An Infinity Paradox - How Many Balls Are In The Vase?

The Ross-Littlewood Paradox

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[upandatom]

How can you CHOOSE the number of balls left in the vase at noon?
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*What pairing are you using?

[MedlifeCrisis]

I'm envious that your alter ego is called BLADE

[Renato]

Lol, "I can't show you infinity because I'm on a budget"

... okay, it's a way to put it.
😁

[Theraot]

3:32 Syntax Error: Vsauce music expected.

[yuriwolfvt]

"let's assume you forgot how to count" that was my day at work.

[Wolfiyeethegranddukecerberus]

This task feels like the type of thing Superman would do in the comics lol. Something like:

Batman: Hey Clark, what's going on?
Superman: Nothin' much, just sorting infinite balls into a jar before noon. What are we doing for lunch?

[inshalmusic]

Its too early in the morning for my brain to be hurting this much. I love this channel

[Bisqwit]

This is a variation of the Hilbert’s Hotel paradox. Both illustrate why a physical infinity is an impossible concept.

[migfed]

I love your reaction when Blade comes in and say "my vase is empty". Your cold and somehow indifferent response although it's just a role play impersonation portraits a quite different trait of your personality.

[snowkracker]

I’m impressed by how good her free hand drawing looked of the infinity symbol and on a curved surface.

[scottlampe]

Well, it took a while but I did the maths, came up with 42.

[yuriambassador]

I wanted to relax and watch a video during my break and am now questioning reality

[brainboy]

I heard this paradox before, but when you drew the relation to 1:1 pairing, that helped me understand it so much.

[Thoc]

Occasionally the YouTube algorithm will throw you a gem … this is one of those times. Fantastic Channel! … and years’ worth of content to catch up on.

[billgiles]

When I started in aeronautical engineering and math, I had lots of trouble with infinity. At 76, infinity has no fears for me. Maybe I have unconsciously changed from being an engineer to a philosopher as I got older. How aircraft fly is still magical and how they can get a drone to fly on Mars is even more mystical.

[secret]

"If we treat time as infinitely divisible"
Discrete Time Theorists: "Fools!"

[EvenTheDogAgrees]

"I'm on a budget"

Oh, well, if that's the only thing holding you back... :')

[amai_zing]

Dividing time an infinite number of times, you’d never get to noon. It’s like if you were trying to move along a ruler and you always moved half the distance, you’d never reach the end of the ruler because there’d always be more distance to travel

[huynhtoan]

Blade :"My vase is empty"
Jade :"wat"
2:20

[JBP.D]

I just imagine the store clerk ringing 20 ball containers and judging you silently