MAX
Euclid crashed. I lost
all my data, my hardware.
SOL
Your mainframe?
MAX
Burnt...
SOL
What happened?
MAX
I don't know, first I got
these horrible picks. Then
Euclid spits out some
numbers. Never saw anything
like it and then it fries.
The whole machine just
crashed.
SOL
You have a printout?
MAX
Of?
SOL
The picks, the number?
MAX
I threw it out.
SOL
What was the number it
spit out?
MAX
I don't know, just a long
string of digits.
SOL
How many?
MAX
I don't know.
SOL
(Intense)
What was it, a
hundred and fifty, a
thousand, two hundred
sixteen!? How many?
MAX
I don't know. Probably
around two hundred.
(Wondering)
Why?
SOL
(Beat)...
I dealt with
some bugs back in my Pi days.
I was wondering if it was
similar to one I ran into.
Hold on, you have to slow
down. You're losing it, you
have to take a breath. Listen
to yourself. You're connecting
a computer bug I had, a
computer bug you might have
had, and some religious
hogwash. If you want to find
the number two sixteen in the
world, you'll be able to pull
it out of anywhere. Two
hundred and sixteen steps
from your street comer to
your front door. Two hundred
and sixteen seconds you spend
riding on the elevator. When
your mind becomes obsessed
with anything, it will filter
everything else out and find
examples of that thing
everywhere. Three hundred and
twenty, four hundred and
fifty, twenty-three.
Whatever! You've chosen two
sixteen and you'll find it
everywhere in nature. But
Max, as soon as you discard
scientific rigor, you are no
longer a mathematician. You
become a numerologist. What
you need to do is take a
break from your research. You
need it. You deserve it
Here's a hundred dollars, I
want you to take it. If ,you
won't take it, borrow it.
Either way, take a break.
Spend it however you like as
long as it falls in the
category of vacation. Real
world stuff, okay. No math.
Sfuma il turchino in un azzurro tutto stelle. lo siedo alla finestra e guardo. Guardo e ascolto; però che in questo è tutta la mia forza: guardare ed ascoltare.
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