Can you solve the dark matter fuel riddle? - Dan Finkel

An ancient, abandoned alien space station has been discovered. Can you beat everyone in the galaxy and reach it first?

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It’s an incredible discovery: an abandoned alien space station filled with precursor technology. Now every species in the galaxy is in a mad dash to get there first, but you’ve got a problem. Your ship can’t hold enough fuel to get you there unless you vent caches of it into space at precise points and then come back for the fuel later. Can you reach the alien space station? Dan Finkel shows how.

Lesson by Daniel Finkel, directed by Artrake Studio.

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[parthsankhe]

This guy who narrates riddles should do audiobooks, I swear he has the most calming voice in the world

[rishabhmalkani]

Ted Ed: Can you sol-
Me: No, I can’t.

[tropics]

And now you're stuck on that planet without dark matter... RIP

[BappO-is-me]

There’s a solution to this, and it’s really easy:


Get a better ship

[TheGreatCooLite]

Whenever I click on these videos, I know I'm not going to be able to solve the riddle. I just want to know the answer

[teddm]

This may come in handy when raiding area 51

[channelknightfadran]

Me: Use one thing of fuel. There's no friction in space.

[xvr]

I Understood Nothing, Except..

“Universe’s Biggest Ball Of Yarn”

[elonhusk]

How about just build a ship with a goddamn bigger tank

[krishnaagarwal]

I was waiting for long for a riddle .
Thank you

[laddgadfly]

Interesting. I did it in 3 separate trips.


The start was the same: at the 3 parsec mark, drop off 9 units, then return.
However, I deposited no more in that cache.
I went to that cache, picked up 3 units, went forwards 5 units, deposited 5 units, then returned to the cache, where I got the 3 units to get back to the station.
Then I went to each caches and refueled, leaving me with 15 units at the 8 parsec mark, like you did.

[savanareherman]

Wait...so while we were doing this, a bunch of other species were headed for this planet. Even if we managed to get there first, we’d be stuck there without fuel, waiting for the other species to arrive. And then when the other species DID arrive, we’d be at their mercy with no means of escape

[BappO-is-me]

There’s a problem with this:

How will you leave the space station without any fuel?

[Fahrenheit___]

TedEd: “Can you solve the riddle?”
Me at 3am, with 3 Braincells left “‘(crying) nO i cANt”

[RayBlendertube]

Step 1: Confirm dark matter has green eyes
Step 2: Ask all the aliens to leave

[sanketpatil]

Ted Ed: Can you solve it??
Me: Yeah I'm trying hard..!!
(Meanwhile other species from galaxy reached there and took all the precursor technology..)

Many days


Still trying to figure out the

[xjesh]

I literally see the word riddle in a ted-ed video and smile :)

[narnianlilly]

Quote at the beginning of this video: by Dan Brown
My ad before this video: Dan Brown's Masterclass
Me: I see you universe.

[lillyloulijia]

Am I gonna solve this? No.
Will I continue watching these riddles? Heck yeah!

[noytelinu]

Other educational youtube channels: makes viewers feel smarter.

Ted ed: makes viewers feel like morons