Is Zero Even? - Numberphile

A bit about zero - including a discussion of its even-ness!?
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[justclosing]

My bank account is even. It sounds better than saying you're broke.

[iammaxhailme]

"I want to buy no sheep, I'll give you no pounds"


That's the old school version. The 2000s version is "I want to buy no sheep, I'll give you no pounds plus a 10 pound processing fee".

[CaJoel]

The lack of ink in the marker deeply disturbs me

[TroutOfOrder]

I remember as I child someone in school told me that there are numbers less than zero, and I almost didn't believe them. They said "yeah, they're called 'negative numbers'" and I was in shock

[DanZhukovin]

So zero is even. If you think zero is not even, then I cannot even, because that is too odd to believe.

[nerdbot]

I once bought 0 sheep for 0 pounds. It made no sense, but it worked!

[aramoticy]

This is the first time I've heard a bunch of Brits use the word "zero" so often. Usually, I hear "nought"

[ark]

You don't have to use a telescope to film your videos

[MonsterTeegs]

Magic the Gathering players: I've been training my whole life for this moment.

[narcoleptic]

Question: Is zero even?
Answer: No, it’s naught.

[fingernailclipper]

"0. That's our friend."
Same
[Insert sad violin music]

[invalide]

Is zero even







It's 3 am and I haven't slept in a day

[briannalove]

I honestly always thought zero was even because of when I was like six and we would line up in pairs at school, I concluded that zero was even because odd numbers always have someone left out with pairs, but even numbers don't, and since 0 doesn't have anyone left out it must be an even number.
Now that can just be said as "divisible by two"... I love the way my brain worked

[SternLX]

When he mentioned Divide by 0, I immediately imagined a spread sheet covered in #DIV/0!

[harleyspeedthrust]

"I feel like the answer is no but it feels like it is because it's round"

Secretly, we all feel the same way

[Liggliluff]

I wouldn't have a delayed reaction if someone asked me if zero was even, and this video helps me be even more sure about my answer. – But I might be the odd one out.

[scottpoet]

I find it odd that we are even talking about this.

[Sjackson]

Another thing you could say is that two odd numbers added together will make an even number, but when adding zero to an odd number it remains an odd number

[ssgoko]

0 is one less than a non-even number. Ergo it has to be even. Wheres my nobel prise.

[Liravin]

6:13 it would make more sense to me if he finished by saying "nothing is when there's nothing to count - zero is the absence of something"