently a horrible educator tho. Although I don’t blame him.

[@SalesforceUSA]

@@davidk4082 really why?

[@companyowner111]

His ratings on “ratemyprofessor” are well above average.

[@veliyeddineliyev8923]

@@SalesforceUSA İ don't excatly know but some students say that he's so mean

[@hanzhang3589]

@@SalesforceUSA I had him for second year complex analysis, and he was mumble grumbling the whole lecture basically talking to himself. So yeah, not the best communicator as of 20 years ago anyway.

[@SpaceCadet4Jesus]

Host: "If you were not a mathematician, what would you have been? Terrance: I would probably be the number 5. It's a nice prime number, useful to many things.

[@iwatchwithnoads7480]

Whoa, not number 12? Egregious!

[@barcodereader]

I would be the number 0

[@fawzibriedj4441]

When he says "it's only after grad school that I realized you can direct your own research", you should note that he went to university when he was a kid...

[@lifeofabronovich7792]

He got his PhD when he was 21... I was 22 when I got my bachelor's degree, as are most people. Absolute legend

[@UserName23567]

@@lifeofabronovich7792 ill probably be like 23

[@UserName23567]

@@lifeofabronovich7792 but i dont care about age i have a dream and im not going to give that up for a number

[@lifeofabronovich7792]

@@UserName23567 yeah the important thing is that you eventually finish what you set out to accomplish

[@lifeofabronovich7792]

@Tyler yeah, I finished my engineering degree in 4 years and so did most of my peers but I know plenty of people who took an extra semester or even year. A few of my friends are still finishing their degrees for various reasons, and we’re all 23-24 years old now. I even know a few people who graduated in 3 years. Everyone takes things at their own pace, it’s nothing to be ashamed of

[@Laocoon283]

Good to see a genius who is actually happy. Most seem unhinged or hopelessly miserable.

[@Franciscasieri]

His parents recognized his genius but wanted him to grow up as normally as possible hence the man we have here

[@factsbykidd4765]

@@Franciscasieri he was attending university at 12 and got his PHD at 21. He did not grow up normally

[@heliogen5959]

@@factsbykidd4765 But he wasn’t forced into it, he just had the capabilities to do it and he enjoyed learning and math. Not a normal life, but the key is that his parents let him do what he wanted instead of forcing him down a path.

[@fzxfzxfzx]

@@heliogen5959 if only we all had his parents

[@Laocoon283]

@@cesaryasus5319 Because there is alot more money to be made by treating illness than there is by curing it.

[@alejandroagua5813]

1:38 What a waste, he could be a GREAT shopkeeper. We need proper accounting in our shop!

[@ashkara8652]

Counting is a job for machines, not humans.

[@william41017]

@@ashkara8652 wow watch out, broh! It went right over your head

[@dinnerxet]

@@ashkara8652 r/woooosh

[@444_balmain4]

Fuck yo job

[@mr.nicolas4367]

@@ashkara8652 in a couple of decades maybe making math will be a job for machines

[@gaulindidier5995]

Terence has never aged. It’s actually incredible....

[@Ease54]

Age is just a number...and he has mastered it.

[@for-the-love-of-maths]

@@Ease54 age i a word i guess

[@nicoleisgoddess]

His brain got all the wrinkles his face should have got.

[@Name-zd5fq]

Because he isn't fat.

[@_-_-_-_-__--_-_-_]

@@Ease54 sus

[@silversurfer1908]

For the things I value, he is one of the richest men in the world.

[@artherladett442]

very deep

[@alephnull4044]

I agree

[@akshaysachan6029]

So true

[@fragileomniscience7647]

Indeed

[@michellevieiracordeiro]

Brasileiro?

[@alephnull4044]

He’s so incredibly modest

[@aiml-38-sanjanashaw10]

I was just shocked by knowing the numbers of discoveries he made in maths field...... I too am a maths lover and is very much inspired by him........ He is just a giant mathematician in this era.....

[@hunterkudo9832]

how looks the same height as the reporter to me.

[@hugo9618]

This Terence guy seems nice. I think he will become a great accountant some day.

[@DeityJake]

A great example of what would happen if someone who has this intelligence at a young age, grows up in a great enviornment. As a kid his parents had the ability to benefit his learning with lots of things for him to use and learn from.

[@rajahua6268]

Besides his family, many many people recognised his talents, assisted, and paved the way to allow him to maximise his abilities. We need more of these unsung heroes. ( teachers, principle, supervisors, etc)

[@Gearz86]

at the most fundamental level, these are the guys pushing tech forward

[@himalayo]

kinda

[@Enthalpy--]

Mathematics is useless without Science.

[@himalayo]

@@Enthalpy-- it was invented before science, and not because it was useless.

[@Enthalpy--]

@@himalayo Red herring

[@himalayo]

@@Enthalpy-- ?????? It isnt a red herring, your point was literally that maths are useless without science even though it has pretty clear uses in accounting way before the scientific method was a thing

[@sirbedivere5670]

When Terence Tao left for college, he said to his father: "You are the man in the house now."

[@justinkauffman3729]

He is working on two of the millennium problems based on saying his work has been about naviert stokes and primes. Perfect endeavors for the greatest of the great maths minds.

[@ulkord]

@@supertester23 so how did he get a fields medal?

[@axemenace6637]

@@ulkord lmaooo unbelievable how this man thinks Terence tao is unable to do original research

[@whateveryh2119]

@@supertester23 that's a unique opinion. Care to elaborate? I'd be interested

[@geometricart7851]

If he solves those two he will be one of the greatest to ever live.

[@liviumircea6905]

Bruce Lee of Mathematics

[@bensalemmohamedabderrahman5844]

Euler

[@justinkauffman3729]

Both men are the all-time all-times of their fields

[@abdusabdud8218]

@@bensalemmohamedabderrahman5844 no

[@abdusabdud8218]

@@justinkauffman3729 no

[@toripolliisi3929]

This is good

[@ykkrasaoz9748]

"I'm very lucky to have co-authors who can do these computations ...for me"

[@spamemail485]

this level of brainpower AND apt social skills? kudos to the parents for keeping him balanced

[@rdjb9650]

A ledge-level genius and yet he seems to be the absolute sweetest guy. Swoon. 🤩🙏🏼😃😊

[@user-zf4zb8vx7d]

Wow ... I need a mentor like you ... Respect

[@SalesforceUSA]

We need more of Terry Tao, I would listen to him for hours.

[@anim3197]

@wannabe entrepreneur. wtf no we should study that much only if we can actually pick the subjects we want to learn

[@mittu1814]

He has classes available on masterclass, look it up on KZbin!

[@rogeriolopes6297]

Useful video. Thank you!

[@user-sx3ed7xr5h]

I love this man i m starting study math and he became my inspiration

[@ruskolnikov7211]

He seems likeable. Humble demeanor.

[@ianprado1488]

Such a nice guy

[@RJavier007]

Looks like a very humble guy.

[@annikabaranwal4806]

He is such an enthusiastic person.

[@KeithRowley418]

Great guy and genius. Love to have a beer with him.

[@lukemczen7486]

seems that he's a great person as well as he are as a mathematician

[@swoondrones]

I really like how he speaks.

[@boogieman6529]

gay?

[@tonyvercetti2123]

nice interview

[@kdub1242]

His Australian accent is the "mildest" I've ever heard - the antithesis of Crocodile Dundee!

[@Louis-gd2cq]

Up until today i fully thought he was english

[@jonathanm9436]

As an Australian, I can confirm that Crocodile Dundee accent is a caricature of rural Australians. Terence's accent is quite common amongst educated Australians both rural and city.

[@lifeofabronovich7792]

He's also lived in the US for most of his adult life, so maybe that mellowed it out a bit.

[@marioftrujillo7805]

"There is a place for using computers but first you have to work out... what is worth computing" I wish more computational scientists and engineers would spend more time on working out this strategy before embarking on huge computations wasting a lot of valuable CPU hours. (Un)fortunately, for many in the computational science world computing is both the means and the end of their activity. There is rarely any deep analysis of the necessary strategy that Terence so humbly talks about.

[@101wutproductions]

YES! This is something I have thought about many times but had trouble articulating it.

[@777jones]

Absolutely right. "Supercomputers" are overrated. You could run a very good scientific career just with 1 laptop. In the past, great universities had only a millionth of 1 laptop. And they made nuclear bombs, mach 3 jets and landed on the moon. Clever programming is the real constraint, NOT speed or storage.

[@fedegroxo]

The type of computing Tao refers to is not of the sort applied scientists carry out in their work. For example, you can verify that the Collatz conjecture holds for all positive integers up to 10^6, or test other assertions this way, or gain intuition about special cases of some theory, or simplify an expression analytically with a computer algebra system. It doesn't seem to me that computational scientists and engineers waste their CPU hours on computations, because their problems are much more tractable.

[@cklim3614]

Tao means the way to mathematical solutions

[@emale03]

Great writer too!

[@Basilisk4119]

What a nice guy

[@acidithiobacillusferrooxid3687]

"for me at least I'm not as fast as programming", but close tho Terence!

[@sagafi3240]

All respect

[@NoreenHoltzen]

Terry Tao was also best friends with the classical composer Julian Cochran according to some media reports. Imagine being amongst their conversations in high school.

[@deeplearningpartnership]

Awesome.

[@richardfeynman9341]

His brain fires too much neuronal signals that his mouth couldn't keep up with it..

[@richardfeynman9341]

Seems like high IQ people have this pattern. Idk, they usually stutter most of them.lol

[@distrologic2925]

Or they are just kind of regular people who have the right focus in their life.

[@AnubhavChandrakarIITB]

@TheUmbrellaCorpX7[エヴ] i was about to say the same

[@aravartomian1]

How do you know can you see inside his brain?

[@theguru8376]

Linus Behrbohm there is nothing regular about this man

[@SalesforceUSA]

Terrence Tao is the greatest living Mathematician.

[@michealjackson1334]

What about Fefferman(princeton) he earned his phd 1 year earlier than Tao , they had the same phd supervisor at princeton

[@informativemode3228]

And what about ramanujan ? It took almost 150 years to prove his theorems.

[@sushantsaurabh10100]

@@informativemode3228 yeah , I admired great Ramanujan sir very much but he is talking about greatest "living" mathematician.

[@parsafakhar]

i envy him, he is literally the smartest man alive

[@julianoqueral8537]

parsa fakhar Grisha Perelman**

[@yulonglian2137]

Indeed he is, but why is that enviable? We all end up in the casket. Live your best life and be happy

[@nachiketsharma4507]

He is probably the third smartest person ever

[@darktronics9901]

These people are at the frontlines working with the hardest problems out there and we are all just treading along trying to learn the basics

[@tauceti8341]

@@yulonglian2137 I agree with your sentiment, but it's almost like a super-power. They mathematical level of abstraction requires a different way of thinking, which I think is quite unique. So I think for a day it would be very fun. Just like I think it would be fun to live in a daredevils mind for a day. However like you said I enjoy Gardening, and Mathematics. I think thats the cool thing about the internet, is that we can live vicariously through these people while pursuing our own goals and objectives. It displays humanities global effort.

[@vighneshramesh2569]

He's pretty normal for a mathematical genius

[@imjonathan6745]

What did you expected him to be when you click on this video? Seriously? Do you expect him to be eccentric? Unhinge? Derange? What?

[@trekzindia7141]

This kid is brilliant, I was his teacher in kindergarten 😀

[@nalat1suket4nk0]

Ah yes ofc

[@trekzindia7141]

@@nalat1suket4nk0 you have to believe it

[@nalat1suket4nk0]

@@trekzindia7141 you know it doesn't take that much effort to look at your channel

[@daddydaddydo404]

you forgot to say (real) btw, would have 100% believed if you just said that one word, even though an "ong ong frfr bussin tbh no cap" wouldnta hurt either

[@lbell9695]

Dude's Australian, and judging from your username you're Indian. How on earth did you teach him back in the '80s, when there wasn't that many Indian immigrants in Australia?

[@satkotech]

A living prodigy.

[@noble2694]

he said he's working on navier stroke equation. that's my favorite equation.

[@jamesngarua6935]

#Amazing

[@pooodonklooopdoop5672]

I had to say it: Aussie legend!

[@musicaldoodles9615]

Me: Terence what is 0:0? Terence: *gives logical explanation*

[@pichass9337]

Consider the empty set in a ratio to another empty set. You have two equivalent sets that contain null, therefore 1

[@mark_xx1036]

@@pichass9337 Wrong

[@fragileomniscience7647]

@@pichass9337 Ring theory and division algebra: *not so fast boy*

[@hellopleychess3190]

it a smiley

[@musicaldoodles9615]

@@hellopleychess3190 wait you're right 🤭

[@porterap927]

4:00 minutes and he choose the 4th planet, that is awesome.

[@roger_is_red]

a very smart guy

[@bipensubba4709]

Iq is merely the measure of how quickly you can identify patterns verbally or mathematically. Usually, people with higher iq's are smarter as they can learn new things much quicker and can understand it to a much greater depth. Whilst iq may not be entirely accurate it certainly is a good estimation of one's intelligence... I believe that haters of the iq test are those who do not score very highly.

[@Terrydober1]

I'm 88 iq but I'm smart! Iq test sucks!!

[@hectorsalamanca9989]

@@Terrydober1 No you are just dumb...

[@adammohamed995]

Residober well um here’s an example sorry mate ur just dumb

[@eyeofthetiger6002]

Am surprised at how many good mathematicians are of Chinese heritage, including this guy, unknown and unemployable at the many teaching jobs he applied for, and ending up working at Subways for a while, surely Subway's smartest ex-employee! 😂 www.concordmonitor.com/counting-from-infinity-zhang-unh-math-twin-prime-movie-12492993

[@aneeku7519]

Iq is definitely a mesure of intelligence, but you know, they are exceptions, persons who have scored lower than expectations (due to their stress or mindset or even other difficulties that can be generated with higher iq that general). So the iq tests are indeed relevant but sometimes it has flaws.

[@hawkkim1974]

He needs more relaxation and rest. He looks so tired. This is the best way to fully utilize his intellect.

[@WeiqiSub]

Hucky Kim he’s focused not tired

[@goldenrules5697]

Thats is bad side tobe genius is taking responbility for science progress in his whole life fuzzy man

[@Eckh4rt]

Yes, you obviously know what's best for Terrence Tao. He's a genius because he doesn't know what he's doing. So true.

[@sohambhattacharjee951]

TT: i am not good with programming . Also made 8th-9th standard programs since he was 6 years old.

[@LivingDead53]

My favorite planet is Neptune because nobody talks about it. It's also interesting. There are a few moons I fall for, too. While I know that it was the neanderthals who said, "Don't not come near us, lest you die (disease) and the copper they enlightened us to make as it gets germs away, I would have written a book about how they were from Titan or something, lots of radiation, and they couldn't get near us, lest they scar their bodies. I also think there are more human-types that have more neanderthal in them and who hide like the gods of civilizations old and some African mixes, too. Many Africans, even though people are like, low IQ as a group, are extremely wise and open their minds up to more despite taking a test that has no composite meaning. I'm not trying to get out of my IQ. Years of abuse destroyed my memory.

[@henryzhao4622]

Lots of smart people but he comes off first of all as a kind, balanced human being. His genius in one area is just that - genius in ONE AREA, and he seems like someone who doesn’t define himself off one ability

[@Keralasha444]

I doubt it’s just in one area

[@henryzhao4622]

@@Keralasha444 well he’s not a rockstar who’s also got a Ph.D and mayor of his hometown right

[@senator1295]

...compressing and decompressing the atmosphere ...to try and encode an understanding (wish there was a better way)

[@madbitcrypto]

Hey T, let’s take a trip to Vegas, my treat.

[@beeshin9945]

He might be the savange of casino

[@HarshRajAlwaysfree]

already banned in all of the casinos

[@pankakotakismegalomavropou3355]

Are we simping for Tao?

[@albertaoridge]

That’s why I always loved math, there is a definite correct answer! There isn’t a grey area in between. I don’t like courses that there are multiple correct answers! I wanna be right or wrong. I thought I was the only one that thought that way LMAO!

[@mwuniverse1534]

plz amplify the sound level, had both yt and computer on max and still struggling

[@thabangnkopane4626]

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[@thabangnkopane4626]

Maths(Dual perspectives Low within yhe world and then outside the world ) Things can be ranked as the following Low (Basic equations) That can have reverse counter parts( addition to subtraction and multiplication to division) and through either repetitions other equations can be formed (+ - ×) allowing for another low form . Then their are shapes which generalise equations by adding a principle which is better described by word out loud by looking from a third person perspective. 1 (added by 1 - 3x itself equates the next pattern) Allowing for unlimited associations . So remember Low and repetion creates equations while higher creates and outside force manipulationg questions Memory Numbers can be summarised as trims that are put through equations No principle unless probable through a trim Code Are Basically associtions between . You must look at a code at the outside perspective of the equation and once an established association is met work on it

[@parcelona1862]

Yes dude

[@ArthuroWich]

If only, education systems of the world would seek out more gifted children like Terence Tao used to be (he is not a child anymore that's what I mean), we would have more people like Terence Tao as most of these highly gifted or even gifted children go under the radar and their abilities, talents and gifts dont get explored and dont get given properties and care needed for growth of the said gift, so at the end of the day, their gifts get wasted away.

[@beeshin9945]

Yes gifted children need to be treated special

[@toastyshrimp1882]

to be fair, their "gifts" are never wasted, they simply just don't become famous. I've only come across some a few times, but it's genuinely shocking when you see a coworker, a neighbor, or an acquaintance you never think much of, only come to find out their houses are covered in paintings and mathematics and their computer screens have code all over them. The reality is it's just not like the movies, most geniuses live quiet lives of solitude, most of us will never interact with them.

[@rajahua6268]

Agree. Those surround him when he was little boy/teen, assisted and paved the way for his success. He has great teachers, thoughtful principle, supervisors that recognised his talents early.

[@sethother8012]

He seems to possess high intelligence in other areas besides computation. He strikes me as very socially intelligent as well.

[@gbethefox]

English is too slow for this guy.

[@davidomarcastillotorres2191]

No, Is so Smart that he's brain can't be syncroniced with hymself

[@Akash-rs2yp]

This is a problem with people having High IQs, their Brain Processes things so fast that 🙄that they cannot align it with their speech, which is camparitively slower!!

[@davidomarcastillotorres2191]

it happens to me jaja):

[@davidomarcastillotorres2191]

PD: my IQ Is 148

[@Akash-rs2yp]

@@davidomarcastillotorres2191Very nice👍👍

[@ron6625]

It's Mobius time!

[@jonathanjollimore4794]

Rest free

[@pawanyadav3399]

The great mind

[@D9Beats]

This guy is the real life Will Hunting (at least the math part)

[@jah3161]

*and here's me getting 15% on my math test*

[@PrinceKumar-hh6yn]

Excellence inspiring other to be

[@corkkyle]

Navier-Stokes is trivial when seen rightly.

[@curiousscientist6077]

what was his biggest contribution?

[@milzambasith1250]

I wonder if he was bored because the interviewer always asked him the same questions

[@spudmckenzie4959]

Maybe more a case of always asked the same kinds of or same questions.

[@basakowe3764]

look at the chapter names

[@motorhead55maxhead15]

I still can't work out my iphone...but I can add....pure mathematics

[@saketg5954]

Hey Terrence, what is 263748 ÷ 53738? Terrence: Yes.

[@iliaskurku]

Yeaaa, it's not impossible to solve this in under 30 secounds

[@iliaskurku]

And for this i needed more than 30secs .-.

[@adammarchant555]

About 5

[@alienbsg]

4.92 ish

[@jarekqurchevskykurczewski3440]

✌ 👌

[@edwassermann8368]

nice guy

[@travelgalaxy8291]

nice

[@totalChris]

Tony Stark worked out time travel by solving the Mobius strip problem.

[@extraswaggeroni]

"learned from watching Sesame Street" FeelsGoodMan

[@Twitchte]

Clap

[@Kane-ib5sn]

after seeing that other piece about Tao doing Ph.D mathematics as an 8 year old, i conclude his IQ might be around190-ish. if it is beyond that, don't fault me.

[@rajahua6268]

Not 8 yr.

[@dr.merlot1532]

He should be a live streamer like ice Poseidon

[@drbonesshow1]

I watched the 4 minute interview in 3 minutes. I'm a physics professor.

[@hasmukhparekh4654]

4" --> 3" ! .. U 2; a certified genus ?

[@Hybzy]

I predict that in his lifetime he will prove both the Collatz Conjecture and the Navier Stokes Existence and Smoothness problems

[@bensalemmohamedabderrahman5844]

that's some bold prediction

[@AlbertKimMusic]

really wish I had his brain

[@MrAntonio231288]

Most important information. He watch Sesame Street. Period. We all smart! 😂

[@pl5094]

He was able to do mathematics before he was consciously doing it.

[@PerAllwin1963]

Why are East Asians generally so smart? People say it’s because they study harder and emphasize education, but it’s more than that. There has to be a genetic component involved.

[@mofa9745]

"Is there still a place for 'pencil and paper' mathematics ?" My goodness, what kind of silly question is that ! The computer can't do the thinking for you, only the donkey work. Has the interviewer never heard of Garbage In Garbage Out ?

[@rioshrink]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@OCDlin]

I think his words struggle to catch up with his mind when he talks

[@coven1828]

Im about to binge watch sesame street lolol

[@Flovus]

Automatic subtitle/chapter generation at its finest: 0:56 "The Fuhrer was crazy"...yeah we already know that.

[@Phoniv]

Mars, baby!

[@AkariInsko]

Defendor fuck*

[@Phoniv]

@@AkariInsko Is there a point to this? I am not offended.

[@AkariInsko]

Defendor there is no point

[@julienmaurel8056]

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