Can you solve the multiplying rabbits riddle? - Alex Gendler

After years of experiments, you’ve finally created the pets of the future – nano-rabbits! They’re tiny, they’re fuzzy ... and they multiply faster than the eye can see. But a rival lab has sabotaged you, threatening the survival of your new friends. Can you figure out how to avert this hare-raising catastrophe? Alex Gendler shows how.

Lesson by Alex Gendler, directed by Artrake Studio.

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[chocolatecakepop]

Simple answer: pull the lever immediately. If you're doing something that can take over the world easily and you messed up do math later stop machine now

[taxingdonkeys]

i just put the rabbits in the infinite hotel

[PlagueOfGripes]

Not really a riddle... but you would pull the safeguard lever no matter what, after it was determined the experiment was compromised in any way.

[hyungilkoo]

Ted Ed: Do you have to pull the shutdown lever or not?

Me, a thinking man: *Pulls*

[b]

So the rival company's plan was to die?

[sebastianelytron]

So I'm smart enough to create nanorabbits but can't even install proper antivirus software. Checks out.

[rishironu]

Me: Why are we learning this?
Teacher: This math has real-world applications.
The applications:

[kaiamrine]

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should."

[LvlapleEver]

I would’ve directly pulled the emergency lever instead...

[catguy]

Pull the lever, Kronk!

*accidently releases rabbits*

WRONG LEVEEEERRRR...

[snailofkale]

Me: Ahh, I can finally start my Nano-rabbit production.
Assistant: Snail, your calculations are wrong. Do we need to pull the emergency shut-down?
Me: No need. I'll simply do the math instead.
Assistant: Sir

[sumyyt]

The scientist is clearly a genius if he was able to fit more rabbits in a lab than there are particles in the visible universe.

[BaronB.BlazikenBaronOfBarons]

Scientist 1: We need to pull the lever!
Scientist 2: No! We need to figure out how many zeros there are in the product so we can decide if we need to pull the le-
Scientist 1: *pulls lever*
Scientist 2: But...but...zeros :(

[just-a-silly-goofy-guy]

They multiply faster than my math teacher expects me to

[noose]

why would anyone want nano-size rabbits, you cant pet them cus they're too small and you might crush them, it defeats the whole purpose of having cute and fluffy pets

[santoshparab]

Can't the scientist just pull the emergency lever, instead of going through so much trouble

[henryzhang]

Answer 1: fermi estimation.
Answer 2: PULL THE DAMN LEVER

[creatived]

“You’re calculator is broken”
Me: *uses calculator*

[yingo]

me: oh look! a ted ed riddle, let's watch it

brain: here we go again

[yelena_]

I, for one, welcome our new rabbit overlords