The surprising beauty of mathematics | Jonathan Matte | TEDxGreensFarmsAcademy

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  • Опубликовано: 8 авг 2013
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    Jonathan Matte has been teaching Mathematics for 20 years, the last 13 at Greens Farms Academy. Formerly the Mathematics Department Chair, he is currently the 12th Grade Dean and Coach of the GFA Math Team and the CT State Champion Quiz Team. A former Jeopardy! contestant, Jon's outside-of-the classroom passions lie in the world of puzzles and games, both as a competitor (in the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and the World Puzzle Championships, among others) and a creator (orchestrating the long-running GFA Puzzle Hunt and crafting puzzles that have made their way into GAMES Magazine).
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  • @sanhamanocha8034
    @sanhamanocha8034 6 лет назад +247

    'Whatever you're going to learn, is already in you.'
    That's one of best thoughts I ever came across. It generates so much excitement, inquisitiveness and confidence in learning!

    • @hari5binkh4n54
      @hari5binkh4n54 2 года назад +5

      Knowledge is a process of unfolding!

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад +2

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries.

    • @yeahyeah863
      @yeahyeah863 Год назад +1

      Cringe Rationalist

    • @Carusme
      @Carusme Год назад

      @@yeahyeah863 you're cringe lol

  • @simonstone3401
    @simonstone3401 8 лет назад +68

    This was my freshman math teacher. Dudes a legend

  • @ChuckGnarlyTV
    @ChuckGnarlyTV 9 лет назад +759

    The title should change because I feel a lot of you guys missed the point of the video.
    He gives Plato example ephasizes the young slave boy and the other character of the story didn't know the hidden potential UNTIL presented with a question from and outside force.
    In his story he's the slave boy. Giving examples of how he since a child always had something pulling at him but his potential wasnt unlocked until he himself went to seek for answers from the universe instead of waiting for the universe to ask questions
    He's encouraging people to engage in seeking the questions to ask to help them get closer to their goals and unlocking their full potential...
    But this is just my opinion how I perceived this vid.

    • @blakvoid666
      @blakvoid666 9 лет назад +2

      your correct y friend.....

    • @ChuckGnarlyTV
      @ChuckGnarlyTV 9 лет назад +13

      ***** the comment section.

    • @MKStevens
      @MKStevens 9 лет назад +1

      ***** I think this is an interesting comment, so perhaps a good question to ask is: What do you, Mike (or anyone else that wants to comment), think the title should be changed to?
      By the way, I agree, the title didn't seem to address the true purpose of his talk.

    • @ChuckGnarlyTV
      @ChuckGnarlyTV 9 лет назад +2

      +MK Stevens Idk honestly maybe something like DISCOVER THE QUESTIONS TO ASK TO BRING THE ULTIMATE YOU OUT

    • @MashaEdu
      @MashaEdu 8 лет назад +2

      +MK Stevens
      MK, MIKE meant that Big surprises stands behind SMALL changes , ( or small changes (which is we dont pay attention ot those ) could cause big differences in our daily life

  • @perfectzero001
    @perfectzero001 8 лет назад +566

    Man, he was really good at drawing that Archimedian spiral.

    • @HunterBobbey
      @HunterBobbey 8 лет назад +34

      That's how you know it was his legit go to doodle! My thoughts exactly

    • @sharonsolana
      @sharonsolana 4 года назад +3

      He;s been practicing for a while!

    • @hashimahmed2882
      @hashimahmed2882 3 года назад +2

      The what what spiral?

    • @ouroskrakling9741
      @ouroskrakling9741 3 года назад +2

      @@hashimahmed2882 couldn’t say it better. You got it.

    • @jasonreed1352
      @jasonreed1352 3 года назад +1

      @@ouroskrakling9741 That middle way... Such a spellbreaker!

  • @ScootSkateBmxer
    @ScootSkateBmxer 10 лет назад +72

    What a great Ted talk. Only now in calculus 2 have I started to really appreciate math and see the beauty that it has. If only I had seen it sooner, but better late than never.

    • @beens3865
      @beens3865 11 месяцев назад

      Same here man 😂

  • @janegadd1681
    @janegadd1681 6 лет назад +31

    I've always struggled with mathematics but Mr Matte brought my love of art into it and blew my mind!

  • @doggonemess1
    @doggonemess1 8 лет назад +1035

    Who's brewing coffee during the talk?

    • @caixiuying8901
      @caixiuying8901 8 лет назад +24

      Me

    • @inavag3038
      @inavag3038 8 лет назад +3

      +doggonemess i think the camera is ontop of a pc.

    • @DimensionDevices
      @DimensionDevices 8 лет назад +15

      +Marcello Chua I'm a little late, but milk, no sugar please.

    • @Harikrishnanxlrb
      @Harikrishnanxlrb 8 лет назад +5

      This comment made me laugh so hard! Lol

    • @Arjun-xy8sd
      @Arjun-xy8sd 8 лет назад

      +TheNeurofluxation hahaaaha

  • @justinhayes4356
    @justinhayes4356 8 лет назад +111

    I'll give him props. He obviously enjoys teaching, gave some good advice and showed me something I had never seen before (spiral/dot image). I thought that was interesting. It's a free 9 min clip on RUclips. Quit your whining people. Thx

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries

  • @CorrosiveColin
    @CorrosiveColin 10 лет назад +73

    I've actually had the same thing happen to me. When I was younger I studied black holes and galaxies. Eventually I figured through my studies that these two entities had much more in common than I had previously thought. I theorized (I was 13) that at the center of galaxies were Super Massive Black Holes. These particular Black Holes were much different than other Black Holes not by there size and mass, but rather how they dealt with matter. My theory is that Super Massive Black Holes have quite literally eaten themselves too "full" (for lack of a better word). Instead of absorbing matter and energy it actually reverts it back onto itself creating stasis. This would explain both why we are still alive and why the middle of galaxies shine so brightly. I took this theory of mine to a Astronomy and Physics Professor (not going to use an specific names) and she told me that Physicists and Astronomers had only recently begun theorizing the exact same thing I had. Her telling me that my thoughts were on par with some of the greatest scientific minds alive warmed me to the bone. There's something about validation. Human beings strive for it. We want to know that something we did was pertinent. Something I did mattered not only to me, but to many others like me. People who thoughts the same way I did. Sitting alone in a room looking at the wall trying to comprehend something so much greater than myself. There's nothing in the world quite like that.

    • @FranthonyZarcoza
      @FranthonyZarcoza 10 лет назад +4

      :) I was around the same age when i would draw stars coming out of black holes. it does feel nice. kuddos Colin

    • @IulianGeana
      @IulianGeana 10 лет назад +5

      at 13 I learned 20 words :)

    • @michaelbulls5872
      @michaelbulls5872 10 лет назад +1

      that's brilliant dude

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries.

  • @puppyoverlord
    @puppyoverlord 10 лет назад +12

    Thank you Jonathan Matte for letting others know what your thoughts on knowledge and working to inspire others. Wish you had a better cameraman but thank you for being willing to give a presentation and have it recorded. Awesome work!

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries.

  • @KNOWHOPE72
    @KNOWHOPE72 10 лет назад +86

    This presentation proves two things - 1. That curiosity is the precurser to creativity and discovery. 2. Nature is designed according to mathematical code and the base code is very simple. This can be witnessed also with Fractals, the golden ratio of Phi and the Fibonnaci Sequence.

    • @neiltristanyabut
      @neiltristanyabut 10 лет назад +16

      1. *precursor
      2. nature was not "designed", and especially not according to "math code" as if the latter was created first. it just happens that some math can be observed (at least approximated) in nature.

    • @KNOWHOPE72
      @KNOWHOPE72 10 лет назад

      neil tristan yabut Ah geez...Didn't I just know that some follower of the atheism religion (I am not religious but spiritual. I define atheism as the opposite side of the same coin of religion, since both are guilty of adhering to dogmas and prejudices NO MATTER what the evidence suggests) would take offence to my comment. Don't you just love the "it just happens" and "its all just coincedence" rationalizations (hope I spelled that right Mr English teacher) of atheists. My friend, I can school both atheists and followers of religion back into the womb. As it is, I have debated religious and atheists enough. So I dont intend debating them anymore. I simply dont have anymore time. So please dont reply back.

    • @michaelwadleigh2374
      @michaelwadleigh2374 10 лет назад +11

      *****
      you're not schooling anyone pal, thankfully.

    • @neiltristanyabut
      @neiltristanyabut 10 лет назад +2

      *****
      i only know enough to realize that i can't have all the surest explanations.
      as for your spirituality..

    • @KNOWHOPE72
      @KNOWHOPE72 10 лет назад

      neil tristan yabut Thats a fair enough statement.

  • @jesperonesand5616
    @jesperonesand5616 8 лет назад +127

    It is funny because his name, Matte, is short for the word "mathematics" in swedish

  • @zamardii12
    @zamardii12 9 лет назад +1083

    Jesus Christmas... Who gave the water boy a camera?

    • @cirusMEDIA
      @cirusMEDIA 9 лет назад +5

      zamardii12 i was thinking the same thing! #annoyed

    • @yahtadi5152
      @yahtadi5152 9 лет назад +2

      zamardii12 i think this fucking aquaboy was forced team to handle a camera

    • @etheangel2220
      @etheangel2220 9 лет назад +8

      zamardii12 Thats an insult to the veteran camera man of the mid-late 2000s sitcoms who filmed this. He has worked on shows like _the office_ and that other dumb show that was pretty much life _the office_.

    • @briankelly8697
      @briankelly8697 6 лет назад

      + etheangel2220 Are you referring to Parks and Rec ?

    • @malabibi7864
      @malabibi7864 4 года назад

      zamardii12 .

  • @prwexler
    @prwexler 10 лет назад +15

    The math part of this monologue is the sort of stuff that should precede any semester of any math class.
    The question of whether knowledge is already in us to be discovered is one I've struggled with, since 1988, when I was first introduced to it.
    GREAT PRESENTATION!

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries.

  • @steveharris5008
    @steveharris5008 8 лет назад +63

    I understand what he means. Without knowing I discovered a maths theory that worked with consecutive numbers. Later I found that it had already been discovered but I am proud to know that I found it myself; I was that serf.
    I feel sorry for those who have not had that experience...

    • @charbel6649
      @charbel6649 8 лет назад +1

      you're right, best feeling

    • @battleclan
      @battleclan 8 лет назад +33

      I figured out how to masturbate all on my own, so I know what you mean.

    • @steveharris5008
      @steveharris5008 8 лет назад

      the only maths there is 1+1= 1,000,000s...

    • @patrickwienhoft7987
      @patrickwienhoft7987 8 лет назад +5

      When I was younger I had this, too.
      I figured out the sum for the first n numbers with Gauss' method myself in elementary school. I couldn't wrap it in a formula, but if you gave me a number n I could tell you the sum from 1 to n in like a minute.
      Later I learned that Gauss also discovered this in elementary school and as you probably know, he was considered genius. So that felt really, really awesome.
      But some time ago, I felt that it went opposite. Numberphile released a video where they took the Fibonacci sequence modulo some number n. At some point there is a pattern, naturally, and this pattern repeats. However, the length of that pattern seemed pretty random. So I thought I'd just give it a try. I didn't figure it out, but I found that the number you take modulo and the length of the pattern are equal if and only if, n = 24*5^x. So only if you take the sequence modulo 24, 120, 600, 3000, 15000 etc.
      I thought this was interesting and searched for it a bit. For the most time I really thought I discovered something new, but then after 10 minutes of research I found this stated in some paper. That feeling was really depressing...
      Btw I often wonder, if I was in 17th century, how well would I or the average 21st century human do there? I mean it took centuries for someone to figure out the formula for the sum of 1 to n, but I also figured it out myself and I've met so many people that are smarter than me, so I'm pretty sure a huge chunk of people also discovered this for themselves. I'm not sure whether that's just because our education is better, or whether we really get smarter, or if it is just a result of world's population an therefore also the number of geniuses growing...

    • @steveharris5008
      @steveharris5008 8 лет назад +2

      I think people have more leisure time and therefore are able to be more curious about the world. Certainly there is evidence that suggests people are 'smarter' as each generation comes around. Just think how many adults do not hesitate to get a kid to operate a 'smart device'; in my day we all knew that kids knew how to operate remote controls. My nana couldn't drive a car as I can because she grew up with horse transport as the principal mode of mobility. Perhaps though we are smarter than we give ourselves credit for. Didn't Mandela express the opinion that our '...deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.'

  • @YoGeeJeTeLoL
    @YoGeeJeTeLoL 8 лет назад +195

    things I've learned watching this video: ...
    things i've learned in the comment section: swedish word for mathematics

    • @Lionbug
      @Lionbug 8 лет назад +5

      +YoGeeJeTeLoL thx, saved 10 mins of my life

    • @acrojen03
      @acrojen03 5 лет назад +1

      And Norwegian.

    • @Sebasstian42
      @Sebasstian42 3 года назад +1

      Same here... i used to love it... i want to do so again.

  • @Sanguinarius9999
    @Sanguinarius9999 7 лет назад +255

    It sounds like someones constantly dragging on a Bong behind the camera.

  • @MelanieLovesPeace
    @MelanieLovesPeace 10 лет назад +53

    I guess he would be a great math teacher

    • @JamesStansell
      @JamesStansell 10 лет назад

      Yes, I agree!

    • @theroots12345
      @theroots12345 10 лет назад +3

      He is a great math teacher! The best I've had!

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries.

  • @Isaiahlikesutube
    @Isaiahlikesutube 10 лет назад +23

    what the fuck i was doing that doodle in middle school mathclass wdfwdfwdfwdf

    • @Bobstew68
      @Bobstew68 10 лет назад +26

      OHWOWOHNOWHAT you're a jeanious and you didn't know it! It's not to late! Enroll for something! Grab a Ph.D! Do mathemagics!

    • @chris2145
      @chris2145 10 лет назад +4

      Bobstew68 Genius pal..

    • @fluidapple9091
      @fluidapple9091 9 лет назад +5

      This is one of my 2 go-to doodles and my jaw dropped when I saw it

    • @theSpicyHam
      @theSpicyHam 9 лет назад

      Bobstew68 hahahaha

    • @MrSupernova111
      @MrSupernova111 9 лет назад +1

      Funny, most people have kids. Does that make them biologists? LOL

  • @patrickwienhoft7987
    @patrickwienhoft7987 8 лет назад +234

    Why the fuck are they laughing all the time?

    • @davidjames9935
      @davidjames9935 8 лет назад +16

      Stupidity and boredom

    • @playtake
      @playtake 8 лет назад +15

      love and support bro.

    • @HunterBobbey
      @HunterBobbey 8 лет назад +45

      For a math professor, he's very funny. And a good technical story teller too. You should lighten up and laugh some more

    • @davidjames9935
      @davidjames9935 8 лет назад +1

      Hunter Bobbey Very funny (my ass)

    • @saudade5373
      @saudade5373 8 лет назад +3

      it is called weed

  • @infiniteinfiniteinfi
    @infiniteinfiniteinfi 8 лет назад +29

    This is about how to find the inner seed of mathematics we are all born with and letting it flower out.

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries.

  • @alurihariharan5082
    @alurihariharan5082 7 лет назад +12

    i hope every math teacher be like him , like he explain things !!!!!!

    • @lightning_mage6604
      @lightning_mage6604 7 лет назад +4

      hari haran, I hope you never become a grammar teacher.

    • @alurihariharan5082
      @alurihariharan5082 7 лет назад

      what's the problem with that??

    • @Sanguinarius9999
      @Sanguinarius9999 7 лет назад

      Dont worry about Johnny Ric, another 4chan troll grammar nazi wannabe kid not being helpful to the world, what you said was completely understandable and as long as a message is relayed on the internet fuck grammar, If you really want to know how it could have been gramatically improved for the trolls benefit
      "I hope every maths teacher will be like him, like the way he explains things"
      I think would be closer to more gramatically correct, im eating dinner and bored so thought i'd try to assist (hope you wanted it)

    • @dreslab2022
      @dreslab2022 7 лет назад

      Good guy Sanguinarius9999

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries.

  • @mr_sandiego
    @mr_sandiego 8 лет назад +1

    Interesting talk about his passion for mathematics. I recently discovered mine. He did however forget to show the result of his first cut single twist mobius strip which when unraveled would another interesting and unexpected shape. Nice talk

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries.

  • @ThaiTastic
    @ThaiTastic 7 лет назад +565

    is the camera man smoking a hubbly bubbly

  • @armeture27
    @armeture27 9 лет назад +74

    Best cameraman, 2013

  • @93jawani
    @93jawani 10 лет назад +21

    What in Gods green earth was this? LMAO I honestly believe the audience were handed out fat blunts before the presentation lmao

  • @dar_jada
    @dar_jada 6 лет назад +2

    I found this fascinating and exciting. I don’t get the negative disparaging comments. He helped me a non mathmatical person understand the creativity inherent in mathmatics. I guess some people just like to thinkIt is clever to engage in juvenile put downs. Thank you sir for giving us the gift of information and seeing the world through your unique experience. Don’t ever stop comminicating your excitement about this wonderous reality we share.

  • @SuperMrDmc
    @SuperMrDmc 9 лет назад +2

    I actually though that was really good. It shows how once we grasp maths we see its beauty and the way its related to how our minds work. I personally thought that was wonderful.

  • @sidettildem
    @sidettildem 7 лет назад +206

    His name is Jonathan Matte. In norwegian "matte" is the exact translation of "maths"
    Shits rigged

    • @ffggddss
      @ffggddss 7 лет назад +5

      That's odd. In English, it's that non-glossy finish you can get on your photographic prints. Hmmm...

    • @sidettildem
      @sidettildem 7 лет назад

      I understand. That is simply called "matt" in norwegian

    • @MrMattchappy
      @MrMattchappy 7 лет назад +4

      So I'm just a non-glossy finish to you!? Triggered

    • @sidettildem
      @sidettildem 7 лет назад +6

      woah slow down there mate. you are at least a mr. non-glossy

    • @ShelliLoop
      @ShelliLoop 6 лет назад

      its not MATHS... its MATH.

  • @TheMcslug
    @TheMcslug 8 лет назад +136

    Why did the chicken cross the mobius strip?
    To get to the same side.

    • @blizzy78
      @blizzy78 8 лет назад +2

      Because it wanted to get to the other side.

    • @TheMcslug
      @TheMcslug 8 лет назад +5

      No to get to the same side

    • @marcusrayrosales1
      @marcusrayrosales1 7 лет назад

      +blizzy1978 A mobius strip has just one side; hence, his joke. Fold a piece of paper like in this video and draw a line with a marker along the length of the strip, like he cut it in this video, and you'll see.

    • @edwardfunke4023
      @edwardfunke4023 6 лет назад +2

      Because he couldn't get to the other side.

  • @matthewmann8969
    @matthewmann8969 7 лет назад +2

    Mathematics for me was one of the if not the most toughest subjects to learn when I was younger the highest level I got to was Fractions I believe it starts from bottom to highest to Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus. Although you have plenty of Graph's, Money Solving, and Clock solving ones too that kinda mix things up about with different numbering types.

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries

  • @gopronomad4381
    @gopronomad4381 9 лет назад

    I have learned a year after college, there is math in everywhere, in music, in our DNA, and right on our faces (literally)

  • @fancannoiran
    @fancannoiran 10 лет назад +6

    i found myself clapping at the end of this video! really inspiring

  • @sakujo20
    @sakujo20 8 лет назад +16

    If i remember right... Socrates said something like: "My knowledge is under my feet." Some people/guy: "Then take it." Socrates: "For that, i have to bend down."

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery".. Found the mathematical phenomenon.

  • @Adtonius
    @Adtonius 10 лет назад +50

    Matte is Math in swedish!

  • @evattko7738
    @evattko7738 3 года назад

    amazing way of inviting ppl to explore ! thank you

  • @JonBruce-BlueDev
    @JonBruce-BlueDev 8 лет назад +12

    "All we need to do is have the questions asked for us. We already have the knowledge." Sounds like Tesla is a perfect example.

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries.

  • @robertcullens7546
    @robertcullens7546 8 лет назад +197

    Came here for some badass math with big words that'll screw me over but all I saw was optical illusions. 😜

    • @nunyabiznez6381
      @nunyabiznez6381 8 лет назад +34

      +Robert Cullens Those are not opitical illusions, just geometrically progressive patterns.

    • @robertcullens7546
      @robertcullens7546 8 лет назад +45

      Thanx for da big Words :D

    • @barrocaspaula
      @barrocaspaula 8 лет назад +4

      +Robert Cullens Only 2 to 5 letters words are allowed...

    • @Shenzao
      @Shenzao 7 лет назад +7

      "allowed" has seven.

    • @anjopag31
      @anjopag31 6 лет назад +2

      Go to 3Blue1Brown

  • @awfullyawful
    @awfullyawful 9 лет назад +399

    I used to be great at math until I was taught the "proper" way to do it. Now I pretty much hate math.

    • @shababmkhan
      @shababmkhan 9 лет назад +17

      Sal C That's my story. Sigh.

    • @ImCalebRosengard
      @ImCalebRosengard 9 лет назад +1

      Sal C 3

    • @curemymind
      @curemymind 9 лет назад +3

      Sal C I have to ask, what was your way?

    • @awfullyawful
      @awfullyawful 9 лет назад +84

      *****
      My way was to get the gist and figure it out. My teachers insisted, "show your work". "These answers are correct but you did not show your work like I described so you get zero credit." Now I understand why they want to see work. People use calculators. I am older so no internet when I was in school but we did have access to calculators. My thing was to figure stuff out in my head. My Godmother recalls helping me with my math homework and seeing me come up with answers and she could not figure out how I was doing it. I am no genius. I just had a problem and worked out how to solve the problem. But for me, solving the problems often involved using unsanctioned tactics so I was penalized for not answering the problems as the teacher demanded. So basically, fuck school and fuck math. But thanks for asking :-)

    • @curemymind
      @curemymind 9 лет назад +10

      Sal C Ah, ok.... I did the same thing in my math class. But the teacher only gave me half credit and next time show my work... So I understand how you feel.

  • @JackMeoff46
    @JackMeoff46 6 лет назад +2

    I am learning to look at math from a more artistic perspective,since I'm studying computer science,and math will be a part of my everyday life.It's time to learn the beauty of mathematics,at least for me.

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries.

  • @superstringcheese
    @superstringcheese 7 лет назад +549

    Worst filmed TedTalk ever.

    • @rizwanliaqat418
      @rizwanliaqat418 5 лет назад +42

      if you mean the camera controlling then I pretty much agree!

    • @Shreyas_Jaiswal
      @Shreyas_Jaiswal 2 года назад +1

      Yes.

    • @SpaceZuu
      @SpaceZuu 2 года назад +1

      Intuitive still though.

  • @Rascaduanok
    @Rascaduanok 9 лет назад +5

    "The surprising beauty of mathematics | Jonathan Matte | TEDxGreensFarmsAcademy"
    So that's the absolute value of Jonathan Matte, I take it?

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery".. Found the mathematical phenomenon.

  • @mustanggemini2156
    @mustanggemini2156 5 лет назад

    I like to hear when someone@mathematician makes it easier for me to understand about maths.

  • @sylnes3806
    @sylnes3806 3 года назад

    This resonates with me. Did the same doodle when I was a kid, and still do it during summer boring meetings

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries.

  • @FluffyFractalshard
    @FluffyFractalshard 8 лет назад +5

    for a moment i thought he`d be talking about LSD: 5:51
    i mean psychedelics let you see geometrical patterns because the universe and all of existence is deeply mathematical
    we perceive things like this as beautiful because they connect with us on a fundamental level
    also, he is right when assuming that we actually know everything because part of us has never lost connection to the one consciousness
    oh man, i like the sheer awesomity of everything :D
    thanks for reading this!

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries

  • @Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time
    @Dyslexic-Artist-Theory-on-Time 10 лет назад +34

    It all comes down to geometry in the end and we are part of that geometry!

    • @fakeexperte
      @fakeexperte 10 лет назад +18

      nice name

    • @monster66644
      @monster66644 10 лет назад +14

      please god tell me that name is on your drivers licence

    • @TheBeardedwierdo
      @TheBeardedwierdo 10 лет назад +2

      What shape is consciousness?

    • @chrisconey7062
      @chrisconey7062 10 лет назад

      ***** - Exactly, that's why it's called 'resonance'.

    • @joshkregg6719
      @joshkregg6719 10 лет назад +4

      your mom is part of that geometry

  • @govikris748
    @govikris748 2 года назад +2

    I wish I had him as my math teacher in high school.

  • @JustAn0therSoul2
    @JustAn0therSoul2 8 лет назад +2

    i drawed some of these like 1 or 2 days ago and now i find this video - life is magical :D

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries

  • @colinjava8447
    @colinjava8447 7 лет назад +5

    I just tried that spiral on my ti-89, it is awesome

    • @eatsleepcode4006
      @eatsleepcode4006 7 лет назад +1

      I did the same thing! I saw the calculator on the projector and was like "I SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING!!!". Changed the mode to polar popped in theta, changed the parameters and was like 0_0 bruh.

    • @colinjava8447
      @colinjava8447 7 лет назад

      Cool stuff

    • @gtarules1
      @gtarules1 7 лет назад

      what are the steps?

    • @colinjava8447
      @colinjava8447 7 лет назад +1

      On the ti89,
      Click mode, then under graph, you want Polar.
      Click green button, and F2, and fill in the values as shown in video.
      Then green button and F1, and set r = theta for the function.
      Then plot the graph.

  • @Qermaq
    @Qermaq 7 лет назад +13

    If he changed that third value at 7:44 into 1.618 I bet it would have resolved perfectly.

  • @ohdiogo1
    @ohdiogo1 3 года назад +2

    Lindo demais!!! trabalhemos pra isso, na medida do impossível!

  • @randyporter3491
    @randyporter3491 4 года назад

    Much respect to TED, for giving the disabled and challenged individuals a job. In this case, we see the efforts of a man with “Tourette Syndrome” operating the camera, scissors in hand, making a paper chain. And yet, from the video quality, one would never guess..

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries

  • @McBonzi1
    @McBonzi1 8 лет назад +118

    the camerawork made me cringe trough the whole video

  • @michaelmcneil4168
    @michaelmcneil4168 10 лет назад +50

    This would have been interesting had it been well produced. Unfortunaltely the amateur camera work made it a PITA.

    • @n0lsk1
      @n0lsk1 10 лет назад +8

      I thought you were being pedantic, but then watching the video... you're so right it's incredibly distracting and annoying!!!

    • @michaelmcneil4168
      @michaelmcneil4168 10 лет назад +1

      n0lsk1
      About a couple of weeks or so it occurred to me that Professor Laithwaite's ideas about gyroscopes could be applied to weather systems. I immediately saw that his realisation about the ability to lft huge weights because they were spinning applied in reaction too. The opposite effect was that the weather goes north east if it is rotating cyclonically and south east if rotating anticyclonically.
      And that it also explained why cyclones rotate in opposite directions to each other on opposite sides of the globe.
      I offered the idea to other posters on uk.sci.weather but they failed to grasp it. (I also posted it on sci.geo.eathquakes but wasn't expecting anything there.) The function he was drawing is of course the weather. We are about to have a devastating tornado ot tropical storm outbreak and simultaneously a massive volcanic eruption.
      groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/uk.sci.weather/zdXWPdQKyXs
      (I am not going to feel silly when this doesn't occur. What is imprtant is that these things do NOT occur because of some illogical theory about Coriolis Effect.) The trick withmiracles is timing. When Jesus said that geting mountains to do what you say is a matter of faith, he never said they would have to do what you wanted straight away.
      The rotation of cyclones against the grain is preserved on this site as the Met Office's forecasts are replaced every 12 hours:
      weathercharts.wordpress.com/2014/02/
      the 1st February was interesting as that occured with a massive volcanic eruption.

    • @michaelmcneil4168
      @michaelmcneil4168 10 лет назад

      Tristan Meyers A surface level air systems move east across North America. The Lows deflect to the north and the Highs deflect to the south. The only explanation for that is the gyroscopic effect.
      In all my years watching the North Atlantic charts I have never seen an anticyclone move across the ocean from Newfoundland to Norway. Blocking Highs do get into the northern North Atlantic from time to time but not one since I have been on the alert for them.
      Satellite images here:
      virga.sfsu.edu/crws/archive/satimgs_month_arch.html
      Pressure forecast:
      www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/A_sfc_full_ocean.gif
      N. Pacific and N. Atlantic:
      www.opc.ncep.noaa.gov/
      The problem with the Coriolis effect as an explantion is that the weather systems are a part of the planet not some ghost in the machine hovering above the rest of the planet.

    • @michaelmcneil4168
      @michaelmcneil4168 10 лет назад +1

      Tristan Meyers
      I aware of the theory and did read the article.
      The effect was given credence during WW1 when shore mounted naval guns were used. But then, with the invention of the submachine gun it was realised the effect was "curable".
      www.woksat.info/etcvjasxx/asxx13101300.html
      The site drops links but you can get the run to open from the index.
      Another problem with the fallacy is the direction the waves take when tropical storms fail to thrive. They tend to run directly up the eastern half of the North Atlantic.
      Have you looked at any of the links I have supplied?

    • @silvesterde
      @silvesterde 10 лет назад +2

      1. Talking about gyroscopic effect while the reason for PITA ist the amateur camera WORK, not the amateur camera? I think, the cameraman is rotating a little bit to much, but not enough for gyroscopic effects. 2. the scratching noise in the background is annoying.

  • @lammy3055
    @lammy3055 7 лет назад

    I was astounded when he did the calculator thing where he changed the theta-step because I did that same thing while bored in math class To create he very same spiral! I had fun impressing my classmates with the cool spiral box design.

  • @allanlam7669
    @allanlam7669 7 лет назад +1

    I'm looking at the importance of taking breaks during intense thinking sessions. I enjoyed this talk. doodling is awesome.

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries

  • @TheMrWARLORD
    @TheMrWARLORD 10 лет назад +17

    Wow, I loved this. amazing

  • @utkarshsrivastava
    @utkarshsrivastava 10 лет назад +3

    wow.. i thought i was the only one with a doodle in my head even before i know what it meant

  • @alokkumar1495
    @alokkumar1495 3 года назад

    The best channel which you tube ever had till now .I love it❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @slavengerdrmassepoyves-mar1969
    @slavengerdrmassepoyves-mar1969 2 года назад +1

    Whatever you are going to learn is already in you. Plato
    Awesome 🔥🙏

  • @OscarBellMusic94
    @OscarBellMusic94 10 лет назад +64

    This guy sounds exactly like Hades from the Disney Hercules movie haha

    • @Valueclown
      @Valueclown 10 лет назад +7

      James Woods and yes he does.

  • @jackmiddleton2080
    @jackmiddleton2080 9 лет назад +3

    I enjoy the fact that if you slice a triangle from a tip directly through you can only ever get more triangles.

    • @ucraznmonkey
      @ucraznmonkey 9 лет назад

      that's because it's the minimum amount of sides possible to create a shape. a new cut creates a side for both child shapes simultaneously.
      if you cut a line it will always create two lines. unless you cut it so close to one end it becomes a dot and a line. but that's a problem of magnitudes. if you zoom in enough the dot can still be a line.

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries

  • @travisr.erickson6156
    @travisr.erickson6156 10 лет назад +2

    Always know both sides of the argument before you criticize the other. And remember people are equal, ideas are different.

  • @bomisora
    @bomisora 10 лет назад

    I was watching the dance tutting and I'm here now for once I actually like where iv gone on RUclips's adventure

  • @alexdespotovic2951
    @alexdespotovic2951 10 лет назад +5

    Bahaha! Someone actually laughed at his joke at the beginning. God I'm glad my sense of humor isn't that poor.

  • @hansopje1952
    @hansopje1952 10 лет назад +7

    Heerlijk hoe deze man onderwijst

  • @switzerlandful
    @switzerlandful 4 года назад

    Also, how many different ways can you arrive at a rough approximation of phi?
    One way I read is to take the square root of 5, add 1 and then divide by two.
    (Another cool trick is to type 47 into a calculator & then hit the square root button 3 times. Not very accurate but it sort of works.)

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries.

  • @SUBSCRIBERSWITHACTUALVIDEOS
    @SUBSCRIBERSWITHACTUALVIDEOS 9 лет назад +22

    Reading the comments in the equivalent to reading a foreign language..

    • @logicalcreativity8919
      @logicalcreativity8919 9 лет назад +2

      Oh the irony...

    • @Tiziano182
      @Tiziano182 9 лет назад +1

      totalmente cierto! leo mas en ingles que en español.

    • @wolfpsx6210
      @wolfpsx6210 8 лет назад

      +1000 SUBSCRIBERS WITH ACTUAL VIDEOS??? It's funny how your own comment is the perfect example.

  • @SBDAVINCI
    @SBDAVINCI 10 лет назад +12

    The audience is laughing at unnecessary things

    • @Omlet221
      @Omlet221 Месяц назад +1

      Wow, you just (a decade ago) asked an amazing question about psychology and this could lead to even more questions about crowd behavior and the unintentional effects of speaker mannerisms and so on

    • @charleswalters5284
      @charleswalters5284 День назад

      Funniness is absolutely necessary

  • @soakedbearrd
    @soakedbearrd 9 лет назад +3

    He would be one of those cool teachers that would infuse novelty and wonder into a classroom.

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries.

  • @thomasgreenia621
    @thomasgreenia621 3 года назад

    When i was a kid, visiting my dad in GA, i got bored on one of the long car rides and starting messing around with numbers in my composition books. Just random things involving adding subtracting, multiplying dividing, etc. But i got this urge to try pattern sums. So i wrote out 0 and 1. That made 1 so i wrote it next to the first one. Then 1+1=2, and wrote the 2 in, 1+2=3, 2+3=5, etc until i have a whole page that led off with 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34...etc. What i didnt know then and wouldnt for a few more years was....the Fibonacci Sequence.
    Point being, we are filled with information that just need the right tug to spark the curiosity to unlock it.

  • @ZER0--
    @ZER0-- 10 лет назад

    I used to draw the Archemedes spiral too. I drew my inwards starting form a large square. Im a bit of an introvert so I wonder if that might be the reason.

  • @ErkaaJ
    @ErkaaJ 8 лет назад +58

    Matte is math in Swedish, who would have thought?

    • @ITR
      @ITR 8 лет назад

      +ErkaaJ In Norwegian too :3

    • @jakebustillos9
      @jakebustillos9 8 лет назад

      In other languages (maybe) too ;)

    • @iburnitdown27
      @iburnitdown27 8 лет назад +1

      german too

    • @oooBASTIooo
      @oooBASTIooo 8 лет назад +1

      +iburnitdown27 No it is not. Matte in German is mat... Math in German would be Mathe (though the pronunciation is the same as Matte).

  • @FWAKWAKKA
    @FWAKWAKKA 7 лет назад +9

    goddamn, youtube comment threads are pathetic.. this is shameful i feel less of a human for being on this website with the rest of you. but whatever, one of you might actually be useful humans so heres a comment from ME! :3 So anyways..
    ive always had a thought in my mind, what if we have all the knowledge there but we just need to 'unlock' it with discovery
    like the math was always there but as i learned it came to me that i wasnt really 'learning' its more that, my brain already knew, and could do it once i figured out the right neural path to take, right muscle movements to write the answer, all that crap. and i found it amazing that he was describing a similar thing, something ive felt since i was a child. so that really stood out to me :O is neat. the problem is, this is hitched by the fact that i have a learning disability and that long division is something ill never pick up, because its fucking stupid. like my teachers... hmmm... very interesting.

    • @davef21370
      @davef21370 7 лет назад +1

      Discovery is the same as learning so to have the knowledge already but need to learn it to use it is a pretty retarded concept.

    • @FWAKWAKKA
      @FWAKWAKKA 7 лет назад +1

      davef21370 i meant we had to unlock it. in my effort to understand something i feel like im unlocking the knowledge, instead of having information revealed to me. i feel like instead of actually discovering something, my brain is simply creating that knowledge as its observed.. i mean i get thats the essence of learning its just to me it feels more like acknowledgement of knowledge rather then discovery of information..

  • @govindam_adi_purusham7724
    @govindam_adi_purusham7724 2 года назад

    This idea is written in the back cover of the book :The complete yoga by Swami Vivekananda! So beautifully described there also and also in the video

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries.

  • @gukonni
    @gukonni 9 лет назад

    REgardless of how arrogant or pompous we humans can be, math is WONDROUS at times when you see its power to make sense of things and compute things previously seemingly maddening. It allows us to reach heights not met before and see more of the cosmos as we go, bringing up more questions even as we answer old ones...

  • @Gary1q2
    @Gary1q2 8 лет назад +547

    he looks like a villain from a movie

    • @WRKLN
      @WRKLN 8 лет назад +21

      +Gary1q2 You look like Fizz on Cocaine

    • @brandonwillis6306
      @brandonwillis6306 8 лет назад +4

      +Erik Werkelin Maybe he jumps 2 or 3 times before he smashes now? lol or his ult is a sharknado xD

    • @rangedat
      @rangedat 8 лет назад +3

      +Brandon Willis fizz can already jump 2 times

    • @moda_max
      @moda_max 8 лет назад +2

      wtf why u here keep making vids xD

    • @josuemuniz9053
      @josuemuniz9053 8 лет назад +5

      Antman?

  • @danielwescott5412
    @danielwescott5412 8 лет назад +11

    Is the cameraman working a pottery wheel?

  • @arlinegeorge6967
    @arlinegeorge6967 3 года назад

    Informative talk. Thank you, bless you.. All your dreams come true.

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries.

  • @user-rs7kl1iy7t
    @user-rs7kl1iy7t 3 месяца назад

    I hung around with John when we were 10 years old, he did draw this diagram when he was 10 I can confirm this!!!

  • @joeols90
    @joeols90 10 лет назад +3

    I love how his surname means mathematics in Swedish! :D

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries

  • @thezanke
    @thezanke 10 лет назад +5

    Is that the loudest computer ever clicking around in the background?

    • @user-rp5ix9vk8d
      @user-rp5ix9vk8d 10 лет назад +1

      Not really I don't hear it.

    • @mangledbadger45
      @mangledbadger45 10 лет назад

      I was thinking the same thing, really loud HDD under the camera.

    • @SevHPhotos
      @SevHPhotos 10 лет назад

      it could also be an auto focus mechansim on the camera.

    • @JeremyBell
      @JeremyBell 10 лет назад

      It's the sound of the cameras mechanics. The camera person is using the on-camera microphone so it picks up all of that

  • @sofyantriana5142
    @sofyantriana5142 7 лет назад

    space frame
    octagonal(like seven day)+square(a row beetwen those shape) space frame = is that combination bring benefit(what can we get?)

  • @EtzkieEF
    @EtzkieEF 10 лет назад +1

    0:43 That is the most f*cked up laugh I have ever heard

  • @ProductionBandit
    @ProductionBandit 10 лет назад +6

    "A former Jeopardy! contestant"
    what the fuck does that have to do with anything?

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery".. Found the mathematical phenomenon

  • @endrankluvsda4loko172
    @endrankluvsda4loko172 7 лет назад +15

    Lots of negative nancys in the comment section on this one :P

  • @EkrimaAljaali
    @EkrimaAljaali 2 года назад

    His sense of humor is incredible

  • @callmemed3158
    @callmemed3158 2 года назад

    I think this might be one of the best ted talks ever

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries.

  • @TheRoyalFox444
    @TheRoyalFox444 8 лет назад +2

    Fun fact: "Matte" is slang for "matematik" in Swedish, this means "mathematics". :)

    • @tim8190
      @tim8190 8 лет назад

      german here its the same but its written mathe here but u think its proniunced the same

    • @TheRoyalFox444
      @TheRoyalFox444 8 лет назад

      tuiocd I wouldn't know, we suppress statistics here. This is how we achieve harmony. Turn to Jesus before it's too late.

    • @tuiocd
      @tuiocd 8 лет назад

      +Erik Hedberg Karlsson Hahaha cool

    • @kimanhto2693
      @kimanhto2693 6 лет назад

      Erik Hedberg Karlsson a

  • @galaxyspirals9595
    @galaxyspirals9595 7 лет назад +6

    I found out by general relativity but then i discovered einstein already did. Poor me.

  • @switzerlandful
    @switzerlandful 4 года назад

    That reminds me of the Umbilic Torus. That weird ring that looks like it has 3 sides but its the same surface.

  • @julianzaltron9774
    @julianzaltron9774 3 года назад

    Beautiful speech at the end.

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries

  • @thelonecabbage7834
    @thelonecabbage7834 9 лет назад +3

    6:55 *pause* , *grabs graphing calculator*

  • @Sprdthewordmedia
    @Sprdthewordmedia 10 лет назад +3

    Really liked this.

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад +1

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries

  • @mitchelldyer5415
    @mitchelldyer5415 Год назад

    This is a great parallel for leadership and training people

  • @Satschita
    @Satschita 10 лет назад

    Wish I had a math teacher like you! Might have changed allot...

  • @garynorthtruro
    @garynorthtruro 10 лет назад +12

    Turn off camera mic.

  • @MaximeJoanis
    @MaximeJoanis 10 лет назад +15

    Actually, this man sounds more like a hard disk drive to me....

  • @arthurmurfitt7698
    @arthurmurfitt7698 2 года назад

    I wish I had this guy for a teacher when I was a kid ...

  • @edwardsapu2032
    @edwardsapu2032 6 лет назад

    After watching the drawing demo. I really enjoyed it.

    • @artificialintelligenceplus1321
      @artificialintelligenceplus1321 2 года назад

      A very interesting channel is "Artificial Intelligence Plus Lottery". Found the mathematical phenomenon in lotteries