What Is A Paradox?

Most people think of paradoxes as unanswerable, contradictory questions deliberately designed to confuse you for no good reason. But they’re actually a lot more complex than that; some paradoxes can be answered even if they seem impossible, and others are obviously wrong... but it may take thousands of years of human experience and the invention of calculus to prove why.
Join Kevin, some action figures, three envelopes and a whole lot of whiteboard doodles as you discover the three types of paradoxes: Veridical, Falsidical and Antinomy, and why each one plays a unique role in how we process the world around us -- including finally learning how there’s a mathematical explanation for why you should always switch doors in Monty Hall’s classic game show.
** SOURCES LINKS AND MORE **
“The Ways of Paradox and Other Essays” by Willard Van Orman Quine: www.amazon.com/Ways-Paradox-O...
Zeno of Elea, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: plato.stanford.edu/entries/ze...
Zeno’s Paradoxes, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: plato.stanford.edu/entries/pa...
Convergent Series, Khan Academy: www.khanacademy.org/math/calc...
“Game Show Problem” by Marilyn vos Savant, Parade Magazine, 1990: marilynvossavant.com/game-show...
“Solution to the Grandfather Paradox” by minutephysics: • Solution to the Grandf...
“The Faint Young Sun Paradox!” by MinuteEarth: • The Faint Young Sun Pa...
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  • @cyders
    @cyders3 жыл бұрын

    "I am lying" "No, you're sitting." *Solved*

  • @cyders

    @cyders

    3 жыл бұрын

    A and M shhhhhh 🤫

  • @segmentsAndCurves

    @segmentsAndCurves

    3 жыл бұрын

    No, he's actually lying because he's lying about lying (sitting).

  • @cyders

    @cyders

    3 жыл бұрын

    Tien Trien Nguyen big confusion

  • @angelobalcueba7081

    @angelobalcueba7081

    3 жыл бұрын

    You deserve a Breakthrough Prize.

  • @WhyAnkurGautam

    @WhyAnkurGautam

    3 жыл бұрын

    He's too smart to left alive.

  • @_nines8270
    @_nines82703 жыл бұрын

    2 doctors together is a Pair-o'-Docs

  • @EnerJetix

    @EnerJetix

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lol you’re right

  • @EnerJetix

    @EnerJetix

    3 жыл бұрын

    Underrated comment

  • @nabayanchakma2419

    @nabayanchakma2419

    3 жыл бұрын

    I see the potential in this comment

  • @misharialhaidari2035

    @misharialhaidari2035

    3 жыл бұрын

    Man you sound like eminem

  • @ItsJavaria

    @ItsJavaria

    3 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Hutziputz88
    @Hutziputz883 жыл бұрын

    "I am lying" "Hi Lying, I am Dad" Solved

  • @legen4372

    @legen4372

    3 жыл бұрын

    I literally just thought of that BEFORE watching this video.

  • @legen4372

    @legen4372

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Dat Boi so good I will now eat ice cream as a reward

  • @annystark4003

    @annystark4003

    3 жыл бұрын

    O-O

  • @oneleaf11

    @oneleaf11

    3 жыл бұрын

    I advise you to not take my advice

  • @challengemasters775

    @challengemasters775

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@oneleaf11 thats a dilemma tho, not a paradox or is it?

  • @zikkeboi
    @zikkeboi2 жыл бұрын

    My favorite paradox is the Astley paradox: If you ask Rick Astley to give you the movie “Up”, he will not give it to you because he is never gonna give you Up. However by not giving you Up, even though you asked for it, he is letting you down.

  • @zhiqiangchen6235

    @zhiqiangchen6235

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah

  • @Stinkycheese-sy4kt

    @Stinkycheese-sy4kt

    2 жыл бұрын

    And he can't Run Around and Desert You either.

  • @oliverdiamond6594

    @oliverdiamond6594

    2 жыл бұрын

    wow

  • @rogerramjet6615

    @rogerramjet6615

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes another paradox in that song is the fact that his refusal to say goodbye would make me cry.

  • @dahilljam

    @dahilljam

    2 жыл бұрын

    We need rick astley to perform an experiment to confirm this paradox.

  • @MrProStefan
    @MrProStefan5 жыл бұрын

    What will happen if Pinocchio says: ``Now my nose will grow``?

  • @comicyoshidude3181

    @comicyoshidude3181

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nothing because he became a real boy in the disney version, dead in the grimm brothers version (attempted suicide i believe), and assuming this paradox is in your mind then you will never know thus causing nothing to happen.

  • @lostoncelefthanded6860

    @lostoncelefthanded6860

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ensues a machine every girl would love to own.

  • @tigeryu1795

    @tigeryu1795

    5 жыл бұрын

    he destroys the universe

  • @quazzyrael4392

    @quazzyrael4392

    5 жыл бұрын

    It would mean he is “lying” but thinks he is telling the truth lol.

  • @youtubeuniversity3638

    @youtubeuniversity3638

    5 жыл бұрын

    Assuming that his nose is objective, and assuming it does not distinguish between lying and being wrong, Antimony.

  • @Top10Archive
    @Top10Archive6 жыл бұрын

    Shouldn't 3 choices be a trilemma?

  • @randystevenson3864

    @randystevenson3864

    6 жыл бұрын

    the more you know

  • @ArrowNought

    @ArrowNought

    6 жыл бұрын

    Dotriacontalemma

  • @dansadatian2944

    @dansadatian2944

    6 жыл бұрын

    You completely missed the lecture.

  • @sciencepower608

    @sciencepower608

    6 жыл бұрын

    After 2 it should be called a polyemma.

  • @mirozen_

    @mirozen_

    6 жыл бұрын

    Do I choose envelope number one...or one of the other two envelopes! Oh no! I still have a dilemma!!! :-)

  • @Anthony.is.the.coolest
    @Anthony.is.the.coolest3 жыл бұрын

    “I’m lying” “No your not you’re Kevin” Solved

  • @charliepereyda362

    @charliepereyda362

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kaushikisaxena2026 he has changnesia

  • @charliepereyda362

    @charliepereyda362

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kaushikisaxena2026 The complete loss of memory caused by a sudden trauma that was, itself, also forgotten. It is a meme from a series called Community

  • @reywashere5284

    @reywashere5284

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Yes you are you're Kevin"

  • @trapper_3890

    @trapper_3890

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@reywashere5284 okay

  • @nospagetti3766

    @nospagetti3766

    Жыл бұрын

    💬☠

  • @babaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
    @babaaaaaaaaaaaaaa3 жыл бұрын

    With soundtracks from Netflix's Dark, this kind of videos would be AWESOME

  • @goblinthetargetpractice6049

    @goblinthetargetpractice6049

    3 жыл бұрын

    "These"

  • @matthewschwab621

    @matthewschwab621

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hmmmmmmmm

  • @isaacvankauwenbergh47

    @isaacvankauwenbergh47

    3 жыл бұрын

    I prefer jake chudnow

  • @EffyStonemBroken_heart

    @EffyStonemBroken_heart

    3 жыл бұрын

    The thing is that dark has no paradoxes

  • @glennrobert700

    @glennrobert700

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@EffyStonemBroken_heart yes dark do have paradoxes

  • @hatruong9009
    @hatruong90095 жыл бұрын

    10 PM: Im gonna sleep 3 AM: *me watching this, questioning the meaning of life*

  • @johnconway8070

    @johnconway8070

    5 жыл бұрын

    +Ha Truong.............then eventually going to bed only to find you can't sleep!

  • @alpaqito467

    @alpaqito467

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @obliviousotterI

    @obliviousotterI

    5 жыл бұрын

    Literally exactly 2:59 am as I'm writing this. I need help.

  • @neonpug6471

    @neonpug6471

    5 жыл бұрын

    11:53 here

  • @eshan309

    @eshan309

    5 жыл бұрын

    i was saying this to myself last night at 2am. But forced myself to go sleep, and comeback today and watch it. xD

  • @paul2019.
    @paul2019.4 жыл бұрын

    The restaurant owner said “the customer is always right” and then the customer says “no we’re not” Edit 2022: sorry about this comment, it’s no good

  • @bruxinth4660

    @bruxinth4660

    4 жыл бұрын

    Paul’s Existence The owner’s statement sidesteps this problem by his statement that the customer, regardless of if the customer is lying, wrong, or telling the truth, he will always take their statement as true. The customer’s logical statement is not evaluated for truth or false; it can only be true in his eyes because he refuses to take it as anything but true. Software can be programmed to do this exact thing simply by making a scripted function return either a true or false value always regardless of input.

  • @al-master596

    @al-master596

    4 жыл бұрын

    K

  • @netsquire

    @netsquire

    4 жыл бұрын

    I’d say that a better example is “This statement is a lie” Edit: I commented this before watching the entire video and I feel like a genius

  • @rickbluecloud531

    @rickbluecloud531

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bruxinth4660 that statement is often made without much thought. There are always limitations on what a business owner will tolerate from customers. As a taxi driver, I know that sometimes the customer is dead wrong, and needs to get on out.

  • @Obi-WanGaming

    @Obi-WanGaming

    4 жыл бұрын

    just cuz he isnt always right doesnt mean he is always wrong

  • @rjpittman4510
    @rjpittman45103 жыл бұрын

    I have watched several videos of his now, and I have to say, his best quality as a presenter, is the "go with the flow" and improv he does. He is great at it

  • @indisou3919
    @indisou39193 жыл бұрын

    The Achilles and the Tortoise one seems pretty simple to me even without the infinite-to-finite explanation ngl Achilles can beat the tortoise in the race because he isn't trying to reach the tortoise, he's trying to reach the goal. And since the goal isn't moving, he should reach it before the turtle

  • @chinmaysabharwal

    @chinmaysabharwal

    2 жыл бұрын

    In another way, all Achilles needs to do is go to the place where the tortoise will be in the time duration he will reach that point then he can easily overtake it

  • @kababuo1989

    @kababuo1989

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah now prove it mathematicly

  • @ryapowa

    @ryapowa

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kababuo1989 I mean theoretically if it were a 1km race and the Tortoise had a 100m headstart while sprinting 6m/min while Achillies was running at 633m/min (or 38km/hr), we can calculate that it would take the tortoise 150 minutes while Achillies would take just over a minute and a half. Obviously this isn't wasn't the point of the Falsidical Paradox but simple algebra (by today's standard) and calculus makes quick work of it

  • @JO-fs1on

    @JO-fs1on

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think the paradox is not that in the CONCLUSION of the proof "Achilles cannot catch up to the tortoise" as we (and even Zenon) knew it was wrong. The paradox lies (or rather lied) in the why Zenon PROOF is, in fact, not a proof of this conclusion.

  • @irrelevant_noob

    @irrelevant_noob

    2 жыл бұрын

    @indisou well then just for that case, Zeno also had given us the Arrow paradox, in that even with a stationary goal, the subject (Achilles or an arrow) wouldn't be able to get there, since first it would need to reach the half-way point, then the middle between that and the goal, then the next middle, and so on. For infinity. :-B

  • @lee6283
    @lee62836 жыл бұрын

    I love that you gave up on that last little piece of tape

  • @deliriumredbonnie7188

    @deliriumredbonnie7188

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lee Henry I am the only reply so far with a comment of this many likes?

  • @someonelikeable616

    @someonelikeable616

    6 жыл бұрын

    Delirium RedBonnie no

  • @deliriumredbonnie7188

    @deliriumredbonnie7188

    6 жыл бұрын

    Orbitum Collosus I said so far

  • @Demureu

    @Demureu

    6 жыл бұрын

    Dabber boy

  • @RachelHarding777

    @RachelHarding777

    6 жыл бұрын

    he didn't...

  • @nestus
    @nestus6 жыл бұрын

    Grand prize is the Globglaglabglab, right?

  • @Hyblup

    @Hyblup

    6 жыл бұрын

    Of course

  • @vbgvbg1133

    @vbgvbg1133

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sixfork Yes

  • @nestus

    @nestus

    6 жыл бұрын

    Sixfork Weeeeeeeelll, yes....

  • @nestus

    @nestus

    6 жыл бұрын

    *Sixforks

  • @Noobfortress

    @Noobfortress

    6 жыл бұрын

    Of course he is, he's the yeast of thought and mind after all

  • @wheathinzz
    @wheathinzz3 жыл бұрын

    It’s 2am and paradoxes scare me now

  • @oneleaf11

    @oneleaf11

    3 жыл бұрын

    oh cool (why do I always say that)

  • @syafiranazara8741
    @syafiranazara87413 жыл бұрын

    KZread really just recommended me this in the middle of the night

  • @teenconservative3433
    @teenconservative34336 жыл бұрын

    *takes a break from calc homework for KZread videos* “What we have is a CONVERGENT SERIES” *cries*

  • @TripedalTroductions

    @TripedalTroductions

    6 жыл бұрын

    :)

  • @nathanbailey7003

    @nathanbailey7003

    6 жыл бұрын

    Dude same, it actually hurts

  • @Alkaloid-Odin

    @Alkaloid-Odin

    6 жыл бұрын

    More like a double treat of amazing maths.

  • @54Immortal

    @54Immortal

    6 жыл бұрын

    Geometric Series: Sum to infinity

  • @Galafador

    @Galafador

    6 жыл бұрын

    at least this one is way more fun to listen to

  • @moldyhammer2499
    @moldyhammer24995 жыл бұрын

    “VSAUCE! kevin here.” caught me off guard

  • @sammartinez4563

    @sammartinez4563

    4 жыл бұрын

    Moldy Hammer Same

  • @macmuggo5459

    @macmuggo5459

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Meme Bucket thanks

  • @PatIreland

    @PatIreland

    3 жыл бұрын

    Did you just step off the boat?

  • @Peter-xm3ol

    @Peter-xm3ol

    3 жыл бұрын

    Have you never seen a vsauce video before?

  • @frankiev116

    @frankiev116

    3 жыл бұрын

    Someone’s new to Vsauce...

  • @northerniltree
    @northerniltree3 жыл бұрын

    Paradox: Two medically trained physicians in one place at the same time.

  • @Penguin_of_Death
    @Penguin_of_Death3 жыл бұрын

    My favourite two... The Motorway Sign Paradox While travelling on a motorway in the UK I passed an electronic sign which had "SIGN NOT IN USE" displayed... The Blank Page Paradox When reading a document and you turn a page to reveal the next, which has "THIS PAGE HAS BEEN LEFT BLANK INTENTIONALLY" printed on it...

  • @noone3216

    @noone3216

    5 ай бұрын

    They're more like amusing contradictions than paradoxes

  • @drewsmith4452
    @drewsmith44525 жыл бұрын

    After watching this I'm even more confused about what a paradox is.

  • @samerktheya

    @samerktheya

    5 жыл бұрын

    After seeing this video am now confused why i can't find a translation of this word in to Deutsche

  • @3SeveredHeads

    @3SeveredHeads

    5 жыл бұрын

    Think he's over complicating it... Paradox is as he says... Distinct from.... Our opinion SO it IS a mind teaser because one has an opinion about an outcome (like the tortoise example) that turns out to be "incorrect" ie: Distinct from.. Our opinion!! Of course until its solved...if it ever is 🥴

  • @Novasky2007

    @Novasky2007

    4 жыл бұрын

    No he is just using latin to translate ancient greek like a Pleb. Para - Beyond, Dox - belief

  • @Novasky2007

    @Novasky2007

    4 жыл бұрын

    Modern translation - Mind F%?K

  • @mobyd1852

    @mobyd1852

    4 жыл бұрын

    The breakdown explained what one is however as new information is taken in about the subject the viewers perspective shifts(presumably speaking) meaning shift of opinion so if a paradox is something that does not coincide with the opinion then learning what a paradox really is in terms of definition could clarify or create a "new" paradox for the observer/viewer/etc. (confusion) could be wrong but hey what are comments n forums for if not to learn debate etc.

  • @Ltulrich
    @Ltulrich5 жыл бұрын

    If I entered a loser contest, would I win first place, or last place?

  • @temerahillner4959

    @temerahillner4959

    5 жыл бұрын

    How does one get disqualified though?

  • @LokiScarletWasHere

    @LokiScarletWasHere

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ask DJ Khaled.

  • @JuiceIVStat

    @JuiceIVStat

    5 жыл бұрын

    Johnny Pope considering entering the contest doesn’t guarantee a win or loss, I would have to answer I do not know. I don’t know what happened after entering the contest.

  • @abderrahmanlahiaouni9172

    @abderrahmanlahiaouni9172

    5 жыл бұрын

    just have you contest for first place like normal then invert the ranking -_-

  • @sr212787

    @sr212787

    5 жыл бұрын

    Depends if you won or not

  • @somerandomguy-0_0-
    @somerandomguy-0_0-2 жыл бұрын

    I just randomly thought of the liars paradox myself one day and i thought i was so smart for coming up with it, and then i see this video...

  • @briandavidgregory
    @briandavidgregory3 жыл бұрын

    So far, this is the best Monty Hall description that I've seen on KZread.

  • @BlueLily342
    @BlueLily3425 жыл бұрын

    My favorite paradox is saying the phrase "it's opposite day"

  • @GratefulforFreePress

    @GratefulforFreePress

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeti Man not necessarily a paradox, “it’s” is extremely ambiguous to the point where it’s prima facie doubtful that the statement “it’s Opposite Day” possesses truth-value at all (propositional content), making it possibly unfit to be called a paradox at all, as opinions are nearly always supported by propositional content. In other words, it is quite possibly impossible for you to authentically hold the opinion “it’s Opposite Day” in any useful, communicative sense.

  • @person8064

    @person8064

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@GratefulforFreePress wat.

  • @lunchboxsupreme4758

    @lunchboxsupreme4758

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@person8064 exactly what i thought

  • @tracks6984

    @tracks6984

    4 жыл бұрын

    Or your lying on regular day

  • @chillbrobraggins383

    @chillbrobraggins383

    4 жыл бұрын

    Isn't that phrase more of an oxymoron

  • @hamnchee
    @hamnchee5 жыл бұрын

    What is a paradox? Two doctors.

  • @siborgjed8737

    @siborgjed8737

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ha I get it

  • @Kryptik33

    @Kryptik33

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah...you probably just went over the majority of people's heads on that one lol...I got it though.😂😂😂

  • @dh00mketu

    @dh00mketu

    5 жыл бұрын

    thats paradocs!!

  • @pepelota74

    @pepelota74

    5 жыл бұрын

    Pair o docs

  • @djs08

    @djs08

    5 жыл бұрын

    Haha

  • @like31000
    @like310003 жыл бұрын

    "i am lying" You are both lying and saying the truth Paradox resolved.

  • @whatinception

    @whatinception

    3 жыл бұрын

    which is what makes it a paradox in the first place, if hes both lying and saying the truth hes both wrong and right

  • @like31000

    @like31000

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@whatinception im gonna say that is a quantum statement

  • @odeldodelhorst7549

    @odeldodelhorst7549

    3 жыл бұрын

    Schrödingers Lyer.

  • @NoOne-we5jh

    @NoOne-we5jh

    3 жыл бұрын

    Did u notice the vid is 2 years old and mentioned glubglubglabglab

  • @like31000

    @like31000

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes i noticed the video is 2 years old, and?

  • @dalton3870
    @dalton38703 жыл бұрын

    “it took inventing calculus for us to prove why” hell of a quote taken outta context

  • @nebbypews5066
    @nebbypews50665 жыл бұрын

    If you notice 1961 upside down is 1961

  • @Ass_Burgers_Syndrome

    @Ass_Burgers_Syndrome

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's partially true. Only if rotated 180 degrees, but not if flipped.

  • @barneyhrahsel3241

    @barneyhrahsel3241

    5 жыл бұрын

    What about 0?

  • @theshow3521

    @theshow3521

    5 жыл бұрын

    did you get that from Vsause 1?

  • @AbyssinianEmerald

    @AbyssinianEmerald

    5 жыл бұрын

    Image search "ambigram" - those are cool too.

  • @WHATSAHANDLEIDKIDK

    @WHATSAHANDLEIDKIDK

    5 жыл бұрын

    It’s L96L

  • @dudus6566
    @dudus65666 жыл бұрын

    >get to choose the envelope >one million dollars or globglogabgalab >sweat dripping down body >palms also sweaty >knees weak >moms lasagna >choose one after a while >please please please please >one million dollars in the other envelope >it's the globglogabgalab >YES >i won

  • @kakeergodt4609

    @kakeergodt4609

    6 жыл бұрын

    «Claps slowly»

  • @oye6124

    @oye6124

    6 жыл бұрын

    What if a globglogabgalab costs only 1 dollar and I get the million dollars? Obviously I'll go to the store and buy a million globs.

  • @jac1011

    @jac1011

    6 жыл бұрын

    greentext on yt?

  • @dudus6566

    @dudus6566

    6 жыл бұрын

    why not

  • @dudus6566

    @dudus6566

    6 жыл бұрын

    wait guys i'll go eat a sandwich

  • @mobileterrarian8860
    @mobileterrarian88603 жыл бұрын

    "I am lying" "No, you're Balloon Kevin" Easy.

  • @maeremrewmarlol9614

    @maeremrewmarlol9614

    2 жыл бұрын

    nice

  • @kelty6843
    @kelty6843 Жыл бұрын

    Mind puzzles are amazing! Possessing a constant running,analytic motor for a brain such as mine, material such as this just elevated it to a cosmic level of consciousness. Thank you so much! I am truly greatful

  • @kaden4397
    @kaden43975 жыл бұрын

    This is the first video I’ve seen of yours and I just was amazed at your white board table lmao

  • @FliegerFlier

    @FliegerFlier

    5 жыл бұрын

    Watching a video like this always makes me want to own a whiteboard. Then, I remember that all of my math courses are behind me, and I would never ever use it.

  • @xuhan9885

    @xuhan9885

    4 жыл бұрын

    we use these for school lol

  • @cranberrychili2260

    @cranberrychili2260

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mood

  • @liamchatterton1
    @liamchatterton15 жыл бұрын

    Modern day paradox: Entry level position - 2-5 years experience required

  • @HeiCaptainWork

    @HeiCaptainWork

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yup

  • @jazzy3120_

    @jazzy3120_

    5 жыл бұрын

    Literally

  • @supC_

    @supC_

    5 жыл бұрын

    Too real

  • @0mathgaming

    @0mathgaming

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's called a Catch 22.

  • @yareyare_dechi

    @yareyare_dechi

    5 жыл бұрын

    a catch 22. as in 'il' catch you in 22 years when your estill looking for work"

  • @hatakearashi5637
    @hatakearashi56373 жыл бұрын

    “I am lying” Why are you in my house?! Solved,maybe.

  • @getpriyanka
    @getpriyanka3 жыл бұрын

    So calculus was invented to find out about Achilles and the turtoise? God darn Greek philosophers

  • @SaadAhmadSMMA

    @SaadAhmadSMMA

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @Ethan-gl5yd
    @Ethan-gl5yd6 жыл бұрын

    5:29 only grand prize I want is that thicc yeast of thoughts and minds.

  • @invisi.

    @invisi.

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ethan thots*

  • @Dabro1010

    @Dabro1010

    6 жыл бұрын

    Mmm, splendid!

  • @refinem3nt654

    @refinem3nt654

    6 жыл бұрын

    reeeeeee

  • @schmoyoho
    @schmoyoho6 жыл бұрын

    when you hit that question and music at 1:25 my brain went into full vsauce inspiration mode, a continued thanks for watering the seedling of my mind 🙏🙏🙏

  • @smoothred9453

    @smoothred9453

    6 жыл бұрын

    I was pretty amazed

  • @jatinsuri1746

    @jatinsuri1746

    6 жыл бұрын

    schmoyoho oof same 😂

  • @ezeepezee679

    @ezeepezee679

    6 жыл бұрын

    Whenever I read your comments, I think of you sounding like your end credits of your videos where you promote your other stuff.

  • @epicstimulus282

    @epicstimulus282

    6 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @gabe5499

    @gabe5499

    6 жыл бұрын

    Accent on the ‘yo’

  • @ReallyNotSomeone
    @ReallyNotSomeone Жыл бұрын

    A better way to imagine the Monty hall problem is by changing the 3 options to 100 options. You randomly choose 1 out of the 100 options, but then the host opens up 98 other doors, all devoid of the prize. With a larger sample, it seems much more logical to switch.

  • @KingOfBlades27

    @KingOfBlades27

    4 ай бұрын

    Why would I still switch? 😂 It is still after all 50/50 from the remaining options. Edit: Aaaaand now I got the idea. Took a while 😂 That is indeed a great way to explain this.

  • @aidanwritesel6988
    @aidanwritesel69886 күн бұрын

    It’s crazy how much math has advanced. You’re telling me a Greek scholar couldn’t mathematically prove that Achilles could catch up to a tortoise but I can prove it using the knowledge I got from my first year in high school!

  • @chibi013
    @chibi0136 жыл бұрын

    "We have three envelopes..." Oh no, my Monty Hall senses are tingling.

  • @amyyhongg

    @amyyhongg

    6 жыл бұрын

    Same

  • @LithiumThiefMusic
    @LithiumThiefMusic6 жыл бұрын

    paradox, noun: two structures built over water, often of wood or metal, for the purpose of docking boats.

  • @TheFoolishSamurai

    @TheFoolishSamurai

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yep. We've all heard that at Disneyland.

  • @kubabrydak7307

    @kubabrydak7307

    6 жыл бұрын

    Paradox: a game company that makes more DLC's than EA but no one has a problem with it.

  • @gertl

    @gertl

    6 жыл бұрын

    hah

  • @joshuanorman2

    @joshuanorman2

    6 жыл бұрын

    Please stop I've called the police

  • @nathanberrigan9839

    @nathanberrigan9839

    6 жыл бұрын

    Alternatively, two medical professionals.

  • @MarloTheBlueberry
    @MarloTheBlueberry10 ай бұрын

    Kevin: "Right...?" Me: "WRONG!-" Kevin: "No..." My brain: *utter confusion*

  • @lucymclelland9682
    @lucymclelland96823 жыл бұрын

    I thought the water stayed there because the earth and it’s core is hot or am I thick, I thought that it was chemically easier to keep water at liquid state and the pressure of the water/earth or atmosphere kept the water at liquid state because if you pressurise ice it turns to water, liquid form, as water(l) is more dense (hence why ice floats). And this explains why very cold planets still have deep seas with thick layers of ice as at some point in the pressure and as you get closer to the centre of the planet the water can no longer freeze regardless of how cold it actually is

  • @PadBoPlays
    @PadBoPlays6 жыл бұрын

    Hey Kevin, i just watched through some of your old videos to be surprised by a new one right now, what a wonderful day. Originally i wanted to write this comment under your other vids but here the chance is higher you see it. Just wanted to say thank you. Your videos are by itself interesting but the way you tell them, especially the ones about the color blue, dragons and the planet behind our eyes are so unbelievably inspiring for me and move me deep down. I just can't put it into words im getting goosebumps by your last sentences of every video. i don't know if i overinterpret but when i think about your words and your sentence the way you said it etc. i eventually get the true meaning behind that and as well in music and in speech thats what i think is the most entertaining. just like suddenly understanding a mathematical equation for me it's so satisfying to grasp the meaning of something someone said. in addition to this brilliant music and the way you tell us about that topic you create not just a piece of work but imho a piece of art that at least for me touches me emotionally. So thank you so much for your inspiring videos and please never stop doing it because if you were i probably wouldn't enjoy to learn anymore at least not as much as i do with your truly magnificient videos. Thank you

  • @rayhoodoo847

    @rayhoodoo847

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thinking the same. Thanks, Kevin!

  • @Handstr

    @Handstr

    6 жыл бұрын

    You put my exact thoughts into words, could not agree more.

  • @Greennoob2

    @Greennoob2

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jonathan Frakes yeah. Take this praise for what it is and more kevin

  • @deus_ex_machina_

    @deus_ex_machina_

    6 жыл бұрын

    I teared up a little.

  • @jamesraddon6013

    @jamesraddon6013

    6 жыл бұрын

    Riker? Is it really you?

  • @jerssonveliz4234
    @jerssonveliz42345 жыл бұрын

    If everything is possible, is it possible for something to be impossible? (Anatinomy)

  • @llll-lo6jj

    @llll-lo6jj

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'll use your own words. "If everything is possible"

  • @nathanevans.se1668

    @nathanevans.se1668

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@llll-lo6jj right, you missed the point. If everything was possible, that would mean the impossible is possible...

  • @supC_

    @supC_

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dirty Dinosaur I think they meant that not everything is possible. Aka they weren’t playing along with the “what if”.

  • @llll-lo6jj

    @llll-lo6jj

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@nathanevans.se1668 oh. Well that's just a issue with that words connotation. Possible and impossible are just variations of the same word, so no. It's either possible or impossible. What he's trying to say is like saying " if everything has color, can something be colorless?". The answer is no, it's one or the other.

  • @llll-lo6jj

    @llll-lo6jj

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh. That's just a issue with the words definition. The answer is still no. If every thing is blue, can something be red? No.

  • @Mindbandwidth
    @Mindbandwidth2 жыл бұрын

    The Delivery is extremely BRILLIANT.

  • @frankhurst9665
    @frankhurst9665 Жыл бұрын

    Vsauce2 - If you haven't done it, blow everyone's mind with the "If one child is a boy, what is the probability the other is a boy?" puzzle.

  • @me.myself.i

    @me.myself.i

    Жыл бұрын

    It's 1/2. Since there are 2 outcomes and one favourable outcome.

  • @frankhurst9665

    @frankhurst9665

    Жыл бұрын

    @@me.myself.i - If you can find it, go read it. It's actually 1/3.

  • @taciodasilva8291

    @taciodasilva8291

    Жыл бұрын

    Now is difficult to know because trans get in the equation.

  • @Mythraen

    @Mythraen

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@frankhurst9665 Unfortunately, when I searched it, I was trying to see the whole puzzle (not realizing you'd nearly presented the entire thing) and saw the solution instead of the puzzle. Here's the whole puzzle, for anyone else who comes by: (Assume two genders) If you have two randomly selected children and you know one is a boy, what are the odds that the other is a boy? I'll even tell you, (since it's up above) the answer is 1/3. But you still need to figure out why. This makes me think of Russell's coin problem, from which the Monty Hall problem is derived.

  • @frankhurst9665

    @frankhurst9665

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Mythraen - Thanks for checking! Stay cool.😎😎😎

  • @bentully9682
    @bentully96825 жыл бұрын

    If Pinocchio said “My nose is going to grow now” what would happen?

  • @BSKX17

    @BSKX17

    5 жыл бұрын

    nose.exe crashes ofc

  • @bentully9682

    @bentully9682

    5 жыл бұрын

    True

  • @VidimusWolf

    @VidimusWolf

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'd say it would grow: for a few moments when he said it, the nose didn't grow, so he lied. Therefore, the nose grows. He didn't tell the truth because "now" is no longer now.

  • @bentully9682

    @bentully9682

    5 жыл бұрын

    Alex leonardi your cool

  • @agatheriopel8843

    @agatheriopel8843

    5 жыл бұрын

    It would grow, then go back, then grow again and so on and so until until his death. That or grow inside his head, therefore growing and getting shorter at the same time. That or it could reveal the answer, solving the problem once and for all.

  • @otakudweeb1840
    @otakudweeb18405 жыл бұрын

    13 year old be like. " I'm gonna confuse my friends so good"

  • @Lisa-bs4bq

    @Lisa-bs4bq

    5 жыл бұрын

    Tawana Chikwanda *24 years old and still saying the same thing

  • @eshan309

    @eshan309

    5 жыл бұрын

    29yr old but cant say. no friends

  • @davie9944

    @davie9944

    5 жыл бұрын

    Tawana Chikwanda lol I'm 13

  • @justinpark8866

    @justinpark8866

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm 13 and I was just thinking that

  • @surprisedpikachu3782

    @surprisedpikachu3782

    5 жыл бұрын

    13 years olds be like: I am gonna impress her with this.

  • @qubit3807
    @qubit38073 жыл бұрын

    Wow very nicely put together - even the tape!

  • @urwholefamilydied
    @urwholefamilydied2 жыл бұрын

    The "Monty Problem" was a tough one for me to wrap my head around when I first heard about it. Once you "get it" it's sort of like a light bulb. You did a good job of explaining it... basically you can choose door number one, or by switching you get door number two AND three... and the host just shows you one of those doors that doesn't have the price. It's definitely not 50/50 chance once he reveals a bum door.

  • @klaus7443

    @klaus7443

    2 жыл бұрын

    That is not the reason switching doubles the chances of winning in the MHP.

  • @urwholefamilydied

    @urwholefamilydied

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@klaus7443 actually it is. Your first guess is .33 chance... if you switch it's .66 because essentially you're getting both of the other doors, the host just shows you one of them that's obviously not the prize.

  • @klaus7443

    @klaus7443

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@urwholefamilydied "if you switch it's .66 because essentially you're getting both of the other doors" Can't you read? That is not the reason switching doubles the chances of winning in the MHP. In your explanation the host doesn't even have to know where the car is while in the MHP the host must know where it is and deliberately reveal a door with a goat. If the host didn't know where the car is then it's 50/50 if he revealed a goat.

  • @urwholefamilydied

    @urwholefamilydied

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@klaus7443 I just said in my last comment "the host then shows you one of the doors which obviously is not the prize". You on crack bro. (also in your last comment, "can't you read". LOL, your first comment didn't give any info on why you think I'm wrong. Yes I can read, you didn't say anything... again, lay off the crack)

  • @klaus7443

    @klaus7443

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@urwholefamilydied Lol...if one door has a probability that is twice that of the contestant's door then having two doors is not the reason switching doubles your chance. Use your head, if the host knows where everything is then he can give that door with a goat to the contestant....now he has TWO doors with still a 1/3 chance of having the car. We get your type of explanation all the time from those like yourself who knows the answer but not the reason as to why.

  • @thetypa6711
    @thetypa67116 жыл бұрын

    Just have to say what an amazing video. It's really hard to keep ones attention with these kind of videos but you've done it perfectly. Hope to see more videos like this !

  • @ADespairBoi

    @ADespairBoi

    6 жыл бұрын

    TheTypa I'm French

  • @borger6498
    @borger64985 жыл бұрын

    I like how half of his face is red and the other is blue, just like his shirt

  • @noeruchangd

    @noeruchangd

    5 жыл бұрын

    Once you see it You cant unsee it

  • @forconsama1453

    @forconsama1453

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@noeruchangd ow yeah, when i watched him one of his videos i thought the same and wanted to comment about it but later on i watch more and totally forgot about that lol

  • @0o0ox

    @0o0ox

    5 жыл бұрын

    His shirt is red and grey....

  • @cipher_k

    @cipher_k

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@@0o0ox Oh snap

  • @Negasuki

    @Negasuki

    5 жыл бұрын

    I had to go back and look.. and yes.. now that I see it..you can't unsee it.

  • @justaduck6878
    @justaduck68783 жыл бұрын

    It took me 4 minutes to find out that the table had a white board on it

  • @ggchvghbonh7059
    @ggchvghbonh70593 жыл бұрын

    All I could think of when he explained the 2nd one was the Monty python skit, which obviously made me think of: “BONE?!?!?!”

  • @FranciscoHernandez-wp9mu
    @FranciscoHernandez-wp9mu5 жыл бұрын

    There was a 1/3 chance that one of the tape strips would not peel off completely.

  • @gstarr4318

    @gstarr4318

    5 жыл бұрын

    Funny

  • @adir6094

    @adir6094

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Unknown Entity Yes, Whether or not the tape would tear is a 50/50 chance, but the probability that it was the "Antimony" card is 1/3.

  • @josephclegg3562

    @josephclegg3562

    4 жыл бұрын

    1/3 +1/3 + 1/3= 1 Or does it?🤔

  • @Morgan-oq7uj

    @Morgan-oq7uj

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@adir6094 but it can't be 1/3, because there is a chance that more than one card could tear, right? Is that how this works? (I'm not a math person)

  • @SabiaSparrow

    @SabiaSparrow

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Morgan-oq7uj You're right, if there's a p chance that a given tape would tear, the chance that at least one would tear would be p + (1-p) * p + (1-p) * (1-p) * p (the chance that the first tape tears + the chance that the first tape doesn't tear but the second does + the chance that the first and second tape don't tear but the third does (about 70.4% chance if p = 1/3, 87.5% chance if p = 1/2) If there's a 50/50 chance that at least one tape would tear and you want to know what the odds are that the antinomy tape tears, the equation would become p + (1-p) * p + (1-p) * (1-p) * p = 1/2 and you'd want to know p... Then the result is 1-1/2^(1/3), or approximately 20.6%. If there's a 1/3 chance that at least one tape would tear, the odds that the antinomy tape tears would be approximately 12.6% I like maths too much...

  • @cheetahfeels7764
    @cheetahfeels77645 жыл бұрын

    What would happen if Pinocchio said "my nose will now grow"? It wouldn't grow, but because it doesnt grow, it counts as a lie, but then since it's a lie, it does grow, making "my nose will now grow" the truth. But since its the truth, it shouldn't have grown? You get me?

  • @natethepnda8528

    @natethepnda8528

    5 жыл бұрын

    DAMN. Hunter when you search up a paradox on Google

  • @Higashikata

    @Higashikata

    5 жыл бұрын

    It would grow, then shrink

  • @JayyyMarz

    @JayyyMarz

    5 жыл бұрын

    This literally just made my head hurt

  • @golazygamer8093

    @golazygamer8093

    5 жыл бұрын

    MIKO maybe if it ran in a cycle like when u just read the comment in an order but technically it would all happen at the same time so would it just not do anything because he’s lying but then not lying at the same time

  • @alphaterror4476

    @alphaterror4476

    5 жыл бұрын

    i fink it would grow then shrink forever

  • @joshuazhong2520
    @joshuazhong25203 жыл бұрын

    10:12 This says a lot about our society

  • @StarlightNkyra
    @StarlightNkyra Жыл бұрын

    Honestly, given the choice between the Globglogabgalab and 1 million dollars, I would take the Globglogabgalab in a heartbeat.

  • @ciaramurdock6764
    @ciaramurdock67645 жыл бұрын

    I find a better version of zeno's paradox theory is this: Imagine you're a runner in a race, to get to the end you need to get to the halfway point, to get to that halfway point you need to go to the halfway point of that, and then the halfway point of that halfway point, ext. It will go on forever, but we can't run for an infinite amount of halfway but somehow we do. I find that way easier than the archilles and the tortoise one.

  • @brianaple

    @brianaple

    5 жыл бұрын

    The classic calculus example is shooting an arrow at a target. How long will it take to reach the target? Divide the distance traveled in half. It has taken some amount of time to travel the first half. Now divide the second half of the distance in half again. Again the first part takes some amount of time to be added. We can keep dividing the distance left to travel in increasingly smaller parts which all take some small amount of time. An infinite amount of distances to travel that each take a bit of time must add up to an infinite time. Now just use the idea of limits. As x goes to infinity y goes to 1 so y=1

  • @hmmmwhat4400

    @hmmmwhat4400

    5 жыл бұрын

    this is simple one this doesn't even challenge my thinking

  • @CitrineFaerie

    @CitrineFaerie

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's just a divided-by-2 infinite sequence

  • @kingofgaming3434

    @kingofgaming3434

    5 жыл бұрын

    This isn’t a parallel because at a point your halfway point is so small you physically have nothing that can parallel its size. Even when you reach the smallest building blocks of our earth(atoms). You would still be theoretically one atom away from the finish line. And from there on there is no way to reach another halfway point. Because there is nothing in between that atom and the atom making up the finish line it is obvious you would finish the race.

  • @5.accacestyle441

    @5.accacestyle441

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ever thought about timer? The more halfway points there are the less time u need to reach the first one...

  • @PetkoDitchev
    @PetkoDitchev6 жыл бұрын

    I know there are probably too many comments saying that, but I have to add on to that : it's a work of art, your video, Kevin, I wish you all the best!

  • @ADespairBoi

    @ADespairBoi

    6 жыл бұрын

    Petko Ditchev I'm french

  • @raenfox
    @raenfox Жыл бұрын

    I'd say the issue with Zeno's paradox is simply the fact that the time span you're looking at grows shorter and shorter. Let's say the tortoise has a 10 meter head start. Achilles will run these 10 meters in 1 second. So you're looking at what the state after 1 second. Now the tortoise may be 1 meter ahead. Achilles will move this 1 meter in 1/10 seconds, so you're looking at the state of things after 0.1 seconds. The tortoise is now 10 cm ahead, Achilles will move these 10 cm in 1/100 s, so you're looking at the state of things after 0.01 seconds. Of course, if you continuously look at a time span within which Achilles doesn't move far enough to catch up with the tortoise, then it will look like he never catches up.

  • @ratboy9181
    @ratboy9181 Жыл бұрын

    5:05 a wonderful prize Truly the best of the bunch A life changing prize

  • @Shezmen88
    @Shezmen886 жыл бұрын

    When the Jake Chudnow music kicks in...you now it's a good episode

  • @glassbowl2147

    @glassbowl2147

    6 жыл бұрын

    What’s the actual song called

  • @FPSUNO

    @FPSUNO

    6 жыл бұрын

    Know

  • @ADespairBoi

    @ADespairBoi

    6 жыл бұрын

    Matthew Shezmen I'm french

  • @__nog642

    @__nog642

    6 жыл бұрын

    Song at the beginning is Movement. The one at 1:25 is not any Chudnow song I know of.

  • @GUNMOFO5

    @GUNMOFO5

    6 жыл бұрын

    Matthew Shezmen I love your animations dude!

  • @mahkigervais1389
    @mahkigervais13895 жыл бұрын

    The globgobgabgalab must be the grand prize

  • @mujtabahussain1723

    @mujtabahussain1723

    5 жыл бұрын

    Legend

  • @safetygoose7419

    @safetygoose7419

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wtf is one of dem

  • @mrneonm

    @mrneonm

    5 жыл бұрын

    duh

  • @elliotplummer8666

    @elliotplummer8666

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@safetygoose7419 i am the yeast of thought and mind

  • @safetygoose7419

    @safetygoose7419

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@elliotplummer8666 ?

  • @cookiecakeeater6340
    @cookiecakeeater63403 жыл бұрын

    When he mentioned the Achilles and Tortoise paradox I was like, he better mention the solution cause I heard it before and I’d be really upset if he didn’t mention there was a solution

  • @arthouston7361
    @arthouston7361 Жыл бұрын

    The reason the game show paradox seems to be a paradox is that we all naturally assume that the host has no more knowledge of what’s going on then we do….. which is actually a fallacy, because as you mentioned, his job is to lead you away from the more lucrative choice so that the game goes ahead the way that he wants it to. It is the host’s desire and unmentioned secret knowledge that actually causes the need to switch choices.

  • @Mythraen

    @Mythraen

    5 ай бұрын

    It should be noted his knowledge isn't strictly necessary. The original version of this puzzle didn't have a third party. Let's assume Monty Hall doesn't know and he picks one of the two doors you didn't pick at random. It'd be really awkward if Monty Hall opened the door with the car behind it, but in that case, you should switch to the one he opened (if allowed). But, if he opened a door and there wasn't a car behind it, you should still switch, because _you_ now know things you didn't when you first picked.

  • @threynolds2
    @threynolds25 жыл бұрын

    My introduction to thinking about the concept of a paradox goes back to a story I read many, many years ago. Two characters were discussing time travel. One said he didn't believe it could happen because it would create "that double duck thing". It actually took me a few years to realize what he was referring to: double duck - two ducks - pair of ducks - paradox.

  • @jessehol2721
    @jessehol27215 жыл бұрын

    It's only a small loan of a million dollars. I prefer the 'globgoglab' or something

  • @dijkkla9948

    @dijkkla9948

    5 жыл бұрын

    At least it's something unique that no one else has. So it's value is infinite.

  • @arfielding4495
    @arfielding44953 жыл бұрын

    My husband brought the Monty Hall problem to me (him knowing the answer) and asked me if I would switch. I said yes, I'd have better chances that way. My way of explaining wasn't as clear as this, but it did factor in the idea that your first guess is only 1/3 so switching over gives you 2/3. This was intuitive to me, it felt natural. My husband was shocked. He told me about Marilyn, and I was kind of amazed. I'm lucky my brain works that way!

  • @pandalla114
    @pandalla1143 жыл бұрын

    If you say “it’s Opposite Day” that’s a paradox

  • @buzzthebuzzard5267
    @buzzthebuzzard52676 жыл бұрын

    This is the first time The Monty Hall Paradox was explained a way that makes sense to me. Everyone seems to omit the fact that the removed option will never be the jackpot. That lack of information is what confused me all these years. Thank you.

  • @Vsauce2

    @Vsauce2

    6 жыл бұрын

    Glad it cleared things up! It can definitely be tough to wrap your mind around Monty Hall.

  • @i___________i8472

    @i___________i8472

    6 жыл бұрын

    Buzz The Buzzard Dam u is stupide bruh

  • @buzzthebuzzard5267

    @buzzthebuzzard5267

    6 жыл бұрын

    ChikenNoodleSoup If you can't see that the jackpot being removed at any stage instead of knowing that it would never be removed on the first pull then you have no business replying to this comment.

  • @wuzimoo6398
    @wuzimoo63985 жыл бұрын

    If life is unfair for everyone, does it make it fair for everyone ?

  • @KawaiiUnicornRainbow

    @KawaiiUnicornRainbow

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wuzi Moo no because different levels of unfairness?

  • @ironichoodies

    @ironichoodies

    5 жыл бұрын

    No, because we can visualize this as having two sides, "Life" and "Everyone". You can imagine them playing a game where Life is cheating and making it harder for us to win.

  • @thesundaygist5019

    @thesundaygist5019

    5 жыл бұрын

    If everyone is different, doesn't that make them the same?

  • @mkaali

    @mkaali

    5 жыл бұрын

    Some people are more fair than others.

  • @houseofmatrix6174

    @houseofmatrix6174

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wuzi Moo i like this paradox

  • @toddblackmon
    @toddblackmon2 жыл бұрын

    I enjoy that you left the tape debacle in.

  • @violettracey
    @violettracey Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the explanations!

  • @lawrencecalablaster568
    @lawrencecalablaster5686 жыл бұрын

    Now I know why Kevin has been tweeting about the yeast of thoughts and minds.

  • @carltonsorrells7609

    @carltonsorrells7609

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lawrence Calablaster how

  • @PolyChromium

    @PolyChromium

    6 жыл бұрын

    Greenfire 317 It’s part of the Globglogabgolab’s song

  • @thatoneguy9582

    @thatoneguy9582

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lawrence Calablaster shwabbledabbledibbledabbleschwibbleshwabglab

  • @LongDistanceLobotomy

    @LongDistanceLobotomy

    6 жыл бұрын

    *This basement is a true treasure trove*

  • @godjoey1
    @godjoey16 жыл бұрын

    LMFAO I have a remote to control the light in my room and the moment he said "What is a paradox" And that weird sound thing going up and down started my light went up and down with it and I was like "WTF IS GOING ON" and realized that I was accidentally leaning on it but it just made it so much better

  • @charlesgiraffe8138

    @charlesgiraffe8138

    6 жыл бұрын

    LOL

  • @charlescruz2104

    @charlescruz2104

    6 жыл бұрын

    Coldfira just

  • @JaredNagle

    @JaredNagle

    6 жыл бұрын

    Now check your christmas lights, are they flickering strangely?

  • @paulsyers1140

    @paulsyers1140

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jared Nagle I see the reference you made there

  • @martineret1677

    @martineret1677

    6 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know what the song there is called?

  • @tristensellars504
    @tristensellars5043 жыл бұрын

    You cant feelcthe hurt in his voice when he couldnt get that tape off😂

  • @chocolateavian
    @chocolateavian3 жыл бұрын

    Its been 3 years since i started watching Vsauce, and I STILL WANT THAT DRY ERASE TABLE!!

  • @kyunggies8400
    @kyunggies84006 жыл бұрын

    just wanted to thank you for the subtitles, i’m hard of hearing and i love learning about this kind of stuff

  • @cosmonaut7019
    @cosmonaut70196 жыл бұрын

    i love this too much thank you for this intellectual glob

  • @vol10O000

    @vol10O000

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ayyy first comment

  • @vol10O000

    @vol10O000

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ayyyy 2 likes

  • @cosmonaut7019

    @cosmonaut7019

    6 жыл бұрын

    joshua moe you’re funny

  • @vol10O000

    @vol10O000

    6 жыл бұрын

    By any chance, do you have discord? discord.gg/ZUm8B92

  • @cosmonaut7019

    @cosmonaut7019

    6 жыл бұрын

    joshua moe lol no sorry buddy

  • @Francisco1234Cruz
    @Francisco1234Cruz3 жыл бұрын

    I know a paradox it's called the Ashley Paradox where you ask him to give you the movie up where if he does he "*give you up*" but if he doesent he "*let's you down*" and he said "*never gonna give you UP, never gonna LET YOU DOWN*"

  • @penguin4056
    @penguin40562 жыл бұрын

    I felt really proud when I understood the second paradox before he explained it.

  • @blebsistired93
    @blebsistired934 жыл бұрын

    I still don't know anything.... Шеll тнат's а sосгатiс рагаdох...

  • @greippi4563

    @greippi4563

    3 жыл бұрын

    @nikola plays I am not sure, but that looks a bit like the russian alphabet. Not sure tho

  • @peterulfstedt6448

    @peterulfstedt6448

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@greippi4563 its ukranian alphabet I recon

  • @expecttheunexpected8070

    @expecttheunexpected8070

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@greippi4563 ye there is some Cyrilc ( Used by Slavic nations)

  • @dinosharttt

    @dinosharttt

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@greippi4563 no where near Russian it’s вгжнявп

  • @shappp1

    @shappp1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cyrillic translation: Shell tnat's a sosgatis ragadoh At least I think it's been a while since Ive done Cyrillic stuff, I was learning Russian but then I kinda stopped

  • @ravenlord4
    @ravenlord46 жыл бұрын

    Paradox: Two people with PhD's (pair o' docs). :) For the Monty Hall problem, the key is that Monty has knowledge of the system (and you do not). When he opens one door, it is NOT random. He has to ensure that the prize remains hidden. Basically if you originally choose a wrong door (and that will happen 2 out of 3 times) Monty is forced to show you where the prize is, by default, by opening the only other non-prize door that he has available.

  • @ripopol

    @ripopol

    6 жыл бұрын

    note that the monty hall problem was never actually a fact on the show, there was no rule saying he HAD to open a door at all, and there was no rule that he HAD to allow you to switch. if these exact circumstances happened it'd be favourable to switch yes, but the fame of the paradox has misled people in regards to the show itself

  • @neophaahla7299

    @neophaahla7299

    6 жыл бұрын

    thanx raven lord..now i get it.

  • @godlywinggspdrs

    @godlywinggspdrs

    6 жыл бұрын

    raven lord thank you so much, I couldn’t understand how it actually improved your chances but now I get it

  • @cfpe

    @cfpe

    6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. this has annoyed me so much in the passed and in this very video.

  • @123SuperBeast

    @123SuperBeast

    6 жыл бұрын

    Richard Spere ok you just resolved my issue with the paradox. Even in ravens explanation I still thought it was a constant that an option would be removed after picking a prize. I thought "but if you know he's gonna remove 1/3 options after you pick, it really doesn't matter"

  • @somerandomguy-0_0-
    @somerandomguy-0_0-2 жыл бұрын

    The Rick Astley paradox: If you ask Rick to give you the movie "up", he cant, since he can never give you up, but in doing that, he is letting you down. What should he do?

  • @trinidadriquelme7932

    @trinidadriquelme7932

    2 жыл бұрын

    copied coment alert!

  • @Ben_337

    @Ben_337

    2 жыл бұрын

    He could send you to a movie theater to watch Up

  • @stevedaniel100
    @stevedaniel1003 жыл бұрын

    I like the lights, one is red the other is blue, it makes the theme come to life

  • @fivenightsofben6096
    @fivenightsofben60965 жыл бұрын

    "Today is opposite day" is a paradox. If it is opposite day, then I am saying it is not opposite day, but if it is not opposite day, then in my original statement I am saying it is opposite day.. It just repeats. Let's just say whatever I say is true, @this

  • @yogimog1232

    @yogimog1232

    5 жыл бұрын

    you could just be lying tho so it isnt a paradox

  • @emmahstone3106

    @emmahstone3106

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's not a paradox. If you say "today is opposite day," then it's not opposite day. If it's not opposite day, then it ends there. There's no reason for it to change back to opposite day if "today is not opposite day."

  • @fivenightsofben6096

    @fivenightsofben6096

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@emmahstone3106 thank you for showing me the truth, Emmah Stone, I have never thought that way. Edit:sike

  • @Watuwatulz

    @Watuwatulz

    5 жыл бұрын

    I get it

  • @jeffreymontgomery7516

    @jeffreymontgomery7516

    5 жыл бұрын

    The following is false: The previous statement was true I can never tell the truth. I lied.

  • @michaelpolloway6760
    @michaelpolloway67604 жыл бұрын

    I just realized that the three Vsauces are like the three paradoxes. 3 is like Falsidical, 2 is like Veridical, 1 is like Antinomy

  • @djyahtzee7260

    @djyahtzee7260

    4 жыл бұрын

    One could antimony. Seafood anyone?

  • @JetstriderAkiviya

    @JetstriderAkiviya

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@djyahtzee7260 i get the joke

  • @huh968

    @huh968

    3 жыл бұрын

    that doesn't even make sense

  • @samuraijosh1595

    @samuraijosh1595

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JetstriderAkiviya ELI5....

  • @KingJuulien261

    @KingJuulien261

    2 жыл бұрын

    *H E L L O , M I C H A E L H E R E*

  • @egon3705
    @egon3705 Жыл бұрын

    my favorite monty hall problem explanation lies in the fact that the host randomly picks an incorrect door if you choose correctly, but they can only pick one door if you choose incorrectly, therefore it is twice as likely that the door was opened through you choosing the incorrect door compared to it randomly being picked after you picked the right door funnily enough, i believe this means that since kevin probably wasn't allowed to reveal antimony early, there's no advantage to switching in this video's version of the problem

  • @zinkyink3342
    @zinkyink33422 жыл бұрын

    If you ask Rick Astley for his copy of the movie “Up” he cannot, as he will never give you up. In doing so, he lets you down. Thus, the Rick Astley Paradox.

  • @Genospark_
    @Genospark_5 жыл бұрын

    The below statement is false The above statement is true

  • @Genospark_

    @Genospark_

    5 жыл бұрын

    R K this is a paradox ...

  • @fgvcosmic6752

    @fgvcosmic6752

    5 жыл бұрын

    The answer is both statements are incorrect

  • @Nellak2011

    @Nellak2011

    5 жыл бұрын

    So both statements are False.

  • @derekmcdaniel6029

    @derekmcdaniel6029

    5 жыл бұрын

    These are logically inconsistent statements, which reference each other. It's the opposite of a tautology. x = y + 1, y = x + 1 solve for x.

  • @snsdfx1

    @snsdfx1

    5 жыл бұрын

    Congratulations you just posted the commonly used examples of a paradox, you twat

  • @Mezoric_PC
    @Mezoric_PC6 жыл бұрын

    I get this stuff but at the same time I dont. It's like the more I think about it, the more I forget how it works...

  • @lafaeleee

    @lafaeleee

    6 жыл бұрын

    thats antinomy till you know the answer

  • @felislix

    @felislix

    6 жыл бұрын

    and that creates a paradox 😂

  • @Mezoric_PC

    @Mezoric_PC

    6 жыл бұрын

    PianoApocalypse XD

  • @Mezoric_PC

    @Mezoric_PC

    6 жыл бұрын

    hailey 😂😂

  • @carterdamn3112

    @carterdamn3112

    6 жыл бұрын

    I cant think anything now just cause of you -_-

  • @starrgaze_r
    @starrgaze_r3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for informing me, I understand part of it now!

  • @51hankyspanky7
    @51hankyspanky72 жыл бұрын

    My paradox is why I clicked this link of all the other thousands of other videos to watch.

  • @lankyfella
    @lankyfella6 жыл бұрын

    Came for the paradox, stayed for the glob

  • @Supremax67

    @Supremax67

    6 жыл бұрын

    I won't leave a comment.

  • @tuazulyrojoeljean

    @tuazulyrojoeljean

    6 жыл бұрын

    Me neither.

  • @Kapin05
    @Kapin055 жыл бұрын

    The second he mentioned 3 choices and paradoxes I just _knew_ he'd mention Monty Hall at _some_ point...

  • @Tyy-b-un9bl
    @Tyy-b-un9blАй бұрын

    The irony of me picking the right envelope, switching, and then getting it wrong.

  • @Nonamelol.
    @Nonamelol.3 жыл бұрын

    *Pinocchio: my nose will now grow*