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Infinity is bigger than you think - Numberphile

Numberphile · 7,607,499 views · Added 1 month ago

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B1

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JAMES GRIME: We're going to break a rule.

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We're break one of the rules of Numberphile.

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We're talking about something that isn't a number.

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We're going to talk about infinity.

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So infinity.

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Now like I said, infinity is not a number.

00:16

It's a idea.

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It's a concept.

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It's the idea of being endless, of going on forever.

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I think everyone's familiar with the idea of

00:23

infinity, even kids.

00:25

You start counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5--

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you might be five years old, but already you're thinking,

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what's the biggest number I can think of.

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And you go, oooh, it's 20.

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You get a bit older, and you go, maybe it's a million.

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It never ends, does it? 'Cause you can keep adding 1.

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So that's the idea of infinity.

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The numbers go on forever.

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But I'm going to tell you one of the more surprising facts

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about infinity.

00:51

There are different kinds of infinity.

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Some infinities are bigger than others.

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Let's have a look.

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The first type of infinity is called countable.

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And I don't like the name countable.

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And Brady gave me a little bit of a hmm, just then.

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Because if you're talking about infinity, you can't

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count infinity, can you?

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Because it goes on forever.

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I think it's a terrible name.

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I prefer to call it listable.

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Can we list these numbers?

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All right.

01:19

Let's do these simple numbers, 1, 2, 3--

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BRADY HARAN: You're not gonna do all of them, are you James?

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JAMES GRIME: 4.

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How long have we got?

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BRADY HARAN: (LAUGHING) 10 minutes.

01:28

JAMES GRIME: Right.

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5, 6--

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so you can list the whole numbers.

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