Max's assumption is similar to the "everything is number" of many mathematicians. No one knows whether this statement is correct or not. It is just a "belief". Can you say "number is everything"? It seems impossible. The relationship between numbers and everything is the relationship between theory and reality. A theory can approach reality, but it can never reach reality. In other words, reality is an asymptote of theory. A theory is an idealization of reality.
Nonlinear science offers a possibility to explain the whole world with the simplest principles.
As a mathematician, Max's obsession with ideals is understandable, but self-mutilation is meaningless. I don't understand why he doesn't die if he drills a hole in his brain-! .
Facing the coercion and temptation of big companies and churches, Max knew that this was a secret, and once it was used, there would be unforeseen consequences.
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