Some people say that the peak of scientific research is philosophy.
Now Zhao Yi somewhat understood; it seemed that his research was being guided by philosophy.
In his discussions with Edward Witten about their research, the focus of their debate was whether true perfection in mathematics exists. Delving deeply into this is actually a philosophical question because, as of now, there is no such thing. The discussion on whether something nonexistent exists is essentially a philosophical pursuit.
From Zhao Yi's discussions with Qiu Chengwen and Edward Witten, he learned their thoughts and viewpoints on particle physics and found a new train of thought when combining them all.
Previously, he was limited.
Perhaps it was because he hadn't found his own philosophy and line of thinking. He had been following Edward Witten's suggestion of researching 'how mass was attributed by multi-dimensional space,' but since Edward Witten couldn't prove it, he couldn't move forward, either.