Exponential growth: How folding paper can get you to the Moon

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  • Опубліковано 18 кві 2012
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    Can folding a piece of paper 45 times get you to the moon? By seeing what happens when folding just one piece of paper, we see the unbelievable potential of exponential growth. This lesson will leave you wanting to grab a piece of paper to see how many times you can fold it!
    Lesson by Adrian Paenza, animation by TED-Ed.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 8 тис.

  • @jantulinja8917
    @jantulinja8917 8 років тому +6738

    i knew origami would get me somewhere one day

  • @user-zr7fi3hn2i
    @user-zr7fi3hn2i 3 роки тому +6509

    *Hey, Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today!*

    • @BerriesSan
      @BerriesSan 3 роки тому +122

      UNDERRATED COMMENT

    • @zasproductions9258
      @zasproductions9258 3 роки тому +110

      *we’re going to fold paper that goes all the way to the moon*

    • @therealbeanbot
      @therealbeanbot 3 роки тому +27

      @@zasproductions9258 That was implied
      Also, hello fellow Productions

    • @zasproductions9258
      @zasproductions9258 3 роки тому +93

      Candace: *”Mom! Phineas & Ferb are going to the moon without their helmets on”*

    • @shahbazalam4268
      @shahbazalam4268 3 роки тому +8

      LEGENDARY COMMENT

  • @muhammadsyah_1770
    @muhammadsyah_1770 4 роки тому +7070

    Teacher: how long is the distance between Earth and Moon..?
    Me: 45 folds..

  • @CharlesRainer
    @CharlesRainer 3 роки тому +1772

    If I write "I love you" in a paper and fold it 45 times, twice, would it be like saying "I love you to the moon and back?"
    👁️👄👁️

    • @select9th845
      @select9th845 3 роки тому +161

      nope 46 for it to have the "and back"

    • @CharlesRainer
      @CharlesRainer 3 роки тому +30

      @@select9th845 Ahh you're right.

    • @eesaisiot
      @eesaisiot 3 роки тому +17

      *Big brain over here*

    • @redetz158
      @redetz158 2 роки тому +6

      *pro gamer move right there*

    • @martinplayer23
      @martinplayer23 2 роки тому +2

      @@select9th845 I wanted to write that

  • @odinangie1377
    @odinangie1377 5 років тому +4148

    Nasa : To the moon? That`ll cost 25 billion dollars. Adrian Paenza: No just fold paper 45x.

    • @TheElvisnator
      @TheElvisnator 5 років тому +109

      Nasa: But you can't fold paper more than 7 times. Adrian Paenza: Hold my Beer

    • @AngelJin5799
      @AngelJin5799 5 років тому +71

      Lol just folding the paper 45 times will cost 25 billion dollars

    • @KarlismiSN
      @KarlismiSN 5 років тому +10

      Going to the moon costs 750 million dollars

    • @surabhibhatnagar4976
      @surabhibhatnagar4976 5 років тому +3

      Same for the return trip😂

    • @bajtus2115
      @bajtus2115 5 років тому +2

      @@TheElvisnator we can 8 times

  • @sarahskelecat
    @sarahskelecat 5 років тому +1540

    "Mom"
    "Yes"
    "Get the Bible"
    "Why"
    *"WE'RE GOING TO HEAVEN"*
    *_"WHAT"_*

  • @kumarrishabh7042
    @kumarrishabh7042 Рік тому +231

    I love how his animation kept the area constant while increasing height only

    • @jackieboy978
      @jackieboy978 Рік тому +1

      😂

    • @SeanK1684
      @SeanK1684 Рік тому +1

      Lol same here

    • @lxncexzs
      @lxncexzs 10 місяців тому +8

      well the reason u cant fold paper more than 7 times is bcs its get too small so thats probably why

  • @rohitravuri5267
    @rohitravuri5267 3 роки тому +56

    3:34
    Thanks dude I thought I would be stuck after reaching Moon

  • @Isvoor
    @Isvoor 7 років тому +3284

    I like it how they added instructions on how to get back. We wouldn't want anyone getting stuck on the moon, would we?

    • @elti8614
      @elti8614 6 років тому +7

      Isvoor 😂😂😂😂😂😅

    • @HusseinAli-ue1rl
      @HusseinAli-ue1rl 6 років тому +5

      Isvoor 😅😅 How did you noticed this !!

    • @-fewkey-2362
      @-fewkey-2362 6 років тому +1

      Isvoor yea 🙌 and how do we fold that much paper it impossible tell the further

    • @randomcannon3260
      @randomcannon3260 6 років тому +2

      Let someone get lost though. 😈

    • @jaynishdesai7057
      @jaynishdesai7057 6 років тому +1

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @matzz1413
    @matzz1413 5 років тому +5986

    I got 56 Bibles
    72 dictionarys
    45 Harry Potter books
    See y'all later I'm going to Mars!

    • @u13613to
      @u13613to 5 років тому +30

      😂😂

    • @endmepls1723
      @endmepls1723 5 років тому +403

      The real question is why do you have 56 Bibles

    • @jodyjadetv8620
      @jodyjadetv8620 5 років тому +312

      If each Bible, dictionary, and Harry Potter books are 1000 pages, and you folded them all 45 times, it will be 25.42 million light years wide

    • @tanishadaharwal9386
      @tanishadaharwal9386 5 років тому +123

      Ted-ed watchers are damn funny and super smart when it comes to commenting
      😂😂

    • @samanyuokade965
      @samanyuokade965 5 років тому +237

      You’ve got 72 dictionaries and yet u call them dictionarys

  • @getpriyanka
    @getpriyanka 3 роки тому +411

    *Darn, Elon should see this. He would probably close down spacex and open a book store*

    • @Netpilation
      @Netpilation 3 роки тому +5

      Not so funny

    • @Fat_Catt
      @Fat_Catt 3 роки тому +16

      So you’re saying Jeff bozos was right to be in the book business al along

    • @Ronald1324
      @Ronald1324 2 роки тому

      Brilliant person, you’re. Quite the thinker.

    • @SeanK1684
      @SeanK1684 Рік тому

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn
    @AlbertTheGamer-gk7sn Рік тому +18

    By the way, here is something called dimension compression.
    You start with a rectangle with dimensions 1x2. It has an area of 2 square units. However, if we were to move the line on top of the rectangle to the midpoint, the bottom line will double in length, assuming the area of the rectangle remains constant. Then, it will have dimensions of 0.5x4. If we keep dragging the top line as the space becomes infinitesimally small as the 2 lines converge on top of each other, we will get a line that extends infinitely; a dimension. We can do the same thing with a 3D cube, where we will compress the top square to the bottom one which increases it to extrude it into a flat 2D plane. Therefore, we can theorize we are living in a 4D tesseract where the top cube is compressing against the bottom cube, causing the universe to expand at negative velocities. When the top cube lies on top of the bottom cube, the Big Rip will happen as the bottom cube gets an infinite 3D volume. Therefore, if you want to extrude something into the 4th dimension, you must make them infinitely large in 3 dimensions, and then pull the top cube out of the bottom cube, which will shrink the tesseract back to finite dimensions. Therefore, if we divide by 0, we can create an infinitely large Rubik's cube and pull the cubes away to create the first 3x3x3x3 Rubik's tesseract.

    • @Dawe0110
      @Dawe0110 6 місяців тому

      Best comment I’ve read in a looong time

  • @what7368
    @what7368 7 років тому +1887

    0 folds.
    I can't bring myself to ruin such fine paper.

    • @what7368
      @what7368 7 років тому +20

      We're doing it, man.
      We're making this happen.

    • @benjaminsambol
      @benjaminsambol 7 років тому +22

      CursedPugs #paperlivesmatter

    • @porlQ
      @porlQ 7 років тому +14

      CursedPugs #paperlivesmatter

    • @gtavxelidze
      @gtavxelidze 7 років тому +4

      so, you want to say that you are stupid?

    • @r.p.cubers4900
      @r.p.cubers4900 7 років тому

      CursedPugs idiot

  • @iloveass8851
    @iloveass8851 5 років тому +2697

    NASA: We'll have Humans at mars in the next 10 years
    Paper: Hold my beer...

  • @JustWasted3HoursHere
    @JustWasted3HoursHere 2 роки тому +61

    I remember reading somewhere years ago - and it seemed as incredible as this one - that if you could fold a piece of paper 100 times it would actually be taller than the KNOWN UNIVERSE is wide. That is, it would be about 16.7 *BILLION* _lightyears_ tall. Doesn't seem feasible until you start actually doing the math.
    Another one similar to this is the one where you hire someone to work for you for 30 days, but you're going to pay them every day double what you gave them the day before, but you will start with only 1 penny. So, on day two you will give them 2 pennies (so now they have 3 pennies, etc). How much would they have at the end of the 30 days? Almost 11 million dollars!

    • @dratelectasis
      @dratelectasis Рік тому +2

      103 times i think was the exact number

    • @seniorAlfredo
      @seniorAlfredo 11 місяців тому +3

      The atoms wouldnt be enough to reach thay long. And..... The universe is expanding and...... we dont know how big The universe is so......its an impossible theory

    • @JustWasted3HoursHere
      @JustWasted3HoursHere 11 місяців тому +2

      @@seniorAlfredo Well of course the paper itself would be impossible because it would require more atoms than there are in the universe to construct it, but as an example of geometric progression it checks out.

  • @tranhuy6038
    @tranhuy6038 3 роки тому +87

    "What would you imagine the thickness of the paper would be then?"
    me: idk probably like 10 cm
    also me after I've seen the 25th fold: BOI

    • @lincolnloud9560
      @lincolnloud9560 2 роки тому

      2 to the 1 = 2
      2 to the 2 = 4
      2 to the 3 =8
      2 to the 4 = 16

    • @myhoang2194
      @myhoang2194 Рік тому

      the answer if u fold the paper 45 times is, well
      around 1 carbon atom

  • @anyarr
    @anyarr 7 років тому +3016

    I took a sheet of computer paper and stared at it for a while before going like, "Nope, this can NOT be as tall as the Empire State Building."
    Then I folded it 40 times
    The purpose of this comment is that I need help. If you see this comment, please tell NASA that I'm stuck on one of their satellites.

    • @anyarr
      @anyarr 7 років тому +63

      ***** Come on, please, I'm running out of oxygen.

    • @anyarr
      @anyarr 7 років тому +23

      ***** Thanks!

    • @anyarr
      @anyarr 7 років тому +28

      ***** Don't worry, I'll try not to die.
      No promises though.

    • @sylomore7343
      @sylomore7343 7 років тому +16

      Dead yet? :^(

    • @anyarr
      @anyarr 7 років тому +20

      JamaicanPerson Very soon I will be, because people like you aren't telling NASA that I need help. >:/

  • @thealexguy1486
    @thealexguy1486 6 років тому +1714

    So let's say we take an average newspaper, 4800cm^2. When this is folded in half the area halves and becomes 2400cm^2. As you continue to fold the paper in half, the area keeps shrinking resulting in 45 folds making a piece of paper of size 0.0000000001cm^2, which is 140 times smaller than a carbon atom (which is inside a molecule of paper), therefore if folding paper more than 7 times was possible, 45 times would result in an atom being split meaning you couldn't get it to the moon.

    • @gabduugabduu2736
      @gabduugabduu2736 5 років тому +27

      Right

    • @fortniteloser5111
      @fortniteloser5111 5 років тому +121

      thealexguy1 RElax he’s just saying if you had the world’s biggest
      piece of bible paper you *could* get to the moon.

    • @alsatan1032
      @alsatan1032 5 років тому +54

      But what if you cut the paper in half and put the first half on the other? Also you can take a bigger paper... I mean if you take a paper with an area equal to the surface of the earth, what Will happen?

    • @jael640
      @jael640 5 років тому +29

      @@alsatan1032 that's an excellent question - the one about a paper being equal to the surface of the earth - i would love to hear an answer as well

    • @karthikrox6310
      @karthikrox6310 5 років тому +21

      @@alsatan1032 won't help much, since by exponential growth ( and shrinkage) only one more fold can ruin all the extra size you took initially.

  • @buddy1550
    @buddy1550 3 роки тому +16

    These are the thoughts I get when I am bored and couldn't sleep at night

  • @BakedPotatoYT1
    @BakedPotatoYT1 4 роки тому +37

    Ok, but why do i feel like swallowing my saliva just from hearing this guy talking?

    • @Will____13007
      @Will____13007 3 роки тому +3

      w...t...f...

    • @cubicyt9441
      @cubicyt9441 2 роки тому

      Wait, do you swallow your saliva everytime ( gulping), then you have aerophagia

  • @peanut5350
    @peanut5350 6 років тому +5361

    "Mom, get the bible we're going to the moon!"

    • @thatoneguy9582
      @thatoneguy9582 6 років тому +161

      Nohlan Fisherman
      Screw that, we're to Uranus

    • @galaxyofneon._.5352
      @galaxyofneon._.5352 6 років тому +57

      That One Guy what about Pluto or Planet X?

    • @thatoneguy9582
      @thatoneguy9582 6 років тому +35

      GalaxyOfNeon ._.
      Probably doesn't go that far
      60 times however

    • @pinco_pallo
      @pinco_pallo 6 років тому +39

      Well... I would never use the Bible to do that.

    • @Alexgamer-qg7go
      @Alexgamer-qg7go 6 років тому +9

      GalaxyOfNeon ._. What about son?

  • @EggsBenedicts
    @EggsBenedicts 6 років тому +2426

    Damn that paper *THICC*

    • @colettehalper1682
      @colettehalper1682 5 років тому

      Rishabh Vailaya and Hellbanisher rockz😂

    • @raiden8523
      @raiden8523 5 років тому +2

      Your name is a DIRECT refrence to fnaf sister location.

    • @5vhr369
      @5vhr369 5 років тому

      A girl I saw yesterday was *T. H. I. C. E. R*

    • @rayel4142
      @rayel4142 5 років тому

      @Justin Y. lol

    • @Zeus-cy2cz
      @Zeus-cy2cz 5 років тому

      @Justin Y. when and what time u disappear from me

  • @peterwoolfrey5491
    @peterwoolfrey5491 4 роки тому +27

    I'd like to see the same animation done with the size of the sheet of paper, assuming when you get to the moon, you have a stack that measures 8-1/2" x 11" x 250,000,000 miles. How big of a sheet do you need to start with?

    • @JacobMcCaslin
      @JacobMcCaslin 2 роки тому +1

      Define how big you want it to be at the end and multiply it by 2^45

  • @duke9081
    @duke9081 2 роки тому +52

    This is very theoretical! It’s scientifically impossible, you would also need to start with a huge paper, it has to be super flexible, more flexible than silk

    • @seniorAlfredo
      @seniorAlfredo 11 місяців тому +1

      And the moon is moving so it would actually be longer distance to travel

    • @akkiaddizone6889
      @akkiaddizone6889 11 місяців тому

      Obviously, It is just theoretical. What? You think people would actually do this

  • @AjinkyaNaikksp
    @AjinkyaNaikksp 8 років тому +952

    And so I grabbed a piece of paper and started folding it and after 5 folds the paper was torn.
    Moral :- Never take Science so lightly even if it seems easy.

    • @0cheeseburga
      @0cheeseburga 8 років тому +12

      indeed, leave folding paper to the aerospace engineers!

    • @AjinkyaNaikksp
      @AjinkyaNaikksp 8 років тому +2

      0cheeseburga yes :D

    • @Xthis1s4youX
      @Xthis1s4youX 8 років тому +13

      you don't really need to fold the paper, just cut it in half everytime and put one half on top of the other, that way you won't have that pesky problem of it being hard to fold

    • @AjinkyaNaikksp
      @AjinkyaNaikksp 8 років тому

      Sevanape This1s4you hmm :)

    • @AjinkyaNaikksp
      @AjinkyaNaikksp 8 років тому

      NullAndIce :D

  • @cristianus1845
    @cristianus1845 5 років тому +517

    1:04 "...what would you imagine the thickness of the paper would be then?"
    Me: "乇乂ㄒ尺卂 ㄒ卄丨匚匚"

  • @rxhx
    @rxhx Рік тому +9

    Maybe if the paper was a million miles wide, we could get a visible folded bridge to the moon out of it.

  • @ean627
    @ean627 3 роки тому +4

    i first thought this was fake, but now that im learning about exponential growth and decay in khan academy, i think it is posible if you have the right sized paper

    • @Random-hf4xs
      @Random-hf4xs 3 роки тому

      right size paper = galaxy size. even size of Sun isnt enough.

  • @notydino
    @notydino 8 років тому +240

    When you fold a 1meter length paper 40 times, the length/width would be reduced to 9e-13m. I believe this is smaller then the size of an atom. The paper tower would be so thin it couldn't hold together at the sub atomic level. So even as a hypothetical discussion, the concept doesn't hold water very well.

    • @JupitersDancer
      @JupitersDancer 8 років тому +42

      You forgot to take in account that when you fold 40 times, you actually only fold 20 times the width and 20 times the height. For example if a paper of one squared meter is folded once, either the width or the height is still 1m long. So when folded 40 times, the sides are still about 0.9 microns long...

    • @notydino
      @notydino 8 років тому +16

      Pablo M
      Ah I see. Very good correction sir.

    • @CODMReaper
      @CODMReaper 8 років тому +6

      NERDSSSSSSSSS

    • @vision716
      @vision716 8 років тому

      +monckey100 True

    • @spectrum6474
      @spectrum6474 8 років тому +6

      +Balee Tong best, most accurate comeback ever

  • @minhhanhao8104
    @minhhanhao8104 5 років тому +459

    Somebody: "Love you to the moon and back"
    Me: *YoU mEaN...*

  • @elixirow3892
    @elixirow3892 4 роки тому +44

    Ted Ed: *lessons worth sharing*
    Me: brain dead after this 4 minute vid

  • @Notthingreal
    @Notthingreal 2 роки тому +3

    Hmm so I can go to the moon right now?
    Reality: let me introduce myself

  • @cheeseburgermonkey7104
    @cheeseburgermonkey7104 4 роки тому +354

    NASA: ...Nope, we cant afford a rocket to space.
    Me: *folds paper 45 times*
    NASA: *ITS A MOON LADDER*

  • @OwnageCubed
    @OwnageCubed 7 років тому +590

    Yeah you can go infinitely high, but its length and witdh DECREASE exponentially with each fold. Interesting video though.

    • @orangebird6968
      @orangebird6968 7 років тому +31

      He never mentioned the size of the paper.

    • @danfox7920
      @danfox7920 7 років тому +20

      OrangeBird he did, he says at the start that's it's the size of a page out of a newspaper

    • @orangebird6968
      @orangebird6968 7 років тому +15

      Point is, we don't know how big exactly that newspaper is. Don't tell me that the hands are a reference point. Why? They're just put there to make things understandable.

    • @rygnyr3083
      @rygnyr3083 7 років тому +2

      OwnageCubed Sorry

    • @coluurs5660
      @coluurs5660 6 років тому

      OwnageCubed yeah he knows, he just made it like that so it's not confusing

  • @dragonmanover9000
    @dragonmanover9000 3 роки тому +5

    To continue with this mathematical phenomenon, let's come up with an equation for this paper-folding technique.
    If we think of this as x = t * 2^n, with x being the length of the folded paper, t being the original thickness, and n being the number of times we fold the paper, we can find how large n would be at a certain thickness if we know how thick the paper originally was. According to the video, the thickness of this magical paper is 0.001 cm, or 0.00001 m, or 10^-5 m, so we can use this starting thickness again for this example.
    Finally, let's come up with a distance we can reach. Since they already used the distance between the earth and moon as an example, let's come up with something bigger, like the distance to the sun. That distance is 150 million km or 1.5 * 10^11 meters. Plugging it in, we get 1.5 * 10^11 = 10^-5 * 2^n, which must mean that 2^n is 1.5 * 10^16.
    We can find n by transforming the exponent into a log, and so we get the log function log2(1.5 * 10^16), which is equal to 53.736. Since we can't fold the fraction of a distance, we can round it up to get 54 folds.
    Let's go even further:
    Distance to Proxima Centauri (4 * 10^16 meters) = 71.760 (72) folds
    Length of Milky Way Galaxy (1.75 * 10^21 meters) = 87.177 (87) folds
    Diameter of Observable Universe (8.8 * 10^26 meters) = 106.117 (106) folds

  • @faslaiqbal628
    @faslaiqbal628 3 роки тому +12

    I am sure. In the future there will be 'folds' as unit of distance

    • @bohanwithb1546
      @bohanwithb1546 3 роки тому +3

      its already there!, for eg
      "i will repay this kindness ten-fold! "

    • @totallynotpaul6211
      @totallynotpaul6211 2 роки тому

      @@bohanwithb1546 I think ten-fold doesn't mean you will repay it 1024 times over only 10

    • @bohanwithb1546
      @bohanwithb1546 2 роки тому

      @@totallynotpaul6211 just sayin it's a unit of measurement in speech

  • @azrisyarifuddin2333
    @azrisyarifuddin2333 5 років тому +486

    1919: soon in the future we will have flying cars.
    2019: nope but have papers though.

    • @ramuk1933
      @ramuk1933 5 років тому +1

      8995446: I shouldn't be here

    • @valenciocruz368
      @valenciocruz368 5 років тому +2

      There were papers at that time....

    • @RexVonTerror
      @RexVonTerror 4 роки тому

      Why do you copy other people's comments?... You literally just changed the last part

    • @BainDoesThings
      @BainDoesThings 4 роки тому +1

      There Are Flying Cars In 2019 Btw This Video Was Posted In 2012

    • @OHGBOMB
      @OHGBOMB 4 роки тому +1

      Cars was not invented yet !!

  • @TrueUmbreon1
    @TrueUmbreon1 4 роки тому +249

    Dad: what are you doing?
    Kid: my science project

  • @whitecarl69420
    @whitecarl69420 Рік тому +3

    love this guy.

  • @shauryasharma3084
    @shauryasharma3084 6 років тому +712

    Finally found a way to reach the moon back in just 50 cents, Now that's called saving

    • @piemack9389
      @piemack9389 6 років тому +22

      Shaurya Sharma good luck climbing that you might need to also make a homemade spacesuit

    • @justinmarkrivera5092
      @justinmarkrivera5092 6 років тому +6

      Shaurya Sharma well, if you can fold a paper that thick then maybe since getting up to 10 folds is barely doable. Mythbusters even got up to 11 and the used a large wide paper and used a steam roller just to flatten it. Also you have to make it stand up and it having a height of over 6 miles is hard if not impossible unless it had a lot of support.

    • @wailimchan376
      @wailimchan376 6 років тому +5

      by the time u get to around 8 folds, the height of the paper will prevent you from making another fold.

    • @JA-nv4zb
      @JA-nv4zb 6 років тому

      Why not fold dirt

    • @tabzoo7819
      @tabzoo7819 6 років тому

      Shaurya Sharma yea instead of spending 3.4 billion on a spaceship that ur only using once

  • @tiqosc1809
    @tiqosc1809 7 років тому +948

    120 folds and u go to edge of the universe

    • @benjaminsambol
      @benjaminsambol 7 років тому +55

      johnson SC go back to minecraft, kid.

    • @seanbush5313
      @seanbush5313 7 років тому +30

      lol what??

    • @tiqosc1809
      @tiqosc1809 7 років тому +50

      wtf?

    • @edofluit7026
      @edofluit7026 7 років тому +34

      you know he said the edge of the universe not of space.

    • @jamesyboy4626
      @jamesyboy4626 7 років тому +22

      why would it take infinity folds to get to the edge of the universe? 103 folds and the the piece of paper would be as thick as the universe.

  • @animalsandbirdslovertukara2058
    @animalsandbirdslovertukara2058 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome teaching

  • @hpsmash77
    @hpsmash77 4 роки тому +2

    Narrator at 2:00
    Me: yeah, only if we could do that

  • @MrAk474life
    @MrAk474life 8 років тому +906

    I can only get to 44 folds

  • @hidebehind3565
    @hidebehind3565 6 років тому +308

    Well... Its length will be enough to go to the Moon (in 45 folds). But how am I going to climb it? I need a solution NOW. I have to go to the Moon this weekend for my school project.

    • @thezekenator7584
      @thezekenator7584 6 років тому +2

      Hide Behind you dont

    • @quack2757
      @quack2757 6 років тому +16

      Just use a paper the size of Asia!

    • @fredjones2047
      @fredjones2047 6 років тому +17

      Well a bible has a lot of pages, make some stairs!

    • @user-nu3sd7zb2j
      @user-nu3sd7zb2j 6 років тому

      Hide Behind Start with folding it 7 times , then talk lol

    • @Ashegao
      @Ashegao 6 років тому

      Sophia lol

  • @Elvathar
    @Elvathar 3 роки тому +7

    Is this how we are going to get beyond Lightspeed, folding spacetime? :D

  • @Krishnai.
    @Krishnai. 2 роки тому +3

    His voice is just so relaxing 😌

  • @Pipiopy
    @Pipiopy 8 років тому +909

    Let's face it, we all know folding paper won't get us to the moon.

    • @thatonechaoschildandaceatt8358
      @thatonechaoschildandaceatt8358 8 років тому +17

      +Alex Raxach It would reach the distance to earth from the moon, but it's paper.
      Just imagine a bunch of people trying to climb a piece of paper. It would fall over, if the wind didn't blow it over.

    • @danielrenner5632
      @danielrenner5632 8 років тому +9

      +I will get a username when I stop being lazy. That mental image cracked me up. Thank you.

    • @nacho74
      @nacho74 8 років тому +1

      +Alex Raxach We don't need to go to the moon, because we have earth. If we were on the moon, we would desire to reach to the earth because earth has oxygen, a lot of water/H2O,iron, magnesium, sulfur, nickel, calcium which make up the bulk composition and more elements, an Ozon layer, the ideal amount of gravity for us to be developed the way we are, a strong magnetic field to protect us from solar eruptions, is in the habitable zone and full of life in every corner. The moon has also many of those elements but has e.g. a much thinner atmosphere, much less water in form of ice and is inhabitable without astronautic devices.
      So, what is better for us, the moon or our earth?
      We need to face it that paper doesn't work the way it is imagined with folding.

    • @Pipiopy
      @Pipiopy 8 років тому +9

      +nadjim73 Dude, there's something seriously wrong with you :)

    • @nacho74
      @nacho74 8 років тому +3

      Alex Raxach Well, i may appear that way to some, but for my own, i am alright. Btw, it doesn't have to be bad that something is wrong with me in an unlikely right society, don't it.
      Speaking about something wrong simply indicates that there is something right on the other side which is expected to be normal.

  • @alphaamoeba
    @alphaamoeba 4 роки тому +7

    This is something people don't seem to understand, especially in these harsh coronavirus times

    • @eesaisiot
      @eesaisiot 3 роки тому

      It's crazy that the Covid-19 outbreak happened a year ago.

    • @alphaamoeba
      @alphaamoeba 3 роки тому

      @@eesaisiot yeahh

  • @loderoggen441
    @loderoggen441 4 роки тому +19

    Sure, let's start with the metric system and when numbers get bigger, switch to miles (why!?)...

  • @YotamBarakJAB271104
    @YotamBarakJAB271104 4 роки тому +354

    "Someone is getting to the top of the empire state building with a paper"
    Wind: "I'm about to end this man's whole career. "

    • @aaronfernandes3739
      @aaronfernandes3739 3 роки тому +1

      😹😹

    • @JimboG_BoyZofficial
      @JimboG_BoyZofficial 2 роки тому

      LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @anshumanagrawal346
      @anshumanagrawal346 2 роки тому +1

      To be able to fold it that many times the paper would have to be so long that its weight is also a lot, so it wouldn't fall from wind

  • @chefmike4414
    @chefmike4414 4 роки тому +156

    I fold toilet paper all the time like that lol. Guess where it goes, that's right Uranus.

  • @saniasania7495
    @saniasania7495 3 роки тому +1

    Nice teaching

  • @eowppq
    @eowppq 2 роки тому

    did this yesterday, very cool

  • @gredangeo
    @gredangeo 9 років тому +460

    Why are you using miles for? You started off good in one unit, and fucked up.

    • @TheTatocba
      @TheTatocba 8 років тому +87

      gredangeo Americans won't get the metric system.....just be glad the idea was simple otherwise he'd start using football fields as a unit of measurement

    • @Perkele_Itse
      @Perkele_Itse 8 років тому +17

      +TheTatocba And that has an issue of it's own, as "football" field are actually "hand-egg" fields, much smaller than actual FOOTball fields :D

    • @TheTatocba
      @TheTatocba 8 років тому +2

      +TotalTempest American football ie a sport in which feet and ball have little to no contact at all! dude please dont get me started on "the world series" thingy hahaha!

    • @mathewgee3467
      @mathewgee3467 8 років тому

      +TotalTempest I'm from Australia.

    • @JKTCGMV13
      @JKTCGMV13 8 років тому

      +gredangeo As an American, metric is only practical for small things. Anything larger (like the distances you'll find on a road sign) is taught/displayed in Imperial so there's no real point using kilometers.

  • @pritishsai
    @pritishsai 8 років тому +292

    If you start the month with $1 and double it every day, you'd be a billionaire by the end of that month.

    • @BohdanMcClane
      @BohdanMcClane 8 років тому +83

      +Pritish Sai If your father give you a small loan of a million dollars you will be a Trump.

    • @gagealdrich6128
      @gagealdrich6128 8 років тому

      +Bohdan “oovlq” McClane lmao

    • @thydimov9909
      @thydimov9909 8 років тому +1

      21 days = 3 weeks

    • @kiyandowning5805
      @kiyandowning5805 8 років тому

      Wow I just checked and that's actually true

    • @Tokijacobsen
      @Tokijacobsen 8 років тому

      can you explain it?

  • @Giftig-Topic
    @Giftig-Topic 3 роки тому

    Great keep it on

  • @yahya-ademolaademola3257
    @yahya-ademolaademola3257 Рік тому +3

    You should explain about the setbacks. The paper being folded increases in height, but reduces in length. Which means there's a limited height it can reach.

  • @mamamamamamamamia
    @mamamamamamamamia 5 років тому +1958

    By folding it 45 times, we get to the moon, and by doubling it....
    *me thinking* mars?
    We get back to earth
    *brain.exe has stopped working*

    • @kubatutak9452
      @kubatutak9452 5 років тому +30

      Mars is actually 10~50x further from earth than moon at best moments (when distance between earth and mars is smallest) so u should fold it 3~6 times more

    • @LaxminarayanSG
      @LaxminarayanSG 5 років тому +3

      Even further than pluto

    • @jamsty8225
      @jamsty8225 4 роки тому +3

      If you fold it 50 times it should reach the sun

    • @louietapao
      @louietapao 4 роки тому +24

      [GD] Kwee67 it wouldn't, it'll burn

    • @wow5890
      @wow5890 4 роки тому +15

      Kuba Tutak if you fold a paper 103 times it will be larger than the observable universe, sooooo

  • @shabir301
    @shabir301 6 років тому +284

    The area of paper is also exponentially decreacing...so assume that initial area is 1m^2 that is length is 1m and breath is 1m after folding 49 times ...(by doing mathematical calculation)...the length and breath become 42(nano meter)....so, it becomes invisible to human eyes...thickness is less then 3000 time to human hair...

    • @ravinduwijayarathna6238
      @ravinduwijayarathna6238 6 років тому +22

      mdsabir shaik that's right .. area is inversely proportional to it's length.. this is exactly what I've been trying to say..

    • @Coolet27
      @Coolet27 5 років тому +1

      I realized that lol

    • @Isa-zc6bj
      @Isa-zc6bj 5 років тому +3

      at last someone gets it

    • @emmetthawthorne1961
      @emmetthawthorne1961 5 років тому +3

      Guess we just need 3 million news papers

    • @fortniteloser5111
      @fortniteloser5111 5 років тому +2

      mdsabir shaik :( IF YOU HAD A HUUUUUUUGE PAPER YOU COULD FOLD IT 45 TIMES IN WITHIN (mathematics calculation) 27 hours.

  • @DecemberNames
    @DecemberNames 10 місяців тому +1

    I just watched your video and I really enjoyed it! Your video was well-made, informative, and entertaining. I especially liked the way you explained the topic in a clear and concise way. I also appreciate the way you included relevant details in your video.
    Overall, I thought your video was excellent! I would definitely recommend it to others who are interested in learning more about the topic.
    Thanks for creating such a great video!
    Sincerely.
    PS: I outsourced this feedback to AI

  • @thebeast5215
    @thebeast5215 2 роки тому +1

    A good demonstration for students of the power of exponential growth.

  • @farhanarshad6064
    @farhanarshad6064 6 років тому +598

    What am I suppose to do with this information

    • @gracegray3460
      @gracegray3460 6 років тому +60

      lol the troll 91 go to the moon...

    • @spiritedrenee9895
      @spiritedrenee9895 5 років тому +8

      Idk but I watched the full video anyway

    • @pogchamp5127
      @pogchamp5127 5 років тому +7

      lol the troll 91
      Get ur *ss to the moon...

    • @shelbyanderson5546
      @shelbyanderson5546 5 років тому +3

      *supposed, and idk it's pretty pointless

    • @Coolet27
      @Coolet27 5 років тому +3

      it's kind of intresting

  • @winters7505
    @winters7505 6 років тому +1044

    How much folds would it take to get to her heart? :'(

  • @arniecalang4583
    @arniecalang4583 3 роки тому +4

    shouldn’t they say “cut” in half instead of “fold”?

    • @pshekchik
      @pshekchik 3 роки тому

      Actually no. Cut in a half is like with a scissors.

    • @alpay389
      @alpay389 3 роки тому +1

      i think the problem is the fact that its not possible to fold a paper more than 8 times

  • @pacuti7049
    @pacuti7049 2 роки тому +1

    Me - folding paper
    Dad- what are u doing
    Me -planing to go to moon

  • @TheVampire120
    @TheVampire120 7 років тому +348

    fun fact:
    25 folds and its height would be 0.25 miles
    it's width would be 0.0000002 ft
    this is called exponential decay
    45 folds and it's width would be 0.000 000 000 000 28
    width (diameter) of an atom's nucleuss 1x10^12 which is close to width of 45 folds
    45 folds and we get ladders to the moon that are 3 nucleuses wide
    hold my beer

    • @jlknightetherion5549
      @jlknightetherion5549 6 років тому +15

      Grunt
      We need paper 45 light-years in size

    • @nobody6317
      @nobody6317 6 років тому +11

      Not nucleuses
      It's nuclei

    • @aki_ingason3376
      @aki_ingason3376 6 років тому +3

      Nerd

    • @goldencookie5456
      @goldencookie5456 6 років тому +16

      Grunt I did this in my 8th grade speech. If you fold a normal piece of paper 103 times, it’ll be thicker than the whole observable universe. And for the width, I would probably be smaller than a plank which is the smallest thing in the entire universe.

    • @nobody6317
      @nobody6317 6 років тому

      Áki Ingason
      Who me?

  • @chriswashingtonbeats
    @chriswashingtonbeats 6 років тому +737

    Have you ever tried to fold a piece of paper more than 8 times. It's impossible.

    • @trevorphillips6884
      @trevorphillips6884 6 років тому +88

      Rhino Alestorm mythbusters broke that myth got 11 folds into a huge piece of paper

    • @chriswashingtonbeats
      @chriswashingtonbeats 6 років тому +13

      Trevor Phillips oh really? Proved me wrong.

    • @lanewhaley3605
      @lanewhaley3605 6 років тому +29

      Rhino Alestorm ua-cam.com/video/kRAEBbotuIE/v-deo.html

    • @harsha9919
      @harsha9919 6 років тому +33

      The highest number of folds is 13 by the way

    • @randomuruk7230
      @randomuruk7230 6 років тому +60

      There is no limit to how many folds you can do as long as you can apply the pressure needed

  • @naseemnich860
    @naseemnich860 2 роки тому +5

    This may be the reason Jeff bezoz started from an online book store and now trying to reach the moon

  • @Bedwarspro-dl4xz
    @Bedwarspro-dl4xz 3 роки тому +6

    0:45 amogus

    • @bluchad
      @bluchad 9 місяців тому +1

      Lol

  • @bobtheflyingdonkey
    @bobtheflyingdonkey 8 років тому +205

    if u fold it 45 times u get a rly long piece of paper

    • @dekos2140
      @dekos2140 8 років тому +15

      +bobtheflyingdonkey rly long and skinny

    • @joseph-kim
      @joseph-kim 8 років тому +10

      +DEK Gaming Oh god.

    • @romelacasascortes2235
      @romelacasascortes2235 8 років тому

      What about 75 times?

    • @dekos2140
      @dekos2140 8 років тому +4

      romela casas even longer and skinnier

    • @HeroesOfPepsi
      @HeroesOfPepsi 8 років тому +3

      If you fold it 53 times you get to mars

  • @maxxwelthrix432
    @maxxwelthrix432 7 років тому +31

    What they forgot is that every time you fold a piece of paper in half it gets smaller while it gets thicker, the surface area of the paper doesn't change no matter how many times you fold it

  • @alial-ali865
    @alial-ali865 3 роки тому

    MIND BLOWING

  • @Davi.J
    @Davi.J 3 роки тому +5

    "How to reach more than 320 block limit in minecraft"
    Google: "You can't"
    Bing:

  • @instantcrush8262
    @instantcrush8262 7 років тому +139

    Wouldn't the folded paper be extremly thin? I don't know how to explain it well, but wouldn't it be like a 'tower' that is insanely thin yet really tall? (just ignore me if it makes no sense, or is simply false. Never was good in science)

    • @emperorgluteusmaximus7069
      @emperorgluteusmaximus7069 7 років тому +29

      You're correct. Each fold decreases the surface area of the paper by half. This is all theoretical of course. It's obviously impossible.

    • @instantcrush8262
      @instantcrush8262 7 років тому

      EmperorGluteusMaximus im aware of that, thanks for replying

    • @CanWeGetSUBSWITHNOVIDS-sp7ye
      @CanWeGetSUBSWITHNOVIDS-sp7ye 7 років тому +1

      +Instant Crush Lol NOT TRUE FOLD YOUR HAND

    • @CanWeGetSUBSWITHNOVIDS-sp7ye
      @CanWeGetSUBSWITHNOVIDS-sp7ye 7 років тому +3

      +Instant Crush Lol NOT TRUE FOLD YOUR HAND

    • @theoutsider7854
      @theoutsider7854 7 років тому +1

      Instant Crush when u fold it, the thickness, if u measures the folded (lets say papers) hight it would have been doubled. Just like if you folded a blanket many times over, after each fold, you would find that it takes up more hight, while other dimensions may shrink

  • @rimanshug5264
    @rimanshug5264 6 років тому +141

    I've started to wonder why they built rockets !!

    • @TheNinthDJ
      @TheNinthDJ 5 років тому

      it is expensive,derr

    • @chrispetersonbacon2693
      @chrispetersonbacon2693 5 років тому

      Thrust. Quicker.

    • @Mystic-4252
      @Mystic-4252 5 років тому

      Boosters is Quicker, Stronger and highly durable, Can Protect Humans from Cosmic Debris, Can store Science and Research gadgets, Large and can fit a lot, Easier to do, Can help people explore new stuff in lesser time, Can carry Satellite s, Better than folding a paper

    • @wsdadasdawf8384
      @wsdadasdawf8384 5 років тому

      Just try to fold a paper 8 times and you will understand

    • @user-pf3zb7lv9b
      @user-pf3zb7lv9b 5 років тому

      because, elon musk

  • @unknownworld8238
    @unknownworld8238 4 роки тому

    Great! I will try it

    • @unknownworld8238
      @unknownworld8238 4 роки тому

      And eho blames me for that is too scared to try because is more equipped to blame me while Im doing this

  • @infinity8715
    @infinity8715 3 роки тому +1

    Everybody gansta till a giant folded paper hits on the head

  • @sfirro
    @sfirro 6 років тому +57

    Why on earth are we converting cm to feet and miles instead of meters and kilometers?

    • @mike4ty4
      @mike4ty4 5 років тому

      ikr

    • @zully_xo
      @zully_xo 5 років тому +1

      american system.

    • @basshead.
      @basshead. 5 років тому +4

      Well there are two kinds of countries, those who use the metric system, and those who have put a man on the moon.

    • @kubatutak9452
      @kubatutak9452 5 років тому

      SI vs old distance units

    • @basshead.
      @basshead. 5 років тому

      +Spurious That's your own but obviously wrong opinion.

  • @PhluppeHimself
    @PhluppeHimself 10 років тому +14

    Summary of most of the comments here:
    "I know it's mathematically correct, but it's not possible!"
    REALLY? It's just an idea that works in theory, just like ironman can invent a new element in 5 minutes for a movieplot or how dogs playing poker can work for a painting. Some people just don't understand the "if" in this video. Well at least we don't all suffer from the Dunning-Kruger effect...

  • @animalsandbirdslovertukara2058
    @animalsandbirdslovertukara2058 2 роки тому

    U r great teacher ever 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🌹

  • @foxyfoxier1817
    @foxyfoxier1817 4 місяці тому +1

    Me and My friend: ok we need 4 pieces of newspaper, a big box of food, and water
    Mom: Are you gonna make paper mache?
    Me and My friend: .....no

  • @worthlessguy7477
    @worthlessguy7477 7 років тому +418

    guys I went to mars by folding paper.
    but I didn't count how many folds.

    • @tester1991
      @tester1991 6 років тому

      sai kk

    • @aeg9322
      @aeg9322 6 років тому +10

      sai probably 193 folds

    • @supergamer4015
      @supergamer4015 6 років тому +3

      50 folds or plus or minus is enough

    • @saucegod7260
      @saucegod7260 6 років тому +1

      sai I traveled the whole universe it 103

    • @saucegod7260
      @saucegod7260 6 років тому

      Saeed AlRomaithi it takes 103 to travel the whole universe

  • @stampzplayz6767
    @stampzplayz6767 5 років тому +306

    As a canadian, Y U MURICANS NO SWITCH TO METRIC

  • @Earl_Black
    @Earl_Black 4 роки тому +3

    Well why do we need NASA if we have billions of paper produced everyday

  • @Murfeys
    @Murfeys 2 роки тому

    Thx now I understand

  • @jeremyshaferorigami
    @jeremyshaferorigami 6 років тому +88

    It would also have to be EXTREMELY stretchy paper because the top layer on the moon would be "next" to the bottom layer on the earth and it would be curving around all of the other layers, unless you want to assume the paper has zero thickness in which case it wouldn't get off the ground.

  • @Saaraayee
    @Saaraayee 5 років тому +114

    The illustrations is deceptive! The area of the surface of the paper gets smaller and smaller after each fold! So basically it gets as tiny as an atom after being folded for so many times. Which makes it a fun fact but literally impractical and undoable.

    • @alexshadel3617
      @alexshadel3617 5 років тому +25

      good job einstein, u want an award?

    • @AB-gt6iv
      @AB-gt6iv 4 роки тому +15

      @@alexshadel3617 Y so rude?

    • @OHGBOMB
      @OHGBOMB 4 роки тому +1

      Exactly what i was thinking about !

    • @Rohit-ez7pf
      @Rohit-ez7pf 4 роки тому +8

      @Something Studios it won't matter much because paper is shrinking exponentially..

    • @Re5_2karman
      @Re5_2karman 4 роки тому +3

      you guys are looking it the other way to figure what causes the impossibility. It's not about how hard to fold the paper, heck just forget folding and stack the paper instead, though it wouldn't still work since the bottom part of the stack can't handle the immense pressure that would already explode before you reach the moon
      Not to mention other factors like budget and weather effects which shouldn't be brought to this discussion

  • @quynhhoang3393
    @quynhhoang3393 Рік тому

    How amazing this video is!!!

  • @jakobbauz
    @jakobbauz 2 роки тому +2

    This is so counterintuitive that I, after seeing this and completely understanding it, still think it might very well be nothing more than a weird joke.

  • @whistlersama
    @whistlersama 3 роки тому +5

    Good representation, very relevant to covid. Is there an agnostic/metric version coming out soon for the modern world?

  • @dixonbuttes
    @dixonbuttes 8 років тому +117

    Came to comments to see if people would say "this is bullshit I can do it 25 times"

  • @Vapor817
    @Vapor817 10 років тому +57

    That's going to be one hell of a paper needle.

    • @isaiahphillip4112
      @isaiahphillip4112 10 років тому +8

      Eventually it'll be a one atom thick needle.

    • @ClassicGameGuys
      @ClassicGameGuys 9 років тому +6

      You came here because of that robot size comparison video, huh?

    • @AsassinF
      @AsassinF 9 років тому

      ClassicGameGuys hehehe. still looking for Miku

    • @guilhermerafaelzimermann4196
      @guilhermerafaelzimermann4196 9 років тому +1

      Vapor alien civilization : they said they would get here with only a paper,thats madness
      *super thin paper turns planet into juice because a fly touched the part on earth*

  • @anisekaieddomtorreto9588
    @anisekaieddomtorreto9588 3 роки тому +1

    Guy: I have spent my carrier on papers.
    Wind, Gravity and Pressure: My Carrier is on the carrier of your papers.

  • @xuansu
    @xuansu 3 роки тому +3

    Hey Morty, forget school, we're going to the moon by folding paper !

  • @tajrianbhasha5408
    @tajrianbhasha5408 5 років тому +185

    me: *mouth open,,,hands on my forehead,,,AMAZED*
    Dad: what are you watching?
    me: I have no idea...

  • @nicoxsheep1007
    @nicoxsheep1007 8 років тому +71

    Over 9000+ folds you can get to Planet Vegeta, but sadly Frieza destroyed it after you fold 8999 folds

    • @JonathanLov
      @JonathanLov 8 років тому +13

      +KomunistangTUPA 8999 folds means you were only half way there.

    • @waddesaurusrex6414
      @waddesaurusrex6414 8 років тому

      I see what you did 😂

    • @Bot-vj6rp
      @Bot-vj6rp 8 років тому

      +KomunistangTUPA Two puns in one. I think i just died.

    • @lukemolwitz9769
      @lukemolwitz9769 8 років тому +2

      Actually, less than one half. You see, you must have OOOOOVER 9000!!!!!!!!!! folds.

    • @davidleon6233
      @davidleon6233 5 років тому

      You weeb
      Jkjkjkjkjk issa joke... don’t kill me

  • @shinytv5148
    @shinytv5148 3 роки тому +1

    This is better than reading something out of google

  • @cyberpunk7041
    @cyberpunk7041 3 роки тому +1

    Teacher:what r you doing with the book?
    Me:going to the moon

  • @AdhiPambudi
    @AdhiPambudi 7 років тому +95

    First, I googled how many 250000 miles in kilometers.

    • @tanmang42
      @tanmang42 7 років тому +7

      +Adhi Pambudi We really need to switch to metric. Only problem is that people are against it since they grew up with it here in the states.

    • @myhkeith
      @myhkeith 7 років тому

      Tanmang42 nahh fam its much more complex than that

    • @ayla6418
      @ayla6418 7 років тому

      Adhi Pambudi HAHAHAH

    • @groszak1
      @groszak1 6 років тому +5

      I'm from Poland which is in Europe and I definitely agree that everyone needs to use metric.

    • @taylorsayles9706
      @taylorsayles9706 6 років тому

      Tanmang42 not just that... all of the books in schools use our system of measurement. even things such as road signs and milk cartons would have to be switched to metric, and quite frankly no one wants to pay all of those taxes.