Travelling Salesman
- Year:
- 2012
- 80 min
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I'd like to first
welcome everyone here tonight.
All of you joining us...
we can't hear you!
Okay, I'm sorry.
Please excuse us for a moment.
technical difficulties here.
Uh, we'll introduce
this evening's keynote speaker
In just a second.
No cell phones.
I know.
The battery.
Yes.
Understood.
Was that him?
What did he say?
40 minutes.
This doesn't feel right.
This is over two years.
Did he say why?
Traffic.
Perhaps we should
discuss the addendum
Before he arrives.
I wasn't 100% clear...
It was strongly suggested.
It wasn't 100% clear
If this was applicable.
It certainly wasn't
at the start.
And, now that we're here...
it was strongly suggested.
And now that
we're somehow here,
It would seem irresponsible
to everyone involved
To not have the discussion.
Right, that's...
exactly what I'm saying.
Who's the author
of the addendum?
I imagine it was a compositor.
Right, so...
- wasn't me.
- Or me.
I'm sorry?
The addendum.
What about it?
discussed.
So? Discuss it.
Why was it included?
I was asked to include
applied suppositions.
- When?
- Nine months ago.
Why am I being interrogated?
Come on.
from the start,
That everything
in the final report
Would be discussed
and agreed upon by all of us,
Unanimously.
That's right.
Well...
- as... As I was saying...
- Was it von neu...
I'm sorry to interrupt.
Was it von Neumann who said
that in mathematics
We don't understand things,
we simply get used to them?
What does that mean?
Well, uh...
i suppose what it means
Is that the implication
stated within the addendum
Seemed to be a slight stretch
For an algorithmic
theoretician,
Wouldn't you say, Jim?
I can't believe the English
Still haven't taught you
proper manners.
Guys, let's stay on the topic.
I'm not entirely sure
what that means, but, uh...
- oh, I'm sure you wouldn't.
- It's apparent,
However superficially, that
you've exceeded your authority.
Perhaps we should hang on
for a minute...
This is not a democracy...
actually, authority's
even the wrong word,
Because that has implications,
And in this case,
there are none.
- You had none.
- Or a lecture hall, son.
There's no point
in questioning...
I'm not a child.
No, you most certainly are not.
You used the word "superficial"
a moment ago,
And if that's where
you'd like to leave it,
Then the answer
is quite simple.
Three words:
Knowledge is power.
Yes, it is.
His brief career
has undoubtedly touched,
Influenced,
and motivated all of us
In some capacity.
Always, on some level,
seem to fall short
Of true justice.
But, nevertheless, here goes.
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
Son of a banker
and a homemaker,
A graduate of the university
of Pennsylvania,
Summa cum laude,
Before receiving his PhD
in mathematics
From Princeton.
Based on his thesis work
on Riemann's hypothesis,
He was an invited fellow
At the institute
for advanced study
As well as at mit,
Where his work
on complexity theory
Earned him the abel prize.
He is presently the rouse ball
professor of mathematics
In the department
of pure mathematics
And mathematical statistics
at Cambridge university
And a fellow
at trinity college.
In 2008...
he was awarded the greatest
honor in our profession
When he was presented
with the fields medal
For his proof
of the nonexistence
Of one-Way functions.
Ladies and gentlemen,
It is with great honor
that I now present to you
Dr. Timothy Horton.
Has he seen this?
Which part?
The addendum.
No.
What does it matter?
The implications
are fairly self-Evident, right?
I mean, perhaps
not through and through,
But let's be clear.
This endeavor
would not have received
The level of funding
and classification
If its implications
were not self-Evident.
I agree
they're self-Evident,
But I still feel
they need to be aired,
And I guess, mulled over.
I don't know,
I feel uncomfortable
To just sit here
with assumptions.
We all know this is far too big
To assume anything.
Why is it self-Evident?
Pardon me?
Why is it self-Evident?
Well, I mean...
you don't work
In the fields of theoretical
computer science
And complexity theory
without understanding the...
The massive implications
Right.
Well, I guess, uh,
I guess I feel
There are two things wrong
with what you just said.
Um, first of all, we were
told from... Promised, actually,
That any of the applied
mathematical results
Of our findings
would be our own
And they would not
be classified.
They'd be government
purpose rights,
But that's it, right?
He changed that
somewhere along the way.
Second of all, to assume
that any of us as mathematicians
Can sufficiently gauge
the real-World implications
Of this project, it's...
It's hubris.
I mean, it's... It's...
It's just hubris.
Wow.
How do you ever get a date
with such an academic mind?
I'm not sure I understand
what you're suggesting.
with my card tricks.
I mean, come on, guys,
this is...
I feel like this is the argument
that evolutionary scientists
Have over steak dinner
and a glass of wine, right?
It's... One solves
one problem,
And the other one
looks back and says,
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