What Is A Paradox?

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  • Опубликовано: 15 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 15 тыс.

  • @Top10Archive
    @Top10Archive 6 лет назад +18973

    Shouldn't 3 choices be a trilemma?

    • @randystevenson3864
      @randystevenson3864 6 лет назад +707

      the more you know

    • @ArrowNought
      @ArrowNought 6 лет назад +549

      Dotriacontalemma

    • @dansadatian2944
      @dansadatian2944 6 лет назад +447

      You completely missed the lecture.

    • @sciencepower608
      @sciencepower608 6 лет назад +479

      After 2 it should be called a polyemma.

    • @mirozen_
      @mirozen_ 6 лет назад +220

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

  • @cyders
    @cyders 4 года назад +3964

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

    • @cyders
      @cyders 4 года назад +20

      A and M shhhhhh 🤫

    • @segmentsAndCurves
      @segmentsAndCurves 4 года назад +168

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

    • @cyders
      @cyders 4 года назад +23

      Tien Trien Nguyen big confusion

    • @angelobalcueba7081
      @angelobalcueba7081 4 года назад +15

      You deserve a Breakthrough Prize.

    • @WhyAnkurGautam
      @WhyAnkurGautam 4 года назад +21

      He's too smart to left alive.

  • @zikkeboi
    @zikkeboi 3 года назад +2583

    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 3 года назад +56

      Oh yeah

    • @Stinkycheese-sy4kt
      @Stinkycheese-sy4kt 3 года назад +144

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

    • @oliverdiamond6594
      @oliverdiamond6594 3 года назад +16

      wow

    • @rogerramjet6615
      @rogerramjet6615 3 года назад +88

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

    • @dahilljam
      @dahilljam 3 года назад +44

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

  • @_nines8270
    @_nines8270 3 года назад +4222

    2 doctors together is a Pair-o'-Docs

  • @KenBingsley
    @KenBingsley 3 года назад +1736

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

    • @legen4372
      @legen4372 3 года назад +11

      I literally just thought of that BEFORE watching this video.

    • @legen4372
      @legen4372 3 года назад +15

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

    • @annystark4003
      @annystark4003 3 года назад

      O-O

    • @oneleaf11
      @oneleaf11 3 года назад +4

      I advise you to not take my advice

    • @challengemasters775
      @challengemasters775 3 года назад

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

  • @MrProStefan
    @MrProStefan 5 лет назад +3396

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

    • @comicyoshidude3181
      @comicyoshidude3181 5 лет назад +346

      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 лет назад +181

      Ensues a machine every girl would love to own.

    • @tigeryu1795
      @tigeryu1795 5 лет назад +171

      he destroys the universe

    • @quazzyrael4392
      @quazzyrael4392 5 лет назад +61

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

    • @youtubeuniversity3638
      @youtubeuniversity3638 5 лет назад +40

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

  • @lee6283
    @lee6283 6 лет назад +693

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

  • @Anthony.is.the.coolest
    @Anthony.is.the.coolest 3 года назад +394

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

    • @charliepereyda362
      @charliepereyda362 3 года назад

      @@kaushikisaxena2026 he has changnesia

    • @charliepereyda362
      @charliepereyda362 3 года назад

      @@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 3 года назад

      "Yes you are you're Kevin"

    • @madzgville
      @madzgville 3 года назад

      @@reywashere5284 okay

    • @nospagetti3766
      @nospagetti3766 Год назад

      💬☠

  • @paul2019.
    @paul2019. 5 лет назад +1894

    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 5 лет назад +87

      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 5 лет назад +18

      K

    • @netsquire
      @netsquire 4 года назад +40

      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 года назад +10

      @@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 года назад +5

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

  • @hatruong9009
    @hatruong9009 6 лет назад +3666

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

    • @johnconway8070
      @johnconway8070 6 лет назад +30

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

    • @alpaqito467
      @alpaqito467 6 лет назад +6

      Same

    • @obliviousotterI
      @obliviousotterI 6 лет назад +29

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

    • @neonpug6471
      @neonpug6471 6 лет назад +6

      11:53 here

    • @eshan309
      @eshan309 6 лет назад +3

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

  • @nebbypews5066
    @nebbypews5066 5 лет назад +1454

    If you notice 1961 upside down is 1961

  • @rjpittman4510
    @rjpittman4510 3 года назад +40

    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

  • @drewsmith4452
    @drewsmith4452 5 лет назад +3190

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

    • @samerktheya
      @samerktheya 5 лет назад +54

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

    • @3SeveredHeads
      @3SeveredHeads 5 лет назад +57

      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 5 лет назад +13

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

    • @Novasky2007
      @Novasky2007 5 лет назад +20

      Modern translation - Mind F%?K

    • @DayZ_MobyD
      @DayZ_MobyD 5 лет назад +5

      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.

  • @kaden4397
    @kaden4397 5 лет назад +365

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

    • @FliegerFlier
      @FliegerFlier 5 лет назад +9

      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 5 лет назад +3

      we use these for school lol

    • @cranberrychili2260
      @cranberrychili2260 4 года назад +2

      Mood

  • @LithiumThiefMusic
    @LithiumThiefMusic 6 лет назад +218

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

    • @TheFoolishSamurai
      @TheFoolishSamurai 6 лет назад

      Yep. We've all heard that at Disneyland.

    • @kubabrydak7307
      @kubabrydak7307 6 лет назад +22

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

    • @gertl
      @gertl 6 лет назад

      hah

    • @joshuanorman2
      @joshuanorman2 6 лет назад +2

      Please stop I've called the police

    • @nathanberrigan9839
      @nathanberrigan9839 6 лет назад +1

      Alternatively, two medical professionals.

  • @indisou3919
    @indisou3919 4 года назад +466

    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

    • @ChinmaySabharwal123
      @ChinmaySabharwal123 3 года назад +37

      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 года назад +19

      Yeah now prove it mathematicly

    • @ryapowa
      @ryapowa 2 года назад +40

      @@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 года назад +21

      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 года назад +6

      @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

  • @jerssonveliz4234
    @jerssonveliz4234 5 лет назад +424

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

    • @llll-lo6jj
      @llll-lo6jj 5 лет назад +18

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

    • @nathanevans.se1668
      @nathanevans.se1668 5 лет назад +26

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

    • @supC_
      @supC_ 5 лет назад +2

      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 лет назад +6

      @@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 лет назад +6

      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.

  • @BlueLily342
    @BlueLily342 5 лет назад +406

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

    • @GratefulforFreePress
      @GratefulforFreePress 5 лет назад +18

      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 лет назад +32

      @@GratefulforFreePress wat.

    • @lunchboxsupreme4758
      @lunchboxsupreme4758 5 лет назад +1

      @@person8064 exactly what i thought

    • @tracks6984
      @tracks6984 5 лет назад +4

      Or your lying on regular day

    • @chillbrobraggins383
      @chillbrobraggins383 5 лет назад +1

      Isn't that phrase more of an oxymoron

  • @teenconservative3433
    @teenconservative3433 6 лет назад +689

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

    • @TripedalTroductions
      @TripedalTroductions 6 лет назад +2

      :)

    • @nathanbailey7003
      @nathanbailey7003 6 лет назад +12

      Dude same, it actually hurts

    • @TheV-Man
      @TheV-Man 6 лет назад +8

      More like a double treat of amazing maths.

    • @54Immortal
      @54Immortal 6 лет назад

      Geometric Series: Sum to infinity

    • @Galafador
      @Galafador 6 лет назад +5

      at least this one is way more fun to listen to

  • @babaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
    @babaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 4 года назад +303

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

  • @schmoyoho
    @schmoyoho 6 лет назад +2186

    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 лет назад +2

      I was pretty amazed

    • @jatinsuri1746
      @jatinsuri1746 6 лет назад +2

      schmoyoho oof same 😂

    • @ezeepezee679
      @ezeepezee679 6 лет назад +2

      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 лет назад +3

      Same

    • @gabe5499
      @gabe5499 6 лет назад +1

      Accent on the ‘yo’

  • @PadBoPlays
    @PadBoPlays 6 лет назад +299

    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 лет назад +1

      Thinking the same. Thanks, Kevin!

    • @Handstr
      @Handstr 6 лет назад +1

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

    • @Greennoob2
      @Greennoob2 6 лет назад

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

    • @deus_ex_machina_
      @deus_ex_machina_ 6 лет назад

      I teared up a little.

    • @jamesraddon6013
      @jamesraddon6013 6 лет назад +2

      Riker? Is it really you?

  • @nestus
    @nestus 6 лет назад +1762

    Grand prize is the Globglaglabglab, right?

    • @Hyblup
      @Hyblup 6 лет назад +41

      Of course

    • @vbgvbg1133
      @vbgvbg1133 6 лет назад +10

      Sixfork Yes

    • @nestus
      @nestus 6 лет назад +2

      Sixfork Weeeeeeeelll, yes....

    • @nestus
      @nestus 6 лет назад +4

      *Sixforks

    • @Noobfortress
      @Noobfortress 6 лет назад +29

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

  • @strangestpear
    @strangestpear 4 года назад +28

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

  • @moldyhammer2499
    @moldyhammer2499 5 лет назад +702

    “VSAUCE! kevin here.” caught me off guard

    • @sammartinez4563
      @sammartinez4563 5 лет назад +12

      Moldy Hammer
      Same

    • @macmuggo5459
      @macmuggo5459 4 года назад +9

      Mr. Meme Bucket thanks

    • @PatIreland
      @PatIreland 4 года назад +2

      Did you just step off the boat?

    • @Peter-xm3ol
      @Peter-xm3ol 4 года назад +2

      Have you never seen a vsauce video before?

    • @frankiev116
      @frankiev116 4 года назад +1

      Someone’s new to Vsauce...

  • @cheetahfeels7764
    @cheetahfeels7764 6 лет назад +1058

    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 6 лет назад +50

      DAMN. Hunter when you search up a paradox on Google

    • @Higashikata
      @Higashikata 6 лет назад +36

      It would grow, then shrink

    • @JayyyMarz
      @JayyyMarz 6 лет назад +39

      This literally just made my head hurt

    • @golazygamer8093
      @golazygamer8093 6 лет назад +7

      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 6 лет назад +3

      i fink it would grow then shrink forever

  • @Ltulrich
    @Ltulrich 6 лет назад +1482

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

    • @temerahillner4959
      @temerahillner4959 6 лет назад +146

      How does one get disqualified though?

    • @LokiScarletWasHere
      @LokiScarletWasHere 6 лет назад +55

      Ask DJ Khaled.

    • @JuiceIVStat
      @JuiceIVStat 6 лет назад +36

      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 6 лет назад +3

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

    • @sr212787
      @sr212787 6 лет назад +20

      Depends if you won or not

  • @wheathinzz
    @wheathinzz 3 года назад +87

    It’s 2am and paradoxes scare me now

    • @oneleaf11
      @oneleaf11 3 года назад +2

      oh cool
      (why do I always say that)

  • @thetypa6711
    @thetypa6711 6 лет назад +338

    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 !

  • @Ethan-gl5yd
    @Ethan-gl5yd 6 лет назад +116

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

  • @ciaramurdock6764
    @ciaramurdock6764 5 лет назад +470

    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 лет назад +30

      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 лет назад +6

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

    • @CitrineFaerie
      @CitrineFaerie 5 лет назад +6

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

    • @kingofgaming3434
      @kingofgaming3434 5 лет назад +9

      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 лет назад +4

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

  • @somerandomguy-0_0-
    @somerandomguy-0_0- 3 года назад +11

    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...

  • @PetkoDitchev
    @PetkoDitchev 6 лет назад +321

    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!

  • @FranciscoHernandez-wp9mu
    @FranciscoHernandez-wp9mu 5 лет назад +415

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

    • @gstarr4318
      @gstarr4318 5 лет назад +2

      Funny

    • @adir6094
      @adir6094 5 лет назад +18

      @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 5 лет назад +1

      1/3 +1/3 + 1/3= 1
      Or does it?🤔

    • @Morgan-oq7uj
      @Morgan-oq7uj 5 лет назад

      @@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 5 лет назад +14

      @@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...

  • @Shezmen88
    @Shezmen88 6 лет назад +2411

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

    • @glassbowl2147
      @glassbowl2147 6 лет назад +2

      What’s the actual song called

    • @FPSUNO
      @FPSUNO 6 лет назад +13

      Know

    • @ADespairBoi
      @ADespairBoi 6 лет назад

      Matthew Shezmen I'm french

    • @__nog642
      @__nog642 6 лет назад

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

    • @GUNMOFO5
      @GUNMOFO5 6 лет назад +4

      Matthew Shezmen I love your animations dude!

  • @Penguin_of_Death
    @Penguin_of_Death 4 года назад +4

    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 11 месяцев назад

      They're more like amusing contradictions than paradoxes

  • @kyunggies8400
    @kyunggies8400 6 лет назад +85

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

  • @OptimusPrime-vy8vy
    @OptimusPrime-vy8vy 6 лет назад +195

    It's true if the person's name is lying 9:38

  • @jessehol2721
    @jessehol2721 6 лет назад +205

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

    • @dijkkla9948
      @dijkkla9948 6 лет назад +3

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

  • @briandavidgregory
    @briandavidgregory 3 года назад +2

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

  • @dudus6566
    @dudus6566 6 лет назад +1115

    >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 лет назад +30

      «Claps slowly»

    • @oye6124
      @oye6124 6 лет назад +41

      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 лет назад +20

      greentext on yt?

    • @dudus6566
      @dudus6566 6 лет назад +10

      why not

    • @dudus6566
      @dudus6566 6 лет назад +7

      wait guys i'll go eat a sandwich

  • @borger6498
    @borger6498 6 лет назад +495

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

    • @noeruchangd
      @noeruchangd 6 лет назад +20

      Once you see it
      You cant unsee it

    • @forconsama1453
      @forconsama1453 6 лет назад +3

      @@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 6 лет назад +4

      His shirt is red and grey....

    • @cipher_k
      @cipher_k 5 лет назад +1

      @@@0o0ox Oh snap

    • @Negasuki
      @Negasuki 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @fivenightsofben6096
    @fivenightsofben6096 6 лет назад +207

    "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 6 лет назад +4

      you could just be lying tho so it isnt a paradox

    • @emmahstone3106
      @emmahstone3106 6 лет назад +9

      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 6 лет назад +6

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

    • @Watuwatulz
      @Watuwatulz 6 лет назад +3

      I get it

    • @jeffreymontgomery7516
      @jeffreymontgomery7516 6 лет назад +5

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

  • @northerniltree
    @northerniltree 3 года назад +47

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

  • @hamnchee
    @hamnchee 6 лет назад +408

    What is a paradox?
    Two doctors.

    • @siborgjed8737
      @siborgjed8737 6 лет назад +3

      Ha I get it

    • @Real_David_Joseph
      @Real_David_Joseph 6 лет назад +6

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

    • @dh00mketu
      @dh00mketu 6 лет назад +5

      thats paradocs!!

    • @pepelota74
      @pepelota74 6 лет назад +2

      Pair o docs

    • @djs08
      @djs08 6 лет назад

      Haha

  • @liamchatterton1
    @liamchatterton1 5 лет назад +241

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

    • @HeiCaptainWork
      @HeiCaptainWork 5 лет назад

      Yup

    • @jazzy3120_
      @jazzy3120_ 5 лет назад

      Literally

    • @supC_
      @supC_ 5 лет назад

      Too real

    • @0mathgaming
      @0mathgaming 5 лет назад +2

      That's called a Catch 22.

    • @yareyare_dechi
      @yareyare_dechi 5 лет назад +2

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

  • @lawrencecalablaster568
    @lawrencecalablaster568 6 лет назад +241

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

    • @carltonsorrells7609
      @carltonsorrells7609 6 лет назад

      Lawrence Calablaster how

    • @PolyChromium
      @PolyChromium 6 лет назад

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

    • @thatoneguy9582
      @thatoneguy9582 6 лет назад +1

      Lawrence Calablaster
      shwabbledabbledibbledabbleschwibbleshwabglab

    • @LongDistanceLobotomy
      @LongDistanceLobotomy 6 лет назад

      *This basement is a true treasure trove*

  • @kelty6843
    @kelty6843 Год назад +3

    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

  • @threynolds2
    @threynolds2 5 лет назад +22

    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.

  • @chibi013
    @chibi013 6 лет назад +199

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

  • @cosmonaut7019
    @cosmonaut7019 6 лет назад +404

    i love this too much thank you for this intellectual glob

    • @vol10O000
      @vol10O000 6 лет назад +2

      Ayyy first comment

    • @vol10O000
      @vol10O000 6 лет назад +2

      Ayyyy 2 likes

    • @cosmonaut7019
      @cosmonaut7019 6 лет назад +2

      joshua moe you’re funny

    • @vol10O000
      @vol10O000 6 лет назад +3

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

    • @cosmonaut7019
      @cosmonaut7019 6 лет назад +1

      joshua moe lol no sorry buddy

  • @like31000
    @like31000 3 года назад +144

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

    • @whatinception
      @whatinception 3 года назад +12

      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 года назад +9

      @@whatinception im gonna say that is a quantum statement

    • @odeldodelhorst7549
      @odeldodelhorst7549 3 года назад +2

      Schrödingers Lyer.

    • @NoOne-we5jh
      @NoOne-we5jh 3 года назад +1

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

    • @like31000
      @like31000 3 года назад

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

  • @bentully9682
    @bentully9682 6 лет назад +1132

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

    • @BSKX17
      @BSKX17 6 лет назад +391

      nose.exe crashes ofc

    • @bentully9682
      @bentully9682 6 лет назад +21

      True

    • @VidimusWolf
      @VidimusWolf 6 лет назад +324

      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 6 лет назад +37

      Alex leonardi your cool

    • @agatheriopel8843
      @agatheriopel8843 6 лет назад +33

      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.

  • @Smokkedandslammed
    @Smokkedandslammed 6 лет назад +73

    That shirt and lighting is lit, I like how the reds are redder and the blues are bluer

  • @michaelpolloway6760
    @michaelpolloway6760 5 лет назад +361

    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 года назад +10

      One could antimony. Seafood anyone?

    • @AntennaPen
      @AntennaPen 4 года назад +2

      @@djyahtzee7260 i get the joke

    • @huh968
      @huh968 4 года назад +9

      that doesn't even make sense

    • @samuraijosh1595
      @samuraijosh1595 4 года назад

      @@AntennaPen ELI5....

    • @KingJuulien261
      @KingJuulien261 2 года назад

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

  • @ReallyNotSomeone
    @ReallyNotSomeone Год назад +6

    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 10 месяцев назад +1

      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.

  • @buzzthebuzzard5267
    @buzzthebuzzard5267 6 лет назад +16

    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 лет назад +1

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

    • @i___________i8472
      @i___________i8472 6 лет назад

      Buzz The Buzzard Dam u is stupide bruh

    • @buzzthebuzzard5267
      @buzzthebuzzard5267 6 лет назад

      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.

  • @blebsistired93
    @blebsistired93 5 лет назад +206

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

    • @greippi4563
      @greippi4563 4 года назад +14

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

    • @peterulfstedt6448
      @peterulfstedt6448 4 года назад +1

      @@greippi4563 its ukranian alphabet I recon

    • @expecttheunexpected8070
      @expecttheunexpected8070 3 года назад +3

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

    • @dinosharttt
      @dinosharttt 3 года назад +1

      @@greippi4563 no where near Russian it’s вгжнявп

    • @shappp1
      @shappp1 3 года назад +5

      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

  • @godjoey1
    @godjoey1 6 лет назад +278

    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 лет назад

      LOL

    • @capnchrome
      @capnchrome 6 лет назад

      Coldfira just

    • @JaredNagle
      @JaredNagle 6 лет назад +4

      Now check your christmas lights, are they flickering strangely?

    • @paulsyers1140
      @paulsyers1140 6 лет назад +1

      Jared Nagle I see the reference you made there

    • @martineret1677
      @martineret1677 6 лет назад

      Does anyone know what the song there is called?

  • @lucymclelland9682
    @lucymclelland9682 3 года назад +8

    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

  • @Genospark_
    @Genospark_ 6 лет назад +904

    The below statement is false
    The above statement is true

    • @Genospark_
      @Genospark_ 6 лет назад +10

      R K this is a paradox ...

    • @fgvcosmic6752
      @fgvcosmic6752 6 лет назад +38

      The answer is both statements are incorrect

    • @Nellak2011
      @Nellak2011 6 лет назад +13

      So both statements are False.

    • @derekmcdaniel6029
      @derekmcdaniel6029 6 лет назад +23

      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 6 лет назад +11

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

  • @Mezoric_PC
    @Mezoric_PC 6 лет назад +261

    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 лет назад +9

      thats antinomy till you know the answer

    • @felislix
      @felislix 6 лет назад +13

      and that creates a paradox 😂

    • @Mezoric_PC
      @Mezoric_PC 6 лет назад

      PianoApocalypse XD

    • @Mezoric_PC
      @Mezoric_PC 6 лет назад

      hailey 😂😂

    • @carterdamn3112
      @carterdamn3112 6 лет назад +1

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

  • @wuzimoo6398
    @wuzimoo6398 6 лет назад +360

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

    • @KawaiiUnicornRainbow
      @KawaiiUnicornRainbow 6 лет назад +36

      Wuzi Moo no because different levels of unfairness?

    • @ironichoodies
      @ironichoodies 6 лет назад +8

      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 6 лет назад +22

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

    • @mkaali
      @mkaali 6 лет назад +2

      Some people are more fair than others.

    • @houseofmatrix6174
      @houseofmatrix6174 6 лет назад +2

      Wuzi Moo i like this paradox

  • @cookiecakeeater6340
    @cookiecakeeater6340 4 года назад +6

    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

  • @khashayararyanmehr1824
    @khashayararyanmehr1824 6 лет назад +85

    if 2 mind readers reach each other , whos mind are they reading ?

    • @klaus7443
      @klaus7443 6 лет назад

      Lol...very good.

    • @farisabed1243
      @farisabed1243 6 лет назад

      no one

    • @kevincarldelacruz4642
      @kevincarldelacruz4642 6 лет назад +1

      Uhh i think there reading each other thinking the same thing and that is "whats in your mind" thats the answer

    • @ProfessorD10
      @ProfessorD10 6 лет назад

      The answer is mean that is 1.5th person.

    • @Pluvillion
      @Pluvillion 6 лет назад +1

      A mixture of both the other and the other.

  • @ravenlord4
    @ravenlord4 6 лет назад +259

    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 лет назад +17

      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 лет назад +6

      thanx raven lord..now i get it.

    • @godlywinggspdrs
      @godlywinggspdrs 6 лет назад +7

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

    • @cfpe
      @cfpe 6 лет назад +3

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

    • @123SuperBeast
      @123SuperBeast 6 лет назад +1

      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"

  • @AIZENSKYE
    @AIZENSKYE 6 лет назад +21

    The third time he pulled the tape tho......
    But seriously though, the music ends, which makes it serious, and funnier.

  • @raenfox
    @raenfox Год назад +3

    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.

  • @DevonParsons697
    @DevonParsons697 6 лет назад +15

    My favorite way of explaining the Monty Hall paradox is this: Imagine there are millions and millions of doors, and you choose one. Monty opens door after door, but you are steadfast and never opt to switch, instead holding on to your initial choice. Eventually there are two doors - one that you picked, and one that Monty picked (he chose this one to be opened last by choosing every other door before it).
    Now, what do you think is more likely - you picked correctly the first time, with the millions of options presented to you? Or Monty picked correctly, given that *he already knows where the prize is*? Obviously Monty just opened every door except for where he knew the prize was. You are overwhelmingly more likely to win if you switch.
    Well, the same is true with 3 doors, but the numbers are smaller.

    • @someone2973
      @someone2973 6 лет назад

      This explanation really helped me to understand the monty hall problem. Thank You!

    • @Therealalbot
      @Therealalbot 6 лет назад +3

      If the guy who had to open Millions of doors. Left the prize door last intentionally can you trust him? If he knows you have the option to switch. And you think switching improves your odds.. maybe Id stick to my door. For me to switch is exactly what he wants so he can get the prize.... although.. the chances I picked the prize door the first time are litterally 1 in a million.

  • @anassattik2987
    @anassattik2987 6 лет назад +320

    Our teacher said to not write on the table pls

    • @hahaha2877
      @hahaha2877 6 лет назад +1

      Anass Attik 😂😂😂

    • @anassattik2987
      @anassattik2987 6 лет назад +1

      Muthuselvam Selvam ✌😅

    • @jairaircel-reverseandmore7138
      @jairaircel-reverseandmore7138 6 лет назад

      Anass Attik it's a white board on the table u baby

    • @phantomhd3367
      @phantomhd3367 6 лет назад

      Lol teachers pet gives no F's

    • @Beezup48
      @Beezup48 6 лет назад +1

      JairaIrcel - Reverse Films Can you please just stop using internet? Thanks

  • @Kapin05
    @Kapin05 6 лет назад +116

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

  • @getpriyanka
    @getpriyanka 3 года назад +37

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

  • @marcelloascani
    @marcelloascani 6 лет назад +406

    Still thinking about the veridical example

    • @rarikaz
      @rarikaz 6 лет назад +3

      anch’io

    • @briancooley8777
      @briancooley8777 6 лет назад +3

      IKR! Will this help me win the lottery???

    • @lrmcatspaw1
      @lrmcatspaw1 6 лет назад +26

      There is a problem with that solution:
      there are two assumptions:
      1. you are counting the probability of the original choice (there where 3 envelopes, so now you choose 1 out of 3 but with one being not in your interest to be chosen).
      2. you are counting the probability as if the discarted choice never existed.
      Depending on your assumption, you get 50/50 or 66.6/33.3.
      In mathematics you cannot just remove one of the options, in real life you can. The theory behind that idea is that since in one of the two options you get 50/50 and in the other you get 66.6/33.3, you want to go with the one that has a higher chance, meaning the 66.6 (assuming that you still have 3 envelopes).
      Here is where this breaks down:
      You cannot assume the 66.6/33.3 probability because the real life situation is that you still have to choose 1 of two options.
      If you were to assume that the opened envelope is still part of the probability, you should still be able to choose it (there is no rule against it, it simply doe not make sense to do so because you dont want that).
      Because probability does NOT account for what you want or dont want and it assumes that all 3 envelopes are still "of the same value", you get the wrong impression that switching is the winning strategy.
      If you want to see it with numbers, the way you WOULD look at it is in a different way (by leaving the 3rd envelope open for choosing but by assigning the VALUE of that envelope to you):
      Before the host opens the envelope you don want here is the situation:
      Door 1. Value 33.3
      Door 2. Value 33.3
      Door 3. Value 33.3
      After he opens it:
      Door 1. Value 50.
      Door 2. Value 50.
      Door 3. Value 0.
      You still get tho chose door 3 if you want, but since for you the value of that door is now 0, its like it does not exist.
      Thats how I see it :D.
      EDIT: also, please understand that probability only works when there is a high enough sample. With 1 sample (one person being in the show once), probability is NOT an accurate form of guiding your decisions.

    • @kylemilford8758
      @kylemilford8758 6 лет назад +4

      dosduros you're right the sample data is small. But the only problem with your solution is discarding the 3rd letter does not change the card in your hand. It does however change our unknown door number 2.. basically its now door 1 (your card) 33% unchanged (you always had a 1 in 3 to pick that card). Doors remaining is a 50/50% door 3 is trash and is now only 16% half its value is gone 50% of 33.. the value of switching is you get the data from every other door available. You're choosing them all! Even the trash. So you add that 16.5% from opened trash card, add it to the 50% chance of door number 2 and you're left with 1) 33% 2) 66% 3)0%

    • @lrmcatspaw1
      @lrmcatspaw1 6 лет назад +1

      Kyle, I think there is some punctuation mark missing somewhere because your comment is hard to read.
      Dont understand where you get the Door 3 16% value. If you say doors remaining is a 50/50, there cannot be an additional 16 somewhere.

  • @mahkigervais1389
    @mahkigervais1389 5 лет назад +336

    The globgobgabgalab must be the grand prize

  • @pumatech49x9
    @pumatech49x9 6 лет назад +22

    I love how he's wearing a red and blue shirt and also Is using red and blue lighting on his body dividing the pallets perfectly

  • @dalton3870
    @dalton3870 4 года назад +28

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

  • @tokutickler
    @tokutickler 6 лет назад +1402

    The bottom sentence is true.
    The top sentence is false.

    • @undyne3366
      @undyne3366 6 лет назад +78

      TokuTickler that's a good one

    • @jeanalves1579
      @jeanalves1579 6 лет назад +101

      The bottom sentence is true
      The top sentence is true
      No, wait. Nevermind xD

    • @mohdtaupik518
      @mohdtaupik518 6 лет назад +41

      Stop playing with my mind... urgh

    • @tokutickler
      @tokutickler 6 лет назад +12

      mohd taupik Your mind is mine now XD

    • @Jzombi301
      @Jzombi301 6 лет назад +5

      True

  • @zikiardani7277
    @zikiardani7277 6 лет назад +1688

    *simply delcious*

  • @katarinakatavic8929
    @katarinakatavic8929 6 лет назад +274

    Wow i still don’t get it

    • @dsl322
      @dsl322 6 лет назад +7

      I get it and i'm eleven years old

    • @dsl322
      @dsl322 6 лет назад +2

      I'm also from another country

    • @kilyanomusik
      @kilyanomusik 6 лет назад +42

      @@dsl322 congrats bro

    • @katarinakatavic8929
      @katarinakatavic8929 6 лет назад +40

      Luka Karadjov okay harvard should so send you a scholarship

    • @dsl322
      @dsl322 6 лет назад +4

      The problem is i don't know why i know it

  • @egon3705
    @egon3705 2 года назад +1

    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

  • @otakudweeb1840
    @otakudweeb1840 6 лет назад +531

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

    • @Lisa-bs4bq
      @Lisa-bs4bq 6 лет назад +48

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

    • @eshan309
      @eshan309 6 лет назад +30

      29yr old but cant say.
      no friends

    • @davie9944
      @davie9944 6 лет назад +3

      Tawana Chikwanda lol I'm 13

    • @justinpark8866
      @justinpark8866 6 лет назад +3

      I'm 13 and I was just thinking that

    • @surprisedpikachu3782
      @surprisedpikachu3782 6 лет назад +3

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

  • @debolinabiswas4465
    @debolinabiswas4465 5 лет назад +544

    I didn't get anything ,even though it's interesting

    • @threynolds2
      @threynolds2 5 лет назад +12

      Watch it again, or three times.

    • @coltondalby8678
      @coltondalby8678 5 лет назад +6

      debolina biswas that’s how I feel every time I watch a vsauce vid

    • @Fjay10
      @Fjay10 5 лет назад +1

      Its 3:27 am and got everything. Try watching it before bed haha

    • @maticaburton1030
      @maticaburton1030 5 лет назад

      Same😢

    • @StefanVeenstra
      @StefanVeenstra 5 лет назад +1

      Falsidical paradox = Paradox by fallacy.
      Veridical paradox = Paradox by deduction.
      Antinomy paradox = Paradox by Schrodingers Cat.

  • @izayatanksley9854
    @izayatanksley9854 6 лет назад +423

    What about if I said "Simon says don't listen to Simon"?

    • @energicko
      @energicko 6 лет назад +36

      It's alternate timeline/universe Simon. He's warning about the "current" Simon: who's unaware of the one telling you not to do as he says.

    • @yourhandlehere1
      @yourhandlehere1 6 лет назад +18

      Game over. You can't get Simon back after that.

    • @smugsenko
      @smugsenko 6 лет назад +7

      Then Simon didn't say Simon

    • @yourhandlehere1
      @yourhandlehere1 6 лет назад +14

      How do ten year olds rioting cause an orchestra?

    • @Terminatror43
      @Terminatror43 6 лет назад +2

      Then I would say that I would never say that!

  • @arthouston7361
    @arthouston7361 Год назад +4

    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 11 месяцев назад

      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.

  • @wicuz321
    @wicuz321 6 лет назад +320

    ohhh
    i dont get it

    • @tiptopmartinez
      @tiptopmartinez 6 лет назад +5

      Me either.....he made no sense at all

    • @cantthinkofnameyeah7249
      @cantthinkofnameyeah7249 6 лет назад

      The game must go on, will the host reveal the winning prize of course not they will remove one of the incorrect answers which will mathematically make your first choice less likely then switching you started with a 1/3 chance the host gives you the ability of a 50/50 chance if you switch.

    • @qas2644
      @qas2644 6 лет назад +6

      Paradox(I've read it somewhere):You go back in time and kill your mother.But if you kill your mother,you will never be born thus you can't kill your mother.

    • @greyjay9492
      @greyjay9492 6 лет назад +1

      Anthony Martinez he did make sense,you just didn’t make understand it

    • @misskobeyoshi2500
      @misskobeyoshi2500 6 лет назад +5

      dNS-FX understands by not getting it.
      "ohhh" means he understood it when he was smaller
      and then the "I don't get it" was when he typed this comment.
      Meaning that dNS-FX had the answer and now he is unable to remember.
      I BLAME THE MATRIX!

  • @pand3sal
    @pand3sal 5 лет назад +728

    2:22 Basically Pewdiepie v.s. T-series
    (Irrelevant comment after declaration of peace)

    • @AA-sn9lz
      @AA-sn9lz 5 лет назад +14

      You deserve more reckognition buddy

    • @moogsoe1132
      @moogsoe1132 5 лет назад +7

      Wow lol

    • @zordockssj
      @zordockssj 5 лет назад +6

      Oh got it

    • @ILiekFishes
      @ILiekFishes 5 лет назад +11

      damnit calculus, we almost had them

    • @toatrika2443
      @toatrika2443 5 лет назад +5

      Im sorry to ruin the joke but this doesnt work with whole numbers. There is no one tenth of a sub.

  • @EricHamm
    @EricHamm 6 лет назад +28

    Trilemma? Edit: Yo dawg, dank lighting.

  • @arfielding4495
    @arfielding4495 4 года назад +1

    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!

  • @DATsright1122
    @DATsright1122 6 лет назад +68

    I discovered a NEW PARADOX!!!! I discovered it when I watched this video knowing what a paradox was and by the end I had no clue what a goddamn paradox is. I think I'll name it "Overloadial".

    • @Solaar_Punk
      @Solaar_Punk 6 лет назад +1

      You smell like farts

    • @firstnamelastname6016
      @firstnamelastname6016 6 лет назад +1

      Is it the part that your brain is overloaded after what should have explained it, or is the paradox what you said in which you discovered a paradox yet you have no idea that you discovered it, but you still identified it which means you know what it is, but how can it be a paradox for not knowing if you do know it. I don't know if I'm making any sense, sorry

    • @callmeclutch3447
      @callmeclutch3447 6 лет назад +2

      Idk why but i read this comment in Rock Lee’s voice😂

    • @misskobeyoshi2500
      @misskobeyoshi2500 6 лет назад

      Your mom took a dump and now that area is a landfill
      Was that a Yo mama joke or did that happen?

    • @soup7917
      @soup7917 6 лет назад

      @@DATsright1122 big whoosh

  • @oxybe
    @oxybe 5 лет назад +154

    the monte haul is easier to imagine if you put waaaaaay more doors. like 10000.
    if the prize is behind one door and the 9999 others have zonks, after choosing your one door the host opens 9998 other doors, all zonks, leaving you with only 2 closed doors containing one zonk and your grand prize.
    at this point you can choose between switching or keeping. the chances uou made the right choice before was 1/10000, which is very unlikely. it's much more likely that the winning door is one of the 9999 you didn't choose. now that the host has narrowed down your choices to "the 1/10000 longshot" and "last of the 9999/10000 unchosen doors that likely held the prize" which do you choose?
    it's a trick, they both contain the Globgogabalab as he is both a prize and a curse.

    • @MrColdSpark
      @MrColdSpark 5 лет назад +10

      Thanks this example really does help.

    • @shorx9199
      @shorx9199 5 лет назад +1

      you just had to include "zonks" and globababa or whatever. what is that? overcomplicating things

    • @T33K3SS3LCH3N
      @T33K3SS3LCH3N 5 лет назад +14

      @@shorx9199 The Monty Hall Problem is named after the host of "Let's make a deal", the gameshow that made this game popular. Zonk was their name for blanks, so it's often used in Monty Hall scenarios. The globababa stuff from Vsauce is the weird part.

    • @idontknow898
      @idontknow898 5 лет назад +3

      Thanks this finally makes sense now

    • @Zebrahud
      @Zebrahud 5 лет назад +4

      This is actually the best explanation I've gotten. Cheers

  • @hardcoreheinrich7049
    @hardcoreheinrich7049 6 лет назад +462

    Gets a like just for the Globglogabgalab x)

  • @Francisco1234Cruz
    @Francisco1234Cruz 3 года назад +1

    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*"

  • @ultimaxkom8728
    @ultimaxkom8728 6 лет назад +41

    The One most famous paradox: *Who Is HowToBasic?*

    • @frama1122
      @frama1122 6 лет назад

      I AM HOWTOBASIC!!

    • @matko8038
      @matko8038 6 лет назад +1

      Lol

    • @MetroplexBias
      @MetroplexBias 6 лет назад

      I AM HOW TO BASIC

    • @OriginalPiMan
      @OriginalPiMan 6 лет назад

      He's a guy from Perth, Australia, and I'm pretty sure he was the second guy in that video.

  • @DavineJay
    @DavineJay 6 лет назад +567

    I’m to high for this

    • @McBehrer
      @McBehrer 6 лет назад +17

      Davine Jay
      Too*

    • @jedidiahslaboda5620
      @jedidiahslaboda5620 6 лет назад +17

      Don’t u also have a ten dollar bet on which envelope has a million dollars? Don’t bet while high... learned this the hard way

    • @Nipponing
      @Nipponing 6 лет назад +1

      too*

    • @thatmewh786
      @thatmewh786 6 лет назад

      Davine Jay *too

    • @myak37
      @myak37 6 лет назад

      Davine Jay hahah weed is cool bro 420 !1!1!

  • @nykal1510
    @nykal1510 6 лет назад +338

    He's allowed to scribble on the table but my parents beat me when I did it.

    • @bluecrood2720
      @bluecrood2720 6 лет назад +16

      He has a white board

    • @Anna-tn6go
      @Anna-tn6go 6 лет назад +23

      Blue Crood congrats on understanding something simple 👏

    • @bridgetmarie8798
      @bridgetmarie8798 6 лет назад +1

      It’s a dry earase board

    • @DaniiMarie333
      @DaniiMarie333 6 лет назад +1

      Never trust your parents.

    • @neko281
      @neko281 6 лет назад

      Nykal hes allowed to talk about anything but my parents beat me when i talk

  • @chocolateavian
    @chocolateavian 3 года назад +1

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

  • @usamazaheer3507
    @usamazaheer3507 5 лет назад +216

    I would love to see someone build a Time Machine just to test out the Grandfather Paradox!

    • @fallenangel9642
      @fallenangel9642 2 года назад +52

      what if they did already. No one would know because they didn't exist in the first place and the time machine that they built also wouldn't exist cuz they don't exits and so on.

    • @shadevp8924
      @shadevp8924 2 года назад +14

      Take a look at the following:
      You are bourn ->
      You invent the time machine ->
      You go to the past and kill your granddad (granddad is just to eliminate a scholastic argument for possibility of doing it to your father when you'd already been bourn) ->
      Your father is not bourn ->
      You are not bourn (and it means that you can't go back in time to kill your grandad) ->
      Your granddad isn't killed ->
      Your dad is bourn ->
      You are bourn ->
      ...
      So, I don't feel that this is actually a paradox (like the "I am lying" one) because it is not self-contradictory.
      It kind of resembles the Zeno's tortoise logical trap.
      And I believe, that it is perceived as such only because we just lack the understanding.
      Why, even now the theory of parallel realities can resolve it. Travelling "back in time" is only possible by leaving (for good) your reality and entering another one at any past time spot (of this new reality). In this case the physical you (who actually took a time journey) won't equal "you" in the reality you jumped into - both your versions will be absolutely 2 different uncorrelated objects. And this would allow you to kill the grandad of your Vis a Vis in this reality without any consequences for the laws of causality for both realities (your initial one and the one you jumped into). In your initial reality you just disappeared. In the reality, you travelled to, you kill the origin of your parallel version - thus you can eliminate the possibility of your parallel version to be bourn and create the time machine. So, your drastic action will influence only the destination reality that will go on without time travel, but by no means will it influence your initial reality that will keep time travel (unless you destroyed your device and research).

    • @lightergreen
      @lightergreen 2 года назад +2

      Only inanimate objects which do not affect the timeline which they are in can travel back in time. I know this, since I have been in the past and will be in the future, until I am not in the present.
      I am lying.

    • @張謙-n3l
      @張謙-n3l Год назад

      There are several explanations that have come up like "time machine is impossible" "There will always be accidents stopping you from killing your grandfather" and "The man you killed is your grandfather's counterpart in another timeline". But no matter which is the case, you cannot really change the past.
      But of course, there'll always be possible that the truth is something we haven't thought about

    • @phs125
      @phs125 Год назад +4

      I just hope it isn't my grandson...

  • @cornmale
    @cornmale 6 лет назад +262

    I would prefer the Globgobgabgalab to $1,000,000.

    • @SKing-on9gt
      @SKing-on9gt 5 лет назад +2

      Who wouldn't? duh

    • @Abguga__
      @Abguga__ 5 лет назад +2

      Dude that's legit true the Globglogabgalab is a RAP GOD!

    • @ILiekFishes
      @ILiekFishes 5 лет назад +1

      The shviblediblediblejibblediblejibblehab!

  • @jaswandling
    @jaswandling 6 лет назад +198

    Lol he probably made this because in the potato video there were people in the comments complaining that it wasnt a paradox because there was a logical answer, even though he said it was a veridical paradox.

    • @Vsauce2
      @Vsauce2  6 лет назад +132

      ding ding ding!!!

    • @jaswandling
      @jaswandling 6 лет назад +17

      love your vids btw

    • @thegrimelite
      @thegrimelite 6 лет назад +4

      Thats actually pretty funny

    • @antman7673
      @antman7673 6 лет назад +4

      I guess that is validation

    • @zeromailss
      @zeromailss 6 лет назад +1

      Vsauce2 thank you for teaching ignorant fools like us

  • @frankhurst9665
    @frankhurst9665 Год назад +12

    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 Год назад

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

    • @frankhurst9665
      @frankhurst9665 Год назад

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

    • @taciodasilva8291
      @taciodasilva8291 Год назад +1

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

    • @Mythraen
      @Mythraen 11 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@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 11 месяцев назад

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