2 00:01:40,083 --> 00:01:43,542 9:13. Personal note. 3 00:01:44,875 --> 00:01:47,625 When I was a little kid, 4 00:01:47,750 --> 00:01:51,167 my mother told me not to stare into the sun. 5 00:01:51,250 --> 00:01:54,333 So once, when I was six, I did. 6 00:01:54,458 --> 00:01:58,292 The doctors didn't know if my eyes would ever heal. 7 00:01:59,708 --> 00:02:01,917 I was terrified, 8 00:02:02,042 --> 00:02:04,542 alone in that darkness. 9 00:02:05,750 --> 00:02:07,750 Slowly, 10 00:02:07,875 --> 00:02:11,125 daylight crept in through the bandages 11 00:02:11,250 --> 00:02:13,417 and I could see. 12 00:02:13,542 --> 00:02:16,042 But something else had changed inside me. 13 00:02:18,458 --> 00:02:21,500 That day I had my first headache. 14 00:02:24,667 --> 00:02:27,750 Jenna, come back here. 15 00:02:28,917 --> 00:02:31,167 Max, Max, can I do it? 16 00:02:31,250 --> 00:02:38,292 - Jenna. - What's 322 times 491? 17 00:02:38,417 --> 00:02:40,833 158,102. Right? 18 00:02:40,958 --> 00:02:42,958 Right! 19 00:02:43,083 --> 00:02:45,583 OK, 73 divided by 22? 20 00:02:45,708 --> 00:02:49,042 3.318...18...18... 21 00:02:49,167 --> 00:02:52,792 ..18...18...18...18... 22 00:03:09,250 --> 00:03:12,583 12:45. Restate my assumptions. 23 00:03:12,750 --> 00:03:15,417 One: Mathematics is the language of nature. 24 00:03:19,375 --> 00:03:21,125 Two: Everything around us 25 00:03:21,250 --> 00:03:23,500 can be represented and understood through numbers. 26 00:03:27,542 --> 00:03:31,083 Three: If you graph the numbers of any system, patterns emerge. 27 00:03:33,042 --> 00:03:37,125 Therefore, there are patterns everywhere in nature. 28 00:03:39,917 --> 00:03:41,250 Evidence: 29 00:03:41,708 --> 00:03:43,542 The cycling of disease epidemics; 30 00:03:45,125 --> 00:03:47,417 the wax and wane of caribou populations; 31 00:03:48,750 --> 00:03:50,167 sun spot cycles; 32 00:03:51,542 --> 00:03:54,792 the rise and fall of the Nile. 33 00:03:58,958 --> 00:04:01,375 So, what about the stock market? 34 00:04:01,500 --> 00:04:04,708 The universe of numbers that represents the global economy. 35 00:04:04,833 --> 00:04:07,875 Millions of hands at work, billions of minds. 36 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:11,958 A vast network, screaming with life. An organism. 37 00:04:12,083 --> 00:04:14,333 A natural organism. 38 00:04:14,458 --> 00:04:16,750 My hypothesis: 39 00:04:16,875 --> 00:04:20,333 Within the stock market, there is a pattern as well... 40 00:04:20,458 --> 00:04:21,917 Right in front of me, 41 00:04:22,042 --> 00:04:25,542 hiding behind the numbers. Always has been. 42 00:04:25,667 --> 00:04:27,833 12:50, press return. 43 00:04:46,292 --> 00:04:47,667 Hello. 44 00:04:47,792 --> 00:04:49,250 Maximillian Cohen, please. 45 00:04:49,375 --> 00:04:52,250 - Yeah? - Hi, it's Marcy Dawson. 46 00:04:52,375 --> 00:04:55,250 I'm a partner at the predictive strategy firm... 47 00:04:55,375 --> 00:04:57,167 - I told you... - Sorry I haven't called. 48 00:04:57,292 --> 00:05:00,583 I hoped we could have lunch tomorrow. Say one o'clock? 49 00:05:25,625 --> 00:05:27,917 - Max, good. - Hey, Devi. 50 00:05:28,042 --> 00:05:30,625 - I grabbed you some samosas. - Great. 51 00:05:31,583 --> 00:05:34,042 - Your hair! - What are you doing? 52 00:05:34,167 --> 00:05:37,083 - You can't go out like that. - It's fine. 53 00:05:37,208 --> 00:05:40,250 - Don't worry. - It's fine. 54 00:05:41,833 --> 00:05:44,208 - You need a mom. - I gotta go. 55 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:50,125 Max. Here, your samosas. 56 00:05:50,250 --> 00:05:52,250 Thanks. 57 00:05:54,083 --> 00:05:57,542 16:23. Results. 58 00:05:57,708 --> 00:06:00,417 Euclid predicts NTC will break 100 tomorrow. 59 00:06:00,500 --> 00:06:03,083 A good bet. Other anomalies: 60 00:06:03,208 --> 00:06:06,792 lt predicts PRO NET settling at sixty-five and a quarter, 61 00:06:06,917 --> 00:06:08,583 a career high. 62 00:06:08,708 --> 00:06:12,917 Am I bothering you? I'm sorry, I'll put it out. 63 00:06:13,458 --> 00:06:14,583 Name's Lenny Meyer. 64 00:06:16,417 --> 00:06:17,500 And you are? 65 00:06:18,958 --> 00:06:19,667 Max. 66 00:06:19,792 --> 00:06:22,792 Is that Max? Max...? 67 00:06:22,917 --> 00:06:26,708 - Max Cohen. - Cohen! Jewish. 68 00:06:29,208 --> 00:06:33,417 It's OK. I'm a Jew too. Do you practise? 69 00:06:33,542 --> 00:06:36,125 No. I'm not interested in religion. 70 00:06:37,500 --> 00:06:40,917 - Did you ever hear of Kabbalah? - No. 71 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,542 - Jewish mysticism. - Look, I'm busy right here. 72 00:06:43,708 --> 00:06:46,125 I understand. 73 00:06:47,208 --> 00:06:51,292 But right now is a very exciting moment in our history. 74 00:06:51,417 --> 00:06:55,542 Right now is a critical moment in time. 75 00:06:55,667 --> 00:06:58,458 - Really? - Yeah. It's very exciting. 76 00:06:58,583 --> 00:07:02,958 Have you ever put on Tefillin? You know Tefillin? 77 00:07:03,083 --> 00:07:06,417 Yeah, I know, it looks strange. It's an amazing tradition. 78 00:07:06,542 --> 00:07:10,208 It has a tremendous power. It's a mitzvah Jewish men should do. 79 00:07:10,333 --> 00:07:13,417 Mitzvahs, good deeds. They purify us. 80 00:07:13,542 --> 00:07:16,583 Bring us closer to God. Wanna try it? 81 00:07:16,708 --> 00:07:19,625 - Shit. - You all right, Max? 82 00:07:38,083 --> 00:07:41,125 Please. Please, a small one. 83 00:07:43,250 --> 00:07:47,458 17:55. Personal note. Second attack in under 24 hours. 84 00:07:48,458 --> 00:07:51,167 Administered 80 milligrams Promozine HCI 85 00:07:51,292 --> 00:07:53,667 and six milligrams Sumattrapan orally, 86 00:07:53,792 --> 00:07:56,667 as well as one milligram Dihydroric-atamine-mezilayte 87 00:07:56,792 --> 00:07:58,667 by subcutaneous injection. 88 00:09:49,917 --> 00:09:53,000 - Hi. - Mr Cohen? 89 00:09:53,125 --> 00:09:55,792 Marcy Dawson here again, from Lancet-Percy. 90 00:09:55,917 --> 00:10:00,958 I checked my schedule and I'm in Chinatown tomorrow at three. 91 00:10:01,083 --> 00:10:04,417 I'd love to stop by to meet you. 92 00:10:04,542 --> 00:10:07,250 It'll be worth it for us. How's three sound? 93 00:10:07,333 --> 00:10:11,375 - How did you get my address? - I got it from Columbia. 94 00:10:11,500 --> 00:10:13,417 Three it is. Looking forward to it. 95 00:10:13,500 --> 00:10:16,208 Wait a minute... 96 00:10:48,750 --> 00:10:49,708 Max. 97 00:11:11,875 --> 00:11:13,917 Stop thinking, Max. 98 00:11:14,042 --> 00:11:17,042 Just feel. Use your intuition. 99 00:11:24,500 --> 00:11:28,833 - What did you think of Hamlet? - I didn't get to it. 100 00:11:28,958 --> 00:11:34,292 It's been a month. You haven't taken a single break. 101 00:11:37,708 --> 00:11:40,125 I'm so close. 102 00:11:42,708 --> 00:11:46,250 Have you met the new fish my niece bought me? 103 00:11:46,375 --> 00:11:51,167 I named her lcarus after you, my renegade pupil. 104 00:11:51,292 --> 00:11:54,500 You fly too high, you'll get burnt. 105 00:11:55,333 --> 00:11:58,208 I look at you, I see myself 30 years ago. 106 00:11:58,333 --> 00:12:04,542 My greatest pupil. Published at 16, PhD at 20. 107 00:12:04,667 --> 00:12:08,125 But life isn't just mathematics, Max. 108 00:12:08,250 --> 00:12:12,125 I spent 40 years searching for patterns in Pi. 109 00:12:13,083 --> 00:12:16,292 - I found nothing. - You found things. 110 00:12:17,458 --> 00:12:19,000 I found things... 111 00:12:20,708 --> 00:12:22,792 but not a pattern. 112 00:12:26,667 --> 00:12:30,125 Not a pattern. 113 00:12:30,250 --> 00:12:33,583 11:22. Personal note. 114 00:12:33,708 --> 00:12:37,167 Sol died a little when he stopped research on Pi. 115 00:12:38,792 --> 00:12:41,958 It wasn't just the stroke. 116 00:12:42,083 --> 00:12:45,125 He stopped caring. 117 00:12:47,625 --> 00:12:49,083 How could he stop, 118 00:12:49,208 --> 00:12:53,667 when he was so close to seeing Pi for what it really is? 119 00:12:59,167 --> 00:13:02,583 How could you stop believing that there is a pattern, 120 00:13:02,708 --> 00:13:06,167 an ordered shape behind those numbers, when you were so close? 121 00:13:10,958 --> 00:13:13,417 We see the simplicity of the circle, 122 00:13:13,542 --> 00:13:16,333 we see the maddening complexity of the endless numbers, 123 00:13:16,458 --> 00:13:20,167 3.14 off into infinity. 124 00:13:20,292 --> 00:13:22,958 # Are the stars out tonight? 125 00:13:23,083 --> 00:13:26,708 # I don't mind if they're cloudy or bright 126 00:13:28,458 --> 00:13:32,250 # For I only have eyes 127 00:13:32,375 --> 00:13:35,333 # For you, dear 128 00:13:37,250 --> 00:13:40,292 # I don't mind if we're in a... # 129 00:14:07,708 --> 00:14:10,208 Hey, Max. 130 00:14:10,333 --> 00:14:11,875 Lenny Meyer. 131 00:14:12,917 --> 00:14:13,958 I'll put it out. 132 00:14:16,750 --> 00:14:19,917 So... What do you do? 133 00:14:23,125 --> 00:14:26,667 I work with computers. Math. 134 00:14:26,792 --> 00:14:28,792 Math? What kind of math? 135 00:14:28,958 --> 00:14:31,333 Number theory. Research mostly. 136 00:14:31,458 --> 00:14:33,917 No way. I work with numbers myself. 137 00:14:34,042 --> 00:14:38,250 I mean, not traditional. I work with the Torah. Amazing! 138 00:14:41,167 --> 00:14:44,458 Hebrew is all math. It's all numbers. 139 00:14:45,625 --> 00:14:47,292 You know that? Look. 140 00:14:47,417 --> 00:14:50,542 Ancient Jews used Hebrew as their numerical system. 141 00:14:50,667 --> 00:14:52,958 Each letter's a number. 142 00:14:53,083 --> 00:14:57,917 The Hebrew A, Aleph, is 1 . B, Bet, is 2. 143 00:14:58,042 --> 00:15:01,917 Understand? But look, the numbers are interrelated. 144 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,500 Take the Hebrew for father, ab. 145 00:15:04,667 --> 00:15:07,667 Aleph, Bet. 146 00:15:07,792 --> 00:15:10,292 1, 2 equals 3. 147 00:15:10,417 --> 00:15:12,583 The word for mother, haim. 148 00:15:12,708 --> 00:15:15,542 Aleph, Mem. 149 00:15:15,667 --> 00:15:21,875 1, 40 equals 41 . The sum of 3 and 41, 44. 150 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:26,917 Right? Now, the Hebrew word for child - mother, father, child. 151 00:15:27,042 --> 00:15:29,250 Yelev. 152 00:15:29,375 --> 00:15:32,417 That's 10, 30 and 4. 153 00:15:34,583 --> 00:15:35,292 44. 154 00:15:37,625 --> 00:15:40,667 Torah is just a long string of numbers. 155 00:15:40,792 --> 00:15:45,208 Some say that it's a code, sent to us from God. 156 00:15:45,292 --> 00:15:46,750 That's kind of interesting. 157 00:15:46,917 --> 00:15:49,375 That's kid's stuff, check this out. 158 00:15:49,500 --> 00:15:52,042 The Garden of Eden, Kadem. 159 00:15:52,167 --> 00:15:55,417 Numerical translation, 144. 160 00:15:56,500 --> 00:15:59,792 The value of tree of knowledge, in the garden. Right? 161 00:15:59,917 --> 00:16:04,417 Aat ha haim. 2, 33. 1, 44. 2, 33. 162 00:16:04,542 --> 00:16:07,417 - You can take those numbers... - Those are Fibonacci numbers. 163 00:16:07,542 --> 00:16:08,458 They're...? 164 00:16:08,583 --> 00:16:11,500 You know, like the Fibonacci sequence? 165 00:16:11,625 --> 00:16:13,000 Fibonacci? 166 00:16:13,125 --> 00:16:20,125 Fibonacci is an ltalian mathematician in the 13th. 167 00:16:20,250 --> 00:16:23,958 If you divide 144 into 233, 168 00:16:24,042 --> 00:16:28,000 - the result approaches Theta. - Theta? 169 00:16:28,125 --> 00:16:34,417 Theta. The Greek symbol for the golden ratio, the golden spiral. 170 00:16:35,792 --> 00:16:37,792 Wow. 171 00:16:37,917 --> 00:16:41,292 I never saw that before. 172 00:16:41,417 --> 00:16:44,375 That's like that series you find in nature? 173 00:16:44,500 --> 00:16:49,208 - Like the face of a sunflower? - Wherever there are spirals. 174 00:16:49,333 --> 00:16:51,875 See, there's math everywhere. 175 00:17:14,125 --> 00:17:16,417 Hey, I... Max? 176 00:17:16,875 --> 00:17:20,458 13:26. Restate my assumptions. 177 00:17:27,875 --> 00:17:31,958 can be represented and understood through numbers. 178 00:17:37,167 --> 00:17:39,875 patterns emerge. 179 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:43,667 Therefore, there are patterns everywhere in nature. 180 00:17:43,792 --> 00:17:46,000 So what about the stock market? 181 00:17:46,125 --> 00:17:49,167 A universe of numbers that represents the global economy. 182 00:17:49,250 --> 00:17:51,958 Millions of human hands at work, billions of minds. 183 00:17:52,083 --> 00:17:55,250 A vast network screaming with life. An organism. 184 00:17:55,375 --> 00:17:57,792 A natural organism. 185 00:18:01,750 --> 00:18:04,833 there is a pattern, right in front of me, 186 00:18:04,958 --> 00:18:07,333 playing with the numbers. Always has been. 187 00:18:08,333 --> 00:18:10,500 10:18, press return. 188 00:18:27,167 --> 00:18:28,292 Max. 189 00:18:30,917 --> 00:18:32,583 Max. 190 00:18:45,958 --> 00:18:47,458 What the...? 191 00:18:52,875 --> 00:18:54,625 Shit! 192 00:18:55,208 --> 00:18:58,208 Aaargh! God damn it! 193 00:19:01,542 --> 00:19:04,208 10:28. Results. 194 00:19:04,292 --> 00:19:09,833 Bullshit. Euclid predicts AAR at six and a half. 195 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,625 AAR hasn't been beneath 40 in 20 years. 196 00:19:13,750 --> 00:19:18,000 Explanations for anomaly: Human error. 197 00:20:59,250 --> 00:21:02,083 11:11. Results. 198 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:06,375 Failed treatments to date: 199 00:21:06,500 --> 00:21:11,667 Beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, adrenaline injections, 200 00:21:11,792 --> 00:21:15,000 high-dose ibuprofen, steroids, 201 00:21:15,083 --> 00:21:19,500 trigger metastics, violent exercise, caffeine, 202 00:21:19,667 --> 00:21:22,000 acupuncture, marijuana, 203 00:21:22,125 --> 00:21:26,625 percodan, midrin, tenormen, sanser, homeopathics... 204 00:21:29,292 --> 00:21:31,083 No results. 205 00:21:33,458 --> 00:21:35,375 No results. 206 00:21:51,583 --> 00:21:54,000 Euclid crashed. 207 00:21:54,125 --> 00:21:57,958 - I lost all my data, hardware. - Your mainframe? 208 00:21:58,042 --> 00:21:59,083 Burnt. 209 00:21:59,958 --> 00:22:01,250 What... What's happened? 210 00:22:01,417 --> 00:22:04,625 First, I get these crazy low picks, 211 00:22:04,750 --> 00:22:07,875 then it spit out this string of numbers. 212 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,417 I never saw anything like it. And then it fries. 213 00:22:11,542 --> 00:22:14,208 - It crashed. - You have a print out? 214 00:22:14,292 --> 00:22:16,833 - Of what? - Of the picks, the number? 215 00:22:16,958 --> 00:22:20,333 - I threw it out. - What number did it spit out? 216 00:22:20,458 --> 00:22:22,708 I don't know, a string of digits. 217 00:22:22,833 --> 00:22:25,417 - How many? - I don't know. 218 00:22:25,542 --> 00:22:30,958 What is it, 100, 1 ,000, 216? How many? 219 00:22:31,083 --> 00:22:33,208 Probably around 200. Why? 220 00:22:34,167 --> 00:22:37,833 I dealt with some bugs back in my Pi days. 221 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,875 I wondered if it was like one I ran into. 222 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,208 Have you met Archimedes? 223 00:22:44,875 --> 00:22:47,542 The one with black spots. See? 224 00:22:49,042 --> 00:22:51,875 You remember Archimedes of Syracuse? Eh? 225 00:22:53,417 --> 00:22:58,083 The king asks Archimedes to determine if a present 226 00:22:58,208 --> 00:23:01,417 he has received is actually solid gold. 227 00:23:01,542 --> 00:23:03,583 Unsolved problem at the time. 228 00:23:03,708 --> 00:23:07,125 It tortures the great Greek mathematician for weeks. 229 00:23:07,250 --> 00:23:11,250 Insomnia haunts him and he twists and turns in his bed 230 00:23:11,375 --> 00:23:16,750 for nights on end. Finally, his equally exhausted wife, 231 00:23:16,875 --> 00:23:19,750 forced to share a bed with this genius, 232 00:23:19,875 --> 00:23:24,958 convinces him to take a bath, to relax. 233 00:23:25,083 --> 00:23:31,208 While he's entering the tub, he notices the bath water rise. 234 00:23:31,333 --> 00:23:36,792 Displacement - a way to determine volume, 235 00:23:36,917 --> 00:23:40,250 and thus a way to determine density. 236 00:23:40,375 --> 00:23:46,625 Weight over volume. And thus Archimedes solves the problem. 237 00:23:46,750 --> 00:23:49,917 He screams "Eureka!" and he is so overwhelmed, 238 00:23:50,042 --> 00:23:53,458 he runs naked through the streets to the king's palace 239 00:23:53,583 --> 00:23:55,917 to report his discovery. 240 00:23:57,708 --> 00:24:01,708 Now, what is the moral of the story? 241 00:24:03,917 --> 00:24:05,750 That a breakthrough will come. 242 00:24:05,875 --> 00:24:10,583 Wrong! The point of the story is the wife. 243 00:24:10,708 --> 00:24:13,208 Listen to your wife, she'll give you perspective. 244 00:24:13,333 --> 00:24:15,333 Meaning, you need a break. 245 00:24:15,458 --> 00:24:18,667 You must take a bath or you'll get nowhere. 246 00:24:18,792 --> 00:24:22,250 There will be no order, only chaos. 247 00:24:24,333 --> 00:24:28,833 Go home, Max, and you take a bath. 248 00:25:04,250 --> 00:25:07,708 Excuse me. Can I take a look at the paper? 249 00:25:16,792 --> 00:25:19,208 Oh, my God. 250 00:25:26,500 --> 00:25:28,917 Six and a half. 251 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:30,333 Hey... 252 00:25:32,250 --> 00:25:33,167 Hey! 253 00:25:33,292 --> 00:25:34,583 The paper, please. 254 00:26:21,125 --> 00:26:27,125 Mr Cohen? Perfect timing. I was going to head home. 255 00:26:27,250 --> 00:26:30,458 - Who are you? - Marcy Dawson. We were meeting. 256 00:26:30,583 --> 00:26:31,500 It's really not... 257 00:26:31,625 --> 00:26:34,583 It's such a pleasure to finally meet you. 258 00:26:34,708 --> 00:26:36,375 - I studied your paper... - Excuse me. 259 00:26:36,500 --> 00:26:38,667 - Let's take my car. - I can't. 260 00:26:38,792 --> 00:26:39,667 Mr Cohen... 261 00:27:12,167 --> 00:27:14,167 Yes! 262 00:27:30,542 --> 00:27:35,083 I just threw out something. I didn't realise I needed it. 263 00:27:35,208 --> 00:27:39,042 Just a print-out. I lost my data. 264 00:27:49,125 --> 00:27:53,167 Whoa! I'm sorry. Max. How're you doing? Lenny Meyer. 265 00:27:53,292 --> 00:27:55,625 - Where you going? - Up there. 266 00:27:55,750 --> 00:27:58,708 You got five minutes? Do you wanna try Tefillin? 267 00:27:58,833 --> 00:28:02,375 - Not now. - I've a car to go to the Shul. 268 00:28:02,500 --> 00:28:05,208 - You got a car? - That's my friend, Ephraim. 269 00:28:08,042 --> 00:28:09,250 - Let's go. - Great. 270 00:28:11,292 --> 00:28:12,958 When you said you're Max Cohen, 271 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,708 I didn't realise you were the Max Cohen. 272 00:28:15,833 --> 00:28:20,167 Your work's revolutionary. It's inspired the work we do. 273 00:28:20,292 --> 00:28:23,250 - It has? - Very much so. 274 00:28:23,375 --> 00:28:27,917 The only difference is, we're not looking at the stock market. 275 00:28:28,042 --> 00:28:30,000 Go ahead. Wrap that round your hand. 276 00:28:30,125 --> 00:28:32,792 We're searching for a pattern in the Torah. 277 00:28:32,917 --> 00:28:35,250 - What kind? - We're not sure. 278 00:28:35,375 --> 00:28:37,917 All we know is it's 216 digits long. 279 00:28:38,042 --> 00:28:42,125 - OK, stand up, please, Max. - 216? 280 00:28:42,250 --> 00:28:46,125 That's right. You've gotta be quiet now. Stand up. 281 00:28:46,250 --> 00:28:49,250 - 216? - Shh. This goes on your head. 282 00:28:49,375 --> 00:28:54,083 Look at me, Max. Right here. 283 00:28:54,250 --> 00:28:57,042 There you go. 284 00:28:59,292 --> 00:29:02,833 All right. Now, we'll say a prayer together. 285 00:29:02,958 --> 00:29:07,292 Repeat after me: Shma Yisroel. 286 00:29:07,417 --> 00:29:10,292 - Shma Yisroel. - Right. 287 00:29:10,417 --> 00:29:14,250 - Adenoi Eloihenu. - Adenoi Eloihenu. 288 00:29:14,375 --> 00:29:18,167 - Adenoi Echod. - Adenoi Echod. 289 00:29:20,792 --> 00:29:23,917 Now, what's up, Max? 290 00:29:24,042 --> 00:29:28,125 What is this 216 number, Sol? 291 00:29:28,250 --> 00:29:29,125 Excuse me? 292 00:29:29,250 --> 00:29:32,375 You asked me if I'd seen a 216-digit number. 293 00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:37,708 Oh, yeah. You mean the bug. 294 00:29:37,792 --> 00:29:40,750 I ran into it working on Pi. 295 00:29:40,917 --> 00:29:45,542 - What do you mean ran into it? - Max, what's this about? 296 00:29:45,667 --> 00:29:48,500 There are these religious Jews I've been talking to. 297 00:29:48,625 --> 00:29:50,458 Religious Jews? 298 00:29:50,583 --> 00:29:52,625 Yeah, Hasids, the guys with beards. 299 00:29:52,750 --> 00:29:53,667 I know them. 300 00:29:53,792 --> 00:29:57,708 I know one in a coffee shop. He's a number theorist. 301 00:29:57,833 --> 00:30:00,042 The Torah is his data set. 302 00:30:00,167 --> 00:30:03,667 He says they're after a 216-digit number in the Torah. 303 00:30:03,792 --> 00:30:07,292 Come on, it's just coincidence. 304 00:30:07,417 --> 00:30:08,875 There's something else, though. 305 00:30:09,375 --> 00:30:10,583 What? 306 00:30:10,708 --> 00:30:12,792 You remember those weird stock picks? 307 00:30:12,917 --> 00:30:17,000 - Yesterday's stock picks? Yes. - They were correct. 308 00:30:17,083 --> 00:30:21,125 I got two picks on the nose. Smack on the nose, Sol. 309 00:30:22,833 --> 00:30:24,042 Something's going on. 310 00:30:25,167 --> 00:30:28,750 It has to do with that number. There's an answer in it. 311 00:30:28,875 --> 00:30:33,792 Max... Come with me. 312 00:30:33,917 --> 00:30:36,583 The ancient Japanese considered the Go board 313 00:30:36,708 --> 00:30:39,458 to be a microcosm of the universe. 314 00:30:39,583 --> 00:30:44,708 Although, when it's empty, it appears simple and ordered, 315 00:30:44,833 --> 00:30:48,958 the possibilities of gameplay are endless. 316 00:30:49,083 --> 00:30:53,792 No two Go games are alike, just like snowflakes. 317 00:30:53,917 --> 00:30:57,792 So, the Go board actually represents 318 00:30:57,958 --> 00:31:03,708 an extremely complex and chaotic universe. 319 00:31:03,833 --> 00:31:07,583 And that's the truth of our world, Max. 320 00:31:07,708 --> 00:31:10,750 It can't be easily summed up with math. 321 00:31:10,875 --> 00:31:13,958 There is no simple pattern. 322 00:31:14,083 --> 00:31:17,417 But as the game progresses, the possibilities become smaller. 323 00:31:17,542 --> 00:31:20,667 The board takes on order. Soon, every move's predictable. 324 00:31:20,792 --> 00:31:21,750 So? 325 00:31:21,875 --> 00:31:25,625 So maybe, even though we're not aware of it, 326 00:31:25,750 --> 00:31:31,625 there is a pattern, an order underlying every Go game. 327 00:31:31,750 --> 00:31:35,000 Maybe it's like the pattern in the stock market? 328 00:31:35,125 --> 00:31:38,000 The Torah? This 216 number? 329 00:31:38,083 --> 00:31:40,792 - It's insanity. - Maybe it's genius. 330 00:31:40,958 --> 00:31:44,750 - I must get that number. - Hold on! You're losing it. 331 00:31:44,875 --> 00:31:48,125 You have to breathe. Listen to yourself. 332 00:31:48,250 --> 00:31:52,625 You're connecting my computer bug with one you might've had 333 00:31:52,750 --> 00:31:54,958 and some religious hogwash. 334 00:31:55,083 --> 00:32:00,292 If you want the number 216, you can find it everywhere. 335 00:32:00,417 --> 00:32:03,583 216 steps from your street corner to your front door, 336 00:32:03,708 --> 00:32:08,625 216 seconds you spend in the elevator 337 00:32:08,750 --> 00:32:11,042 When your mind becomes obsessed 338 00:32:11,167 --> 00:32:15,375 you filter everything else out and find that thing everywhere. 339 00:32:15,500 --> 00:32:19,042 320, 450, 22, whatever. 340 00:32:19,167 --> 00:32:24,500 You've chosen 216 and you'll find it everywhere in nature. 341 00:32:24,667 --> 00:32:27,083 But, Max, 342 00:32:27,208 --> 00:32:31,167 as soon as you discard scientific rigour, 343 00:32:31,292 --> 00:32:34,292 you are no longer a mathematician, 344 00:32:34,417 --> 00:32:36,583 you're a numerologist. 345 00:32:40,250 --> 00:32:41,000 Mr Cohen? 346 00:32:41,125 --> 00:32:42,083 Mr Cohen... 347 00:32:42,208 --> 00:32:45,125 God damn it! I'm sick of you following me. 348 00:32:45,250 --> 00:32:49,042 I'm not interested in money. I want to understand our world. 349 00:32:49,167 --> 00:32:51,292 I don't deal with materialists like you. 350 00:32:51,417 --> 00:32:54,667 I'm sorry. I'm very sorry. 351 00:32:54,792 --> 00:32:57,167 I admit we've been too aggressive. 352 00:32:57,292 --> 00:33:01,250 But all I ask is that you give me five minutes. 353 00:33:01,333 --> 00:33:05,333 - As a token, accept this. - I don't want your money. 354 00:33:05,500 --> 00:33:10,375 The suitcase isn't filled with 50s, or gold, or diamonds. 355 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:13,000 Just silicon. A Ming Mecca chip. 356 00:33:13,125 --> 00:33:16,625 Ming Mecca? They're not even de-classified yet. 357 00:33:16,750 --> 00:33:21,125 You're right, they're not. But Lancet-Percy has many friends. 358 00:33:22,583 --> 00:33:23,667 Beautiful, isn't it? 359 00:33:23,792 --> 00:33:26,208 Do you know how rare these are? 360 00:33:27,708 --> 00:33:28,958 What do you...? 361 00:33:31,333 --> 00:33:33,208 Mr Cohen? 362 00:33:33,333 --> 00:33:35,750 - Are you OK? - No. 363 00:33:35,875 --> 00:33:39,333 Mr Coh... Sir, are you sick? 364 00:34:35,833 --> 00:34:37,833 Hey! 365 00:37:13,625 --> 00:37:16,458 C'mon, buddy. Get up. 366 00:37:16,542 --> 00:37:19,542 It's Coney lsland, last stop. 367 00:37:19,667 --> 00:37:23,000 Here. For your nose. 368 00:41:00,042 --> 00:41:03,500 Jenna, come back! Jenna! 369 00:41:04,875 --> 00:41:07,708 Jenna, come back here. 370 00:41:22,375 --> 00:41:25,875 - Farrouhk? - No, it's Max, from next door. 371 00:41:28,625 --> 00:41:31,292 Max. Is everything all right? 372 00:41:31,375 --> 00:41:34,542 - Do you have any iodine? - Did you cut yourself? 373 00:41:34,667 --> 00:41:36,875 No, it's to stain a slide. 374 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,042 Ah. Science. The pursuit of knowledge. 375 00:41:42,875 --> 00:41:45,542 One second. 376 00:41:45,625 --> 00:41:49,708 You surprised me. I thought you were Farrouhk. 377 00:41:51,458 --> 00:41:53,458 Here we are. 378 00:41:53,583 --> 00:41:58,000 What are you examining? A potato? 379 00:41:59,333 --> 00:42:02,083 No. Just something for my computer. Thanks. 380 00:43:00,583 --> 00:43:02,833 - Shalom. - Lenny, it's Max Cohen. 381 00:43:02,958 --> 00:43:05,375 Max. What're you doing now? 382 00:43:05,500 --> 00:43:08,542 I was thinking about our conversation last night. 383 00:43:08,667 --> 00:43:11,500 - That's good. - I wanna help. 384 00:43:16,917 --> 00:43:19,458 4:42. New evidence. 385 00:43:21,833 --> 00:43:24,292 Remember Pythagoras. 386 00:43:24,417 --> 00:43:29,958 Mathematician, cult leader. Athens, circa 500 BC. 387 00:43:30,042 --> 00:43:34,875 Major belief: The universe is made of numbers. 388 00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:37,667 Major contribution: 389 00:43:37,750 --> 00:43:40,792 The golden ratio. 390 00:43:42,542 --> 00:43:46,625 Best represented geometrically as the golden rectangle. 391 00:43:46,750 --> 00:43:49,250 Visually, there exists a graceful equilibrium 392 00:43:49,375 --> 00:43:51,000 between its length and width. 393 00:43:52,125 --> 00:43:57,000 When it's squared, it leaves a smaller golden rectangle behind, 394 00:43:57,125 --> 00:43:59,583 with the same unique ratio. 395 00:43:59,708 --> 00:44:04,167 The squaring can continue, smaller and smaller, 396 00:44:04,292 --> 00:44:05,500 to infinity. 397 00:44:38,792 --> 00:44:41,583 11:18. More evidence. 398 00:44:41,708 --> 00:44:46,042 Remember da Vinci. Artist, inventor, sculptor, naturalist. 399 00:44:46,167 --> 00:44:48,750 ltaly, C15th. 400 00:44:48,875 --> 00:44:51,583 Rediscovered the perfection of the golden rectangle 401 00:44:51,750 --> 00:44:55,750 and pencilled it into his masterpieces. 402 00:44:55,875 --> 00:44:59,875 Connecting a curve through the concentric golden rectangles, 403 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:03,917 You generate the mythical golden spiral. 404 00:45:04,042 --> 00:45:07,250 Pythagoras loved this shape, for he found it in nature - 405 00:45:07,375 --> 00:45:10,958 a nautilus shell, rams' horns, whirlpools, tornadoes, 406 00:45:11,083 --> 00:45:15,375 our fingerprints, our DNA and even our Milky Way. 407 00:45:16,208 --> 00:45:18,250 9:22. Personal note. 408 00:45:18,375 --> 00:45:20,750 When I was a little kid, 409 00:45:20,875 --> 00:45:24,125 my mother told me not to stare into the sun. 410 00:45:24,250 --> 00:45:26,375 So once, I did. 411 00:45:26,500 --> 00:45:28,750 At first, the brightness was overwhelming, 412 00:45:28,875 --> 00:45:31,750 but I kept looking, forcing myself not to blink. 413 00:45:31,875 --> 00:45:34,500 And then the brightness began to dissolve. 414 00:45:34,583 --> 00:45:39,500 My pupils shrank to pinholes and everything came into focus. 415 00:45:39,625 --> 00:45:42,417 And for a moment I understood. 416 00:45:42,542 --> 00:45:46,583 My new hypothesis: if we're built from spirals, 417 00:45:46,708 --> 00:45:49,000 while living in a giant spiral, 418 00:45:49,125 --> 00:45:53,625 then everything we do is infused with the spiral. 419 00:46:00,083 --> 00:46:02,333 10:15. 420 00:46:02,458 --> 00:46:06,042 Personal note. 421 00:46:06,167 --> 00:46:10,500 lt's fair to say I'm stepping out on a limb. 422 00:46:10,625 --> 00:46:13,500 But I'm on the edge where it happens. 423 00:46:13,583 --> 00:46:15,833 I'm happy you... 424 00:46:16,083 --> 00:46:19,417 Look, what do you want in exchange for the chip? 425 00:46:19,500 --> 00:46:22,625 You tech' guys. I think you know what we want. 426 00:46:22,750 --> 00:46:27,208 - I may not find anything. - We'll take the risk. 427 00:46:27,333 --> 00:46:30,042 First, I want you to call off the surveillance. 428 00:46:30,167 --> 00:46:31,667 Done. Anything else? 429 00:46:31,792 --> 00:46:37,000 Yeah, I'm a very private person. Just knock on my door 430 00:46:37,125 --> 00:46:40,458 and leave the suitcase outside. I don't wanna talk to anybody. 431 00:46:40,583 --> 00:46:44,417 - How do I know you're home? - I'll knock back. 432 00:46:58,167 --> 00:47:03,333 - The Torah. - Coffee. 433 00:47:04,833 --> 00:47:06,833 What is it? 434 00:47:06,958 --> 00:47:09,792 In Hebrew, characters and numbers. 435 00:47:09,917 --> 00:47:14,000 No, the 216 number. What is it? 436 00:47:14,125 --> 00:47:16,375 I don't know. 437 00:47:16,500 --> 00:47:20,583 If you can find it, maybe we can figure it out. 438 00:47:20,708 --> 00:47:26,667 - Can you really find it? - If it's there, I'll find it. 439 00:47:55,917 --> 00:47:57,417 Max. 440 00:47:57,542 --> 00:47:59,542 Jenna. 441 00:47:59,667 --> 00:48:02,167 - Can we do it? - Not now. 442 00:48:02,292 --> 00:48:03,583 Please, Max? 443 00:49:13,208 --> 00:49:16,042 Happy birthday, Euclid. 444 00:49:43,958 --> 00:49:47,708 18:30. Press return. 445 00:51:12,708 --> 00:51:15,292 18:33. Press return. 446 00:52:10,375 --> 00:52:13,042 Hell! 447 00:52:13,125 --> 00:52:16,167 You fuck! You fuck! 448 00:52:27,917 --> 00:52:30,333 Fuck! 449 00:52:45,417 --> 00:52:47,042 Fuck! 450 00:53:00,875 --> 00:53:03,917 Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you! 451 00:53:04,042 --> 00:53:06,542 Fuck you! 452 00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:11,042 Yes, hello? 453 00:55:11,167 --> 00:55:14,250 He's busy right now, I'm sorry. 454 00:55:18,667 --> 00:55:21,167 You were screaming. 455 00:55:21,250 --> 00:55:25,792 Who said you could put locks on the door, Mr Cohen? 456 00:55:28,958 --> 00:55:31,375 Are you OK? 457 00:55:35,708 --> 00:55:38,833 You're out, you hear me? Out of here! 458 00:55:38,958 --> 00:55:41,667 - I've had it with you! - Get out! 459 00:55:41,792 --> 00:55:44,542 Let's go. 460 00:55:44,667 --> 00:55:48,083 God damn it, no! You're the one out of here, mister. 461 00:55:48,208 --> 00:55:49,208 Get out! 462 00:55:49,333 --> 00:55:51,708 Get out! Get out! 463 00:55:51,833 --> 00:55:53,708 Get out! 464 00:55:56,375 --> 00:55:57,833 Are you OK? 465 00:55:58,625 --> 00:55:59,583 Get out! 466 00:58:34,292 --> 00:58:36,292 You bastard. 467 00:59:18,875 --> 00:59:20,792 Nineteen and a half. 468 00:59:22,083 --> 00:59:23,583 Thirty-nine and an eighth. 469 00:59:25,417 --> 00:59:27,125 Six and three quarters. 470 00:59:29,667 --> 00:59:30,958 Seven and an eighth. 471 00:59:32,792 --> 00:59:34,292 Twelve and a quarter. 472 00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:41,042 I know these numbers. 473 00:59:48,208 --> 00:59:53,000 They're going down... down...down. 474 00:59:53,125 --> 00:59:54,833 You lied to me. 475 00:59:57,125 --> 00:59:58,375 You have it? 476 01:00:03,917 --> 01:00:06,583 OK, sit down. 477 01:00:07,708 --> 01:00:13,625 I gave up before I pinpointed it, but my guess is that... 478 01:00:13,750 --> 01:00:18,750 certain problems cause computers to get stuck in a loop. 479 01:00:18,875 --> 01:00:24,250 The loop leads to meltdown, but just before they crash 480 01:00:24,375 --> 01:00:29,917 they become aware of their own structure. 481 01:00:30,042 --> 01:00:34,958 The computer has a sense of its own silicon nature 482 01:00:35,083 --> 01:00:38,500 and it prints out its ingredients. 483 01:00:39,625 --> 01:00:42,542 The computer becomes conscious? 484 01:00:42,667 --> 01:00:47,750 In... In... some ways... I guess. 485 01:00:50,458 --> 01:00:54,500 Studying the pattern made Euclid conscious of itself. 486 01:00:54,667 --> 01:00:59,167 It died spitting out the number. Consciousness is the number? 487 01:00:59,292 --> 01:01:02,375 No, Max. It's only a nasty bug. 488 01:01:02,500 --> 01:01:05,958 - It's more than that. - No. It's a dead end! 489 01:01:06,083 --> 01:01:10,083 - There's nothing there! - It's a door, Sol. A door. 490 01:01:10,208 --> 01:01:13,458 A door to a cliff, you're driving yourself over the edge. 491 01:01:13,583 --> 01:01:16,667 - You need to stop. - You were afraid. 492 01:01:16,792 --> 01:01:19,375 - That's why you quit. - I got burnt. 493 01:01:19,500 --> 01:01:21,667 - Come on. - It caused my stroke! 494 01:01:21,792 --> 01:01:26,333 That's bullshit! It's mathematics, numbers, ideas. 495 01:01:26,458 --> 01:01:29,250 Mathematicians should go to the edge. 496 01:01:29,375 --> 01:01:32,083 - You taught me that. - It's death! 497 01:01:32,250 --> 01:01:34,000 You can't tell me what it is. 498 01:01:34,167 --> 01:01:37,167 You've retreated to your Go and books and goldfish. 499 01:01:37,250 --> 01:01:38,292 Max, go home. 500 01:01:38,417 --> 01:01:40,333 - You're not satisfied. - Go home. Get out... 501 01:01:40,458 --> 01:01:41,667 I'm gonna see it! 502 01:01:41,792 --> 01:01:44,542 - Get out! - I'm gonna understand it. 503 01:02:01,542 --> 01:02:02,583 Hey! 504 01:02:08,250 --> 01:02:09,042 Hey! 505 01:02:15,500 --> 01:02:16,458 Hey! 506 01:03:22,875 --> 01:03:26,250 - Who are you working for? - Me. 507 01:03:26,375 --> 01:03:28,625 - Who sent you? - I'm a student. 508 01:03:28,750 --> 01:03:31,708 - Gimme that. - I've an assignment for class. 509 01:03:33,417 --> 01:03:34,542 Leave me alone. 510 01:03:48,417 --> 01:03:54,625 - Marcy. What's the matter? - Let's go for a ride, Max. 511 01:03:54,750 --> 01:03:56,542 I can't. I have work. 512 01:03:58,542 --> 01:04:02,042 We had a deal, Max. Now, let's get in the car. 513 01:04:02,167 --> 01:04:06,167 - Don't ever touch me! - Max! Max! 514 01:04:06,292 --> 01:04:07,625 - Help! - Max. 515 01:04:09,250 --> 01:04:12,333 - Leave me alone! - Max, come here. 516 01:04:12,458 --> 01:04:16,375 Max. Where're you going, Max? Stop, Max! 517 01:04:16,500 --> 01:04:19,250 - Max! God damn it! - Help! Help! 518 01:04:20,875 --> 01:04:21,792 Help! 519 01:04:22,875 --> 01:04:24,667 - Get him! - I got him. 520 01:04:24,792 --> 01:04:26,125 Come here, Max. 521 01:04:28,667 --> 01:04:29,792 Get outta here. 522 01:04:47,875 --> 01:04:51,750 - Where'd he go? - He's over there. 523 01:05:05,083 --> 01:05:06,333 Max. 524 01:05:06,458 --> 01:05:09,208 Leave me alone! 525 01:05:09,333 --> 01:05:12,375 - I got him. - Get off of me! 526 01:05:12,500 --> 01:05:16,375 - Help me! Help! - Get over here! 527 01:05:18,917 --> 01:05:22,958 - Sit down and shut the hell up. - Calm down. 528 01:05:23,083 --> 01:05:27,042 Didn't your mother ever tell you not to play with matches? 529 01:05:27,167 --> 01:05:28,875 The market's going to crash. 530 01:05:29,000 --> 01:05:32,750 I didn't do anything. I don't play the market. 531 01:05:33,583 --> 01:05:35,958 Be careful where you throw out your trash. 532 01:05:36,375 --> 01:05:38,583 How could you do that? 533 01:05:38,750 --> 01:05:43,458 You gave faulty information. You dangled the carrot, 534 01:05:43,542 --> 01:05:46,250 but only gave us part of the code. 535 01:05:46,417 --> 01:05:48,792 Now give us the rest to set it right. 536 01:05:48,917 --> 01:05:51,458 You bastards! How could you be so stupid? 537 01:05:51,583 --> 01:05:55,167 Max, you just don't get it. 538 01:05:55,292 --> 01:06:00,542 I don't give a shit about you, just what's in your head! 539 01:06:00,667 --> 01:06:05,500 If you won't help us, we'll comply with the laws of nature. 540 01:06:05,625 --> 01:06:10,125 Survival of the fittest - and we've got the fucking gun! 541 01:06:11,292 --> 01:06:14,833 - Max! Come here! - Lenny? Lenny! 542 01:06:14,958 --> 01:06:18,958 - Hey! - C'mon, get in here. Hurry! 543 01:06:19,083 --> 01:06:21,042 Stay down! Stay down. 544 01:06:21,833 --> 01:06:23,125 We've been looking for you. 545 01:06:23,250 --> 01:06:26,167 - What's going on? - You have the number? 546 01:06:26,250 --> 01:06:28,375 What's going on? What is it? 547 01:06:29,875 --> 01:06:31,708 What're you doing? Get off of me! 548 01:06:31,833 --> 01:06:33,250 Where's the number? 549 01:06:33,375 --> 01:06:36,125 It's not on me. It's in my head. 550 01:06:36,250 --> 01:06:39,458 You memorised it? Did you give it to them? 551 01:06:39,583 --> 01:06:41,750 - Who? - Those Wall Street bastards. 552 01:06:41,875 --> 01:06:44,208 - What do you care? - Answer me. 553 01:06:46,333 --> 01:06:49,125 Listen. This is really big. 554 01:06:49,250 --> 01:06:52,500 I don't wanna hurt you. Did you give it to them? 555 01:06:52,625 --> 01:06:55,167 They've got part of it. Let go! 556 01:06:55,292 --> 01:06:57,708 Damn it! 557 01:06:57,833 --> 01:06:59,792 - They're using it. - Using what? 558 01:06:59,917 --> 01:07:03,042 Shut up! Impetuous little runt! 559 01:07:03,167 --> 01:07:06,250 - Let go! - No, don't! 560 01:07:48,250 --> 01:07:50,250 Max. 561 01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:53,000 Max. 562 01:07:53,792 --> 01:07:55,792 Max. 563 01:07:56,750 --> 01:07:57,750 Max. 564 01:07:59,958 --> 01:08:01,458 You're all right. 565 01:08:03,500 --> 01:08:07,375 I'm Rabbi Cohen. Cohen, like you. 566 01:08:09,125 --> 01:08:13,208 I'm sorry for what Lenny did. He's been reprimanded. 567 01:08:13,333 --> 01:08:17,292 It's not our way. Are you OK? 568 01:08:17,417 --> 01:08:19,458 Yeah. 569 01:08:22,417 --> 01:08:26,750 Max, you have to give us the number. 570 01:08:28,708 --> 01:08:31,208 What is it? 571 01:08:35,375 --> 01:08:38,333 The Talmud tells us it began 2,000 years ago, 572 01:08:38,458 --> 01:08:40,625 when the Romans destroyed the second temple. 573 01:08:40,750 --> 01:08:43,292 What is this? 574 01:08:43,417 --> 01:08:46,542 Max, you'll understand if you listen. 575 01:08:46,667 --> 01:08:50,125 The Romans also destroyed our priesthood, the Cohanim. 576 01:08:50,250 --> 01:08:54,542 And with their deaths, they destroyed our greatest secret. 577 01:08:54,667 --> 01:08:58,542 In the centre of the temple was the heart of Jewish life, 578 01:08:58,667 --> 01:09:01,625 the holy of holies. 579 01:09:01,750 --> 01:09:06,083 It was the earthly residence of our God. 580 01:09:06,208 --> 01:09:09,708 The one God. 581 01:09:09,792 --> 01:09:12,083 It housed the Ark of the Tabernacle, 582 01:09:12,250 --> 01:09:15,000 which stored the original 10 Commandments 583 01:09:15,125 --> 01:09:18,750 which God gave to Moses. 584 01:09:18,875 --> 01:09:23,208 Only one man was allowed to enter this holy of holies 585 01:09:23,333 --> 01:09:27,625 on one day, the holiest day of the year, Yom Kippur. 586 01:09:27,750 --> 01:09:29,500 On the Day of Atonement, 587 01:09:29,625 --> 01:09:31,667 all of lsrael would descend upon Jerusalem 588 01:09:31,792 --> 01:09:35,792 to watch the High Priest, the Cohen Godul, 589 01:09:35,917 --> 01:09:38,792 make his trip to the holy of holies. 590 01:09:38,917 --> 01:09:43,083 If the High Priest was pure, he would emerge moments later 591 01:09:43,208 --> 01:09:46,292 and we'd have a prosperous year. 592 01:09:46,417 --> 01:09:49,750 It meant we were one year closer to the Messianic age. 593 01:09:49,875 --> 01:09:56,250 But, if he was impure, he would die instantly 594 01:09:56,417 --> 01:10:00,375 and it meant we were doomed. 595 01:10:00,500 --> 01:10:03,833 The High Priest had one ritual to perform there. 596 01:10:03,958 --> 01:10:06,792 He had to intone a single word. 597 01:10:06,917 --> 01:10:09,292 Yeah? 598 01:10:09,417 --> 01:10:13,500 That word was the true name of God. 599 01:10:15,667 --> 01:10:17,042 So? 600 01:10:17,167 --> 01:10:21,042 The true name, which only the Cohanim knew, 601 01:10:21,167 --> 01:10:24,208 was 216 letters long. 602 01:10:29,458 --> 01:10:32,292 Are you telling me that... 603 01:10:32,417 --> 01:10:37,167 That the number in my head is the true name of God. 604 01:10:37,250 --> 01:10:40,625 Yes! It's the key to the Messianic age. 605 01:10:40,750 --> 01:10:43,583 It will take us closer to the Garden of Eden. 606 01:10:43,708 --> 01:10:46,542 As the temple burnt, the Talmud tells us 607 01:10:46,667 --> 01:10:49,167 the High Priest walked into the flames. 608 01:10:49,292 --> 01:10:52,125 He took the key to the top of the building, 609 01:10:52,250 --> 01:10:56,333 the heavens opened and received the key 610 01:10:56,458 --> 01:10:59,500 from the priest's outstretched hand. 611 01:10:59,625 --> 01:11:02,750 We have been looking for that key ever since. 612 01:11:02,875 --> 01:11:06,708 And you may have found it. 613 01:11:08,917 --> 01:11:11,750 That's what happened. 614 01:11:15,208 --> 01:11:17,250 I saw God. 615 01:11:17,333 --> 01:11:22,792 No. You are not pure. You cannot see God unless you are pure. 616 01:11:22,917 --> 01:11:26,292 No... I saw everything. 617 01:11:26,417 --> 01:11:31,625 You saw nothing, only a glimpse. There's so much more. 618 01:11:31,750 --> 01:11:36,833 We can unlock the door and show God we're pure again. 619 01:11:36,958 --> 01:11:41,000 You're not pure. How are you pure? I found it! 620 01:11:41,125 --> 01:11:48,125 Who do you think you are? You are only a vessel from God. 621 01:11:48,250 --> 01:11:50,958 You're carrying a delivery meant for us! 622 01:11:51,167 --> 01:11:53,625 It was given to me. 623 01:11:53,750 --> 01:11:57,500 It's inside of me. It's changing me. 624 01:11:57,583 --> 01:12:02,500 It's killing you! Because you are not ready to receive it. 625 01:12:06,792 --> 01:12:09,833 It's just a number. 626 01:12:10,750 --> 01:12:14,625 I'm sure you've written down every 216-digit number. 627 01:12:14,750 --> 01:12:17,833 You've translated all of them. 628 01:12:17,958 --> 01:12:22,583 You've intoned them all. Haven't you? 629 01:12:22,708 --> 01:12:25,542 What's it gotten you? 630 01:12:25,667 --> 01:12:28,500 The number is nothing. 631 01:12:31,583 --> 01:12:34,500 It's the meaning. 632 01:12:34,625 --> 01:12:39,750 The syntax. It's what's between the numbers. 633 01:12:41,875 --> 01:12:45,375 You haven't understood it. 634 01:12:45,500 --> 01:12:49,375 It's because it's not for you. 635 01:12:50,167 --> 01:12:53,500 I've got it. I've got it! 636 01:12:53,625 --> 01:13:00,750 I understand it. And I'm gonna see it. Rabbi, I was chosen. 637 01:13:00,875 --> 01:13:04,375 17:13. Personal note. Getting faster... 638 01:13:04,500 --> 01:13:09,208 You stare into space like that, you could go blind. 639 01:13:09,333 --> 01:13:12,458 What can the eyes do without the brain? 640 01:13:18,292 --> 01:13:20,750 14:50. 641 01:13:24,000 --> 01:13:26,417 15:10. 642 01:13:27,750 --> 01:13:30,167 16:55. 643 01:13:30,542 --> 01:13:32,958 10:35. 644 01:13:33,083 --> 01:13:36,500 Already, I'm beginning to see. 645 01:13:41,125 --> 01:13:43,333 Can I help you? 646 01:13:43,458 --> 01:13:45,458 Sol? 647 01:13:45,583 --> 01:13:48,000 Were you a friend? 648 01:13:48,125 --> 01:13:52,917 - What do you mean? - He had a second stroke. 649 01:15:15,333 --> 01:15:18,375 No! No! 650 01:15:19,375 --> 01:15:21,375 No! 651 01:15:33,500 --> 01:15:37,583 Three! Five! Nine! 652 01:15:37,708 --> 01:15:41,417 Ten! Eight! Six! Five! Two! 653 01:16:17,750 --> 01:16:19,750 Five. 654 01:16:22,000 --> 01:16:24,000 Eight. 655 01:16:25,542 --> 01:16:27,542 Nine. 656 01:16:31,083 --> 01:16:33,083 Seven. 657 01:16:33,208 --> 01:16:37,958 No, Max. No. 658 01:16:38,375 --> 01:16:40,375 Six. 659 01:16:40,500 --> 01:16:43,542 Stay with me, Max. 660 01:16:46,625 --> 01:16:49,500 Max. 661 01:16:56,958 --> 01:16:58,667 No! 662 01:16:58,792 --> 01:17:02,667 It's all right. 663 01:17:04,708 --> 01:17:07,375 It's all right. 664 01:18:36,250 --> 01:18:40,875 17:22. Personal note. When I was a little kid, 665 01:18:41,000 --> 01:18:44,083 my mother told me not to stare into the sun. 666 01:18:47,708 --> 01:18:51,583 So once, when I was six, I did. 667 01:19:17,625 --> 01:19:20,042 Max, Max. Look. 668 01:19:21,125 --> 01:19:23,542 Pretty, huh? 669 01:19:24,750 --> 01:19:27,792 Can we do it, Max? Can we? 670 01:19:28,500 --> 01:19:33,750 How about 255 times 183? 671 01:19:33,833 --> 01:19:36,708 I got it! What's the answer? 672 01:19:50,583 --> 01:19:53,625 I don't know. What is it? 673 01:19:53,750 --> 01:19:57,458 46,665. See? 674 01:20:03,625 --> 01:20:09,250 How about 748 divided by 238? 675 01:20:10,167 --> 01:20:14,042 I got it. What's the answer?