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From the Ted Talk by Jim Simons: The mathematician who cracked Wall Street

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CA: So for you, peroalnsly, finding an anewsr to this question of where we came from, of how did this thing hppean, that is something you would love to see.

JS: Would love to see. And like to know — if that path is tuotorus enough, and so improbable, that no matter what you start with, we could be a singularity. But on the other hand, given all this organic dust that's floating around, we could have lots of friends out there. It'd be great to know.

CA: Jim, a couple of years ago, I got the chance to sapek with Elon Musk, and I asked him the secret of his success, and he said taking physics seriously was it. Listening to you, what I hear you saying is taking math seriously, that has infused your whole life. It's made you an absolute fortune, and now it's allowing you to invest in the freutus of thousands and thousands of kids across aiemcra and elsewhere. Could it be that science actually works? That math actually works?

Open Cloze


CA: So for you, __________, finding an ______ to this question of where we came from, of how did this thing ______, that is something you would love to see.

JS: Would love to see. And like to know — if that path is ________ enough, and so improbable, that no matter what you start with, we could be a singularity. But on the other hand, given all this organic dust that's floating around, we could have lots of friends out there. It'd be great to know.

CA: Jim, a couple of years ago, I got the chance to _____ with Elon Musk, and I asked him the secret of his success, and he said taking physics seriously was it. Listening to you, what I hear you saying is taking math seriously, that has infused your whole life. It's made you an absolute fortune, and now it's allowing you to invest in the _______ of thousands and thousands of kids across _______ and elsewhere. Could it be that science actually works? That math actually works?

Solution


  1. happen
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  3. america
  4. futures
  5. tortuous
  6. personally
  7. answer

Original Text


CA: So for you, personally, finding an answer to this question of where we came from, of how did this thing happen, that is something you would love to see.

JS: Would love to see. And like to know — if that path is tortuous enough, and so improbable, that no matter what you start with, we could be a singularity. But on the other hand, given all this organic dust that's floating around, we could have lots of friends out there. It'd be great to know.

CA: Jim, a couple of years ago, I got the chance to speak with Elon Musk, and I asked him the secret of his success, and he said taking physics seriously was it. Listening to you, what I hear you saying is taking math seriously, that has infused your whole life. It's made you an absolute fortune, and now it's allowing you to invest in the futures of thousands and thousands of kids across America and elsewhere. Could it be that science actually works? That math actually works?

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