4 Logical Paradoxes!!

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  • @Michaelzeleznik4765
    @Michaelzeleznik4765 Před 7 lety +5500

    The next sentence is true. The previous sentence is false.

    • @realkingsimon
      @realkingsimon Před 7 lety +160

      I understand

    • @UltimaPhoenix-dx3kt
      @UltimaPhoenix-dx3kt Před 7 lety +206

      "THIS SENTENCE IS FALSE
      don't think about it don't think about it don't think about it don't think about it don't think about it
      Uh, true. I'll go true. That was easy. I'll be honest, I might've read that one before."

    • @yolandavickerman8154
      @yolandavickerman8154 Před 7 lety +10

      Michael Zeleznik makes sense

    • @Natganistan
      @Natganistan Před 7 lety +88

      Lie =/= paradox

    • @georgemcgovern21
      @georgemcgovern21 Před 7 lety +104

      Okay. So the first sentence states that the second sentence is true, and the second sentence states that the first sentence is false. So if the first sentence says that the second sentence is true, but is proved false, that means the second sentence is true, meaning the first sentence is false and the second sentence is true.

  • @cameronheyward2362
    @cameronheyward2362 Před 8 lety +3787

    What if Pinochio said "My nose will grow now".

    • @agustinvenegas5238
      @agustinvenegas5238 Před 8 lety +194

      Paradox

    • @System10111
      @System10111 Před 8 lety +633

      +Cameron Heyward his nose would transform into a black hole

    • @douglasgibb6943
      @douglasgibb6943 Před 8 lety +87

      this comment is false

    • @californiacajun4535
      @californiacajun4535 Před 8 lety +54

      +Cameron Heyward What if Pinocchio said his nose will grow?

    • @h4n5i
      @h4n5i Před 8 lety +38

      +Cameron Heyward he'd porbably not exsist due to his illogicall consistency, wood that lives with a conscience? no matter if or if not lie this in itself is illogical.

  • @MaladyKayjo
    @MaladyKayjo Před 5 lety +2941

    Mad lad makes fully edited video with cancer

    • @alpaagja8252
      @alpaagja8252 Před 5 lety +86

      With special effects that take a lot of time like teleportation

    • @Jan-zi2fn
      @Jan-zi2fn Před 5 lety +40

      @@alpaagja8252 also know as...a jumpcut..that takes 20 seconds..

    • @alpaagja8252
      @alpaagja8252 Před 5 lety +19

      @@Jan-zi2fn Yeah that's fair

    • @katiapopova5626
      @katiapopova5626 Před 4 lety +14

      Jan r/wooosh

    • @jonk149
      @jonk149 Před 4 lety +10

      Katia Popova r/itswooooshwith4os

  • @shoe148
    @shoe148 Před 5 lety +2415

    Gosh darn I got cancer. But paradoxes though..

  • @o_o4816
    @o_o4816 Před 6 lety +1657

    Only the three vsauses can get cancer, have a bunch of leg ripped out and then in turn think about 4 logical paradoxes

  • @TheMrWillje
    @TheMrWillje Před 6 lety +768

    The light-heartedness with which you said "I have cancer" warmed my heart. Hope you're getting on okay, Jake.

    • @ThatStewGuy
      @ThatStewGuy Před 4 lety +15

      no at least it didn’t give you cancer

  • @benjidoesstuff
    @benjidoesstuff Před 5 lety +1734

    Scientific Name: Logical Paradox
    Alternate Name: Thought Experiment
    Modern Name: Shower Thoughts

    • @communisttrash8590
      @communisttrash8590 Před 4 lety +39

      No I’m 14 and this is deep

    • @dragon5776
      @dragon5776 Před 4 lety +4

      Facts i thought of the thrid one but as a pinocchio in the shower but someone else commented something similar so im not gonna comment it

    • @ventactics
      @ventactics Před 4 lety +1

      I concur, massive difference between a thought experiment and an accredited scientific one.

    • @ventactics
      @ventactics Před 3 lety

      @Austin Martín Hernández my experience of thought experiment are purely philosophy

    • @dirtyactsatdonedirtprice4547
      @dirtyactsatdonedirtprice4547 Před 3 lety +2

      More like thoughts that randomly pops up when you taking a dump

  • @t3hr00tb33r
    @t3hr00tb33r Před 4 lety +349

    4:40
    *[30 minutes later]*
    "Hey Vsauce! Michael here. Today I want to talk about hallucinations..."

  • @MrKarottenPalme
    @MrKarottenPalme Před 8 lety +414

    I just now learned that he has cancer. And still this attitude? Wow. That's great! Really nice to know that he doesn't get pulled down by it. :)

    • @iyarugt
      @iyarugt Před 8 lety +44

      He beat it. It was in his knee.

    • @flourek5351
      @flourek5351 Před 8 lety +68

      I used to be an adventurer like you, but then I took a cancer to the knee.

    • @TheSicariuss
      @TheSicariuss Před 8 lety +3

      +Chicken, My Friend it's too soon

    • @lynxtv8223
      @lynxtv8223 Před 8 lety +1

      +Chicken, My Friend that's a horrible and rude joke

    • @flourek5351
      @flourek5351 Před 8 lety +7

      Lynx TV ayy no man it's funzies and he beat die cancer so

  • @Vsauce3
    @Vsauce3  Před 8 lety +2941

    HELLO! For those of you that have seen Grey's video: we are both aware of the similarities but just happened to release similar videos around the same time. For more info there is a link at the top of the description.
    ALSO, hi! It has been a long 3 months but now that my cancer treatment is (hopefully) over, I have enough energy to get back to making Vsauce3 videos! Incredibly happy to be making again and so happy to have you here watching! You're pretty darn awesome.

  • @casmartin790
    @casmartin790 Před 3 lety +1132

    I'm watching this 4 years late but I hope everything worked out and that you're doing well. Thanks for the great video ♥️👍

    • @dreydencooper3226
      @dreydencooper3226 Před 3 lety +8

      Me too

    • @Vyral714
      @Vyral714 Před 3 lety +14

      What happened to his leg?

    • @dreydencooper3226
      @dreydencooper3226 Před 3 lety +17

      He had cancer in it

    • @efekemal8637
      @efekemal8637 Před 3 lety +167

      He is cancer free I asked about it in twitch stream and he Said he was free 1 year later

    • @casmartin790
      @casmartin790 Před 3 lety +71

      @@efekemal8637 thanks for the update man, appreciated and I'm glad to hear he doing well again 😊

  • @PeepsMichael
    @PeepsMichael Před 4 lety +93

    4:40 This is the exact moment that Michael starts to deep dive into insanity. He thought that teleportation doesn’t exist in his entire life, and now that he knows that it exist, along with his privacy being completely shattered, he slowly starts to get mental.

    • @The-Amateur-Magician
      @The-Amateur-Magician Před 3 lety +4

      He would start wondering if he was from the 4th dimension, simply walking into the 3rd dimension for a bit.

  • @MegaAlma19
    @MegaAlma19 Před 8 lety +2575

    yay Jake uploaded it! Proud of you!!

    • @noahlawrence7757
      @noahlawrence7757 Před 8 lety

      ?

    • @MegaAlma19
      @MegaAlma19 Před 8 lety +43

      +Noah Lawrence on his personal channel he said he was having 2nd thoughts about posting this vid. So the fact that he did means he got over it

    • @Shelleloch
      @Shelleloch Před 8 lety +20

      +Noah Lawrence CGPGrey coincidentally uploaded a video covering essentially what was described in this video. A day before this one. This can often put people uploading these videos as they are often then accused of "copying".

    • @joshfratis2738
      @joshfratis2738 Před 8 lety +34

      +Noah Lawrence CGP grey, just before Jake planned on uploading this, posted a video speaking About the same topic. This was coincidental, and GGP felt horrible about it. (it happened to himself previously). He made a video urging Jake to upload the video. Both fanbases wholeheartedly agreed.

    • @robertocastillo1471
      @robertocastillo1471 Před 8 lety +4

      +Josh Fratis Cgp Grey on his second channel alsoade a video encouraging him to upload

  • @motokoko8045
    @motokoko8045 Před 7 lety +451

    Everyone else with cancer-does regular stuff
    Jake with cancer-Discovers teleportation

  • @peterhaywood4111
    @peterhaywood4111 Před 5 lety +306

    I'm reminded of the Stephen Wright joke, "I came home one night and everything in my apartment had been replaced with an exact replica."

    • @dewetolivier2362
      @dewetolivier2362 Před 3 lety +7

      If replicated to the quantum level , it would still count as the original apartment.If you create quantum replicas if the objects in your apartment , they would logically exhibit the exact same features (at least from any measurable perspective) as the original objects. The original apartment and the quantum copy of your apartment would be analogous to a entangled pair of particles , where the copy is the original , but the original is also the copy.... Unless i am wrong of course...

  • @cowboypete2201
    @cowboypete2201 Před 3 lety +60

    Vision: “You are familiar with the thought experiment The ship of Theseus?”
    Jake Roper: “Naturally”

  • @gamegeeks4243
    @gamegeeks4243 Před 8 lety +831

    Childish, but, when he closed his eyes at the end couldn't help imagining him thinking of Michael on the toilet.

  • @8runeknight8
    @8runeknight8 Před 7 lety +1166

    Vsauce is the type of channel to explain something and then leave me with more questions then answered.

    • @eliteextremophile8895
      @eliteextremophile8895 Před 6 lety +27

      Best kind of explanations are the ones resulting in more questions. If something is 'definite' there's no problems to solve, thus there's nothing to evolve to. For example. If I say that "rock is a rock and it consists of rock" and leave it to that. If everyone is happy with the answer and do not ask any more questions, the potential of a rock remains unsolved.

    • @kuyans3889
      @kuyans3889 Před 6 lety +3

      The grammatical and spelling errors changes the meaning of this comment.

    • @tcphll
      @tcphll Před 6 lety +4

      EuroSPICE, and yet you probably know what they really meant. Being overly pedantic is far more irritating than innocent grammar and spelling errors.

    • @evandavis5223
      @evandavis5223 Před 6 lety +1

      That's the entire purpose of these channels.

  • @zsirmikmarcell4966
    @zsirmikmarcell4966 Před 5 lety +323

    When you have nothing better to do, the best thing to kill time with is
    *thinking about paradoxes.*

  • @thatonemajin3578
    @thatonemajin3578 Před 5 lety +262

    *finally realizes what Jake is wearing*
    Me: I can see you're a man of taste.

  • @FairMaidenDesigns
    @FairMaidenDesigns Před 7 lety +1210

    Jake has cancer? get well soon Jake!

    • @vilma20
      @vilma20 Před 7 lety +135

      He had a cancer tumor but got it removed, let's all hope it doesn't return..

    • @kronosmarches2021
      @kronosmarches2021 Před 7 lety +4

      yeah, i didn't know

    • @flowerboy1925
      @flowerboy1925 Před 7 lety +10

      Stephanie Lai *quietly hums Cancer in the background*

    • @FairMaidenDesigns
      @FairMaidenDesigns Před 7 lety +31

      I had no idea. I just recently found him on here. I hope he does stay in good health. Cancer is a scary, miserable thing to go through!

    • @mia_moo
      @mia_moo Před 7 lety +6

      Oh my god I thought he was just saying that

  • @forrestweintraub9858
    @forrestweintraub9858 Před 8 lety +214

    Wait, if he has cancer and learned teleportation... Has he been teleporting bread lately?

  • @azarelgrahanditoadi7507
    @azarelgrahanditoadi7507 Před 3 lety +13

    watching vision and white visions conversation made a whole lot of sense thanks to this 4 yo video

  • @corebroth8793
    @corebroth8793 Před 5 lety +64

    4:23 "you're a little bit heavier" lol yeah man I used to be 7 pounds and now I'm 9 pounds
    WOAH

    • @lunaponta594
      @lunaponta594 Před 3 lety

      wow i used to be less than 2 cm tall and now i'm more than 5!

  • @themitraya8132
    @themitraya8132 Před 8 lety +777

    There is a logical answer for every paradox.
    But if there is a logical answer for every paradox,
    then there is no such thing as a paradox. But if this itself is a paradox,
    then there isn't a logical answer for every paradox, making this a paradox.

    • @Blingo.Blongo
      @Blingo.Blongo Před 8 lety +7

      Woah

    • @themitraya8132
      @themitraya8132 Před 8 lety +10

      *****​ Or is that a paradox ...

    • @XxFluffyRabbitxX
      @XxFluffyRabbitxX Před 8 lety +4

      You wasted your timing overthinking everything just because you came up with the idea that there IS an answer for every paradox.

    • @themitraya8132
      @themitraya8132 Před 8 lety +8

      MrFluffy​ But there isn't an answer to the idea that there is an answer to every paradox. Or is there? Because if there isn't an answer, then that is a paradox, but then that is the answer meaning that there isn't such thing as a paradox. But then that would be a paradox ...

    • @themitraya8132
      @themitraya8132 Před 7 lety +4

      Oryon​​​
      I clearly understand paradoxes better than you if you believe that the first statement of a paradox has to be true. Paradoxes are never true to begin with. Matter a fact there is no such thing as a true paradox. Every paradox either starts with a make-believe scenario or a non-factually based assumption. If you truly believe that, you'd better google some paradoxes ...

  • @possiblyzslot838
    @possiblyzslot838 Před 8 lety +497

    I think of things like this all the time and confuse myself.
    I thought this video will answer me and stop the confusion.
    I was wrong.

    • @quacktac
      @quacktac Před 8 lety +12

      +Zsolt The Gamer You wanted the video to solve a paradox?

    • @possiblyzslot838
      @possiblyzslot838 Před 8 lety +10

      Yes

    • @jeremkwe7639
      @jeremkwe7639 Před 8 lety +8

      Well if u yes to solve a paradox and it made you more confused are u still the same person than b4 watching it or are u no longer u, and maybe u said no to the paradox. LOGIC
      (I actually don't know what I'm saying)

    • @penkatadrums
      @penkatadrums Před 8 lety

      +Zsolt The Gamer Those are not real paradoxes so you don't have to worry :) They are just made up by people who had too much free time...

    • @penkatadrums
      @penkatadrums Před 8 lety

      vernonclassic Yea, probably... So you are just one more of those "people like you" folks, who make smart insults about others and point the finger all day just to feel like they are somebody... To how many people have you typed those exact words today? Your comments are on the level of a third grader, you didn't even touch what I was trying to say, may be you didn't understand it that well...

  • @Aakraos
    @Aakraos Před 4 lety +49

    The piece at the beginning is the third movement of Vivaldi's "Summer", from the "Four seasons" violin concerto. You are welcome.

    • @LadyUnforgiven
      @LadyUnforgiven Před 4 lety +1

      The First thing I noticed, I love it

    • @papagrounds
      @papagrounds Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah, have you heard about Shazam? You're welcome.

    • @MrJackOfAllTraits
      @MrJackOfAllTraits Před 4 lety +2

      Dude first thing I was gonna comment.

    • @MrJackOfAllTraits
      @MrJackOfAllTraits Před 4 lety

      @@papagrounds inconvenient to shazam when I'm already using my phone.

    • @sightfield1132
      @sightfield1132 Před 4 lety +2

      Saying that doesn't make you a ling ling, go practice right now !!!

  • @iMagicGraalOnline
    @iMagicGraalOnline Před 5 lety +813

    1:03 when you survive no nut november

  • @raphaelbret1952
    @raphaelbret1952 Před 8 lety +178

    The weirdest thing about this video is that im sittig in the exact same chair as him :0

  • @amandasharkey5956
    @amandasharkey5956 Před 8 lety +454

    thanks for the existential crisis dude

    • @Skelly1878
      @Skelly1878 Před 8 lety +1

      Yep

    • @TheKimpula
      @TheKimpula Před 8 lety +4

      Existential Nihilism is where it's at.

    • @0Raik
      @0Raik Před 8 lety

      +Amanda Sharkey
      Well, it was his last episode so you might forgive him.
      We will miss you :'(

    • @Luciferlocks
      @Luciferlocks Před 8 lety

      +Raik how do you know that ? o.O

    • @phendrifts
      @phendrifts Před 8 lety

      +Raik You could've just gone with the excuse that that was "this" Jake's last video

  • @colstenvolpe244
    @colstenvolpe244 Před 3 lety +5

    I told Theseus’ ship paradox to my grandma years ago and she responded (very quickly) “as long as it has the same name, a ship is it’s name.” It’s really funny bc I think as long as the replaced object retains its identity, whether self identity or one given to it, it is in fact the same thing. So I think a person who is broken down atom by atom and replaced completely is more the same person than someone who has no brain activity or multi personality or any number of things that could cause u to lose your identity

  • @AdamusUmbra
    @AdamusUmbra Před 4 lety +79

    When i close my eyes i just see Michael on the toilet.

  • @alexkolesnykov6171
    @alexkolesnykov6171 Před 7 lety +734

    im sorry jake, get better

    • @chainsawhavoc
      @chainsawhavoc Před 7 lety +23

      he got the tumor removed ages ago

    • @austinmckennon5471
      @austinmckennon5471 Před 7 lety +10

      alex Corsair I at first thought that was an insult😂😂

    • @chainsawhavoc
      @chainsawhavoc Před 7 lety

      XCIIBdub ever heard of the word hyperbole

    • @chainsawhavoc
      @chainsawhavoc Před 7 lety +1

      XCIIBdub Why? It was quite clear that I didn't mean it was literally ages ago. I was just saying he was already completely fine long before Alex Corsair wrote his comment.

    • @itsliketryingtofitapowerst1860
      @itsliketryingtofitapowerst1860 Před 7 lety +2

      Goom Extreme exaggeration boom i are smurt

  • @themoosee
    @themoosee Před 6 lety +623

    I hope you get better.

    • @alolanstarboy
      @alolanstarboy Před 5 lety +64

      he did :) later that same year I believe

  • @warm_towels
    @warm_towels Před 5 lety +14

    5:47 this literally used to occupy my thoughts when I was younger

  • @ajm_star
    @ajm_star Před 3 měsíci +1

    After Seven years, I came back for this masterpiece. I think my favourite video on Paradox of any kind.

  • @davidjavier9260
    @davidjavier9260 Před 8 lety +649

    Do I hate Mars Bars
    Oh wait...
    Wrong Channel...

  • @abiparedes2001
    @abiparedes2001 Před 7 lety +755

    I have a paradox. Sort of. What would happen if you read someone's mind, but their also reading your mind.

    • @SuperHunter114
      @SuperHunter114 Před 7 lety +6

      whos mind are they reading? yours or themselves

    • @abiparedes2001
      @abiparedes2001 Před 7 lety +8

      ***** So person A is reading person B's mind, and person B is also reading person A's mind

    • @leandreturcotte5321
      @leandreturcotte5321 Před 7 lety +23

      you would read that person's mind that you read in his mind that he reads in your mind that you read his mind etc. etc....

    • @LN-jb6ky
      @LN-jb6ky Před 7 lety +122

      You both explode

    • @vitoralmeida9
      @vitoralmeida9 Před 7 lety +23

      Nothing. If I read your mind, and you read mine, I would simply read my mind and you would read your.

  • @tashitsetennorden6773
    @tashitsetennorden6773 Před 4 lety +1

    That was great content. Really enjoyed the edit. Great work guys!!
    Cheers!!
    Geez, you still got me with Ship of Theseus.

  • @homer46303
    @homer46303 Před 5 lety +3

    This was something that came up today in a discussion with a friend(hence why I find myself here; I wanted to see other ideas about the "Ship of Theseus" paradox) and I gave my answer on the subject. My answer was that identity is a title given to a polymorphic collection of things and that collection of things comes with a signature. The signature being details about its composition and location in space and time, and the sub-things that make up the whole thing have their own identities formed by their own compositions and signatures(Call them sub-identities, sub-compositions, and sub-signatures). All of these properties combine to form the identity of the thing in question, such that as any one thing changes a new version is produced. Now while this identity versioning is constantly changing we don't always consider it. For example, an object might be version 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0 and then a subtle change creates version 1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.1 but to us it's just version 1.0 or even just version one. It's not until more significant changes occur, usually, that we begin to acknowledge a change in version; such as version one-point-two. In the case of being disintegrated in one location and reformed in another location perfectly we we have to acknowledge a significant amount of changes occurred in the signatures(again based on not just composition but space and time). Therefore a new version was produced. So to identify something as the original is entirely a matter of personal perspective because in reality we're not...

  • @holleey
    @holleey Před 8 lety +118

    all of those paradoxes are basically crafted. they only exist within the framework of our symbol languages, but in fundamental reality, there are no symbols - no labeling, and since those paradoxes only arise when trying to label things, they are solely our creations. so in other words, coming up with those paradoxes is basically coming up with paradoxes for the sake of coming up with paradoxes... which I'd consider an endeavor with very little merit, but I guess we all have some strange hobbies, so no judging. ;)

    • @isaclazar856
      @isaclazar856 Před 8 lety +5

      Amen

    • @user-uo6kt8qi1l
      @user-uo6kt8qi1l Před 8 lety +2

      +Holger Kelz Well, the last one is little different. It's more about a definition of 'me', which is a big philosophical problem. Also, it was mentioned in Star Trek Enterprise, where some people just refused to use teleporter, beliving it would kill them and replace with their clones.

    • @RowanHeartwood
      @RowanHeartwood Před 8 lety +2

      Are you saying that the paradoxes are paradoxical themselves? You my friend, are a a paradox making genius!

    • @ZanderSabbag
      @ZanderSabbag Před 8 lety +5

      I wouldn't say all of them fall under this category. I believe most are created because someone tries to find absolute truths about concepts that vary, which isn't possible. Some may consider the boat that was disconstructed the same as before, some won't, that a matter of perception and opinion. Although valid, to question what one considers as "the" something is a flawed question in cases such as these.
      I have to agree with you on the autologocal and heterological part though.

    • @jimlockeyarchive3198
      @jimlockeyarchive3198 Před 8 lety +1

      Yeah, nice point. But I think that these kinds of paradoxes do have value because all those 'labels' are to do with how humans connect and interact with the world.

  • @Callofmysubscribers
    @Callofmysubscribers Před 8 lety +1120

    i did not know you had cancer, i hope you get better

    • @natalski_po2272
      @natalski_po2272 Před 8 lety +127

      he doesn't have it anymore!:D

    • @Friday_WasTaken
      @Friday_WasTaken Před 8 lety +1

      for now

    • @theRPGmaster
      @theRPGmaster Před 8 lety +27

      Cancer can return, and often does, let's hope he will get better again if it does

    • @runsl4yer802
      @runsl4yer802 Před 8 lety +68

      i was surprised how he speaks about it, very confident. great guy

    • @Multiroester
      @Multiroester Před 8 lety +77

      I was like.."wait is he joking?"

  • @pdlouie
    @pdlouie Před 3 lety +6

    Came here after watching the last episode of wandavision.

  • @doppelmoralex
    @doppelmoralex Před 5 lety +3

    I love the four seasons as the background music

  • @TroglodyteTim
    @TroglodyteTim Před 8 lety +222

    Most of these are less paradoxes and more philosophical questions.

    • @simonpanzer1299
      @simonpanzer1299 Před 8 lety +2

      +Best Tastes THANK YOU

    • @niccon.7276
      @niccon.7276 Před 8 lety +2

      Your smart

    • @TheLegoman332
      @TheLegoman332 Před 8 lety

      +jzpcbuilds grammer nazi alert

    • @Monsolido
      @Monsolido Před 8 lety +6

      +Best Tastes can't a paradox be philosophical ? you know for as long as science has existed philosophy has accompanied it.. truly the field of logic is half mathematical and half philosophical. so I hope you're not thinking these paradoxes are vague and unscientific, they have strong implications in science.
      for example the ship of theseus, or what makes the identity of something. if you can't answer to that, how can you assume that two objects are identical ? then, how can you count them ? the very notion of counting things is to admit that they're identical. like 4 bananas is always 4 bananas. but in the real world, if you take 4 bananas and 4 other bananas, they will not be identical. in mathematics the equal sign hides a little secret : "equal" things don't necessarily mean things are identical, but that they can be reduced to identical properties. it's the nature (and extent) of this reduction that the ship of theseus tries to clarify.

    • @akaakaakaak5779
      @akaakaakaak5779 Před 8 lety

      +Best Tastes All of them in fact.

  • @christinagoodrow1992
    @christinagoodrow1992 Před 8 lety +1767

    I'm so happy you decided to upload this regardless of other channels posting something similar. Jake.... you're an amazing guy with a train of thought in which can conquer the world. amazing video.

    • @Cunning_Jester
      @Cunning_Jester Před 8 lety

      👍

    • @moonanddarkness
      @moonanddarkness Před 8 lety +2

      +Christina Goodrow What channels? I saw CGP Grey and tought the same.

    • @zeeech2560
      @zeeech2560 Před 8 lety

      +Christina Goodrow Sarcasm?

    • @thisnameistaken
      @thisnameistaken Před 8 lety +1

      +sandro sprajc Of course she wasn't being sarcastic.

    • @thisnameistaken
      @thisnameistaken Před 8 lety +4

      +Christina Goodrow Both this and The CGP Grey video came out extremely close together. Like within one day of each other. Both of these videos very clearly took likely a couple weeks of research, production, editing, after-effects etc.
      Them coming out so close together is almost certainly a coincidence.
      Confirmed: www.cgpgrey.com/blog/letter-to-jake-on-the-agonies-of-parallel-creation

  • @niikiyama
    @niikiyama Před 3 lety +1

    4 years ago yet the editing is beautiful

  • @izzycooper9742
    @izzycooper9742 Před 4 lety +1

    You know, I knew I was nerd, but the fact that I have heard of and had the pages for all of these problems/paradoxes bookmarked on my phone since freshman year really pushes the fact home

  • @nicoleorriens
    @nicoleorriens Před 7 lety +713

    is it possible to be the first car in a traffic jam?

    • @dirm12
      @dirm12 Před 6 lety +57

      Nicole orriëns Have you never driven slowly or had to break suddenly? xD

    • @threadbarethrenody6359
      @threadbarethrenody6359 Před 6 lety +31

      Yup. It's the car all in pieces. Or the fire truck.

    • @Ludifant
      @Ludifant Před 6 lety +19

      Yep, my record is a 15 mile traffic Jam for 45 minutes..

    • @kylebower8167
      @kylebower8167 Před 6 lety +22

      Yes. If there is something blocking the road, obviously the car in front would be "first". However, traffic jams when there are just too many cars on the road are caused by people slowing down. When one car slows down, it usually causes the car behind it to slow down and so on. When enough people have slowed down, traffic "backs up". Whoever the first person to stop is the first in the jam. Only get hets out of it very quickly, while the rest of the drivers behind him are screwed.

    • @SuperSethstone
      @SuperSethstone Před 6 lety +1

      Yes. It's either one of the two cars in the accident who is first in the traffic jam. Or it's the very first car stopped in front of the accident.

  • @Bammah_
    @Bammah_ Před 7 lety +364

    Wait, how long has Jake had cancer? Im just finding out

    • @adboss10
      @adboss10 Před 7 lety +29

      Jesus Christ well why don't you do something about it jesus! or maybe you're too busy with all the other suffering in the world

    • @_.Dylan._
      @_.Dylan._ Před 7 lety +21

      Jesus Christ
      Dude how r u only finding out Ur frickin Jesus Christ

    • @lukes3845
      @lukes3845 Před 7 lety

      ThatGuyThere 0:25

  • @Milan-db3uy
    @Milan-db3uy Před 4 lety +3

    I hate it how there are so much less comments on Jake teleporting to Micheal's toilet while he is shiting and reading a book.

  • @knowtheunknownwithme
    @knowtheunknownwithme Před 4 lety +2

    Ultimate and amazing unexplained things that u have explained but not actually explained....amazed to see your video

  • @temmie625
    @temmie625 Před 8 lety +224

    So the grelling nelson paradox is basically "this statement is false"

  • @GuitarNinja91
    @GuitarNinja91 Před 8 lety +195

    If Pinocchio says "my nose will grow now". Will his nose grow? Or not grow? If it doesn't, that means he's lying and it will grow. But that would mean he was telling the truth, so it wouldn't grow, which will mean he's lying...

    • @CheesyIzaak
      @CheesyIzaak Před 8 lety +3

      genius

    • @Zillius_YT
      @Zillius_YT Před 8 lety +3

      +Cheesy Izaak no paradox here, If Pinochhio says 'My nose will grow now' he is lying because normally his nose wouldn't grow. Now after he's told that lie his nose will start to grow.

    • @joeri2027
      @joeri2027 Před 8 lety +7

      +Jones Corzlus and when it grows, it means he's speaking the truth

    • @dhruvsawhney8222
      @dhruvsawhney8222 Před 8 lety +1

      +Isaac Calderón Blanco
      that's the paradox
      how can his nose grow when he is telling the truth

    • @4NeonFun
      @4NeonFun Před 8 lety

      Hes always explaining. he wants to prove to people that he is trustworthy and that he deserves to be changed into a real boy.

  • @dt28469
    @dt28469 Před 5 lety +10

    Glad your'e back to good health, Jake! :)

  • @Edbrad
    @Edbrad Před 4 lety +1

    Unexpectedly epic at the end. 😍😍 These were all like Zen questions I loved it.

  • @Pi5hvi
    @Pi5hvi Před 8 lety +416

    I'm never going to be able to sleep again

  • @24OscarM
    @24OscarM Před 8 lety +478

    Yay I'm glad this video got uploaded and didn't go to the waste!

    • @voievod7541
      @voievod7541 Před 8 lety +5

      Me too, good job Jake. Even if it's the same theme as the Grey video, they have a different enough style to not be copies.

    • @voievod7541
      @voievod7541 Před 8 lety +5

      bleh mehm CGP Grey made a similar video two days ago. Which made Jake unsure whether to post this video, which is his great comeback. Lots of drama, but in the end everything went along smoothly.

    • @theswaff699
      @theswaff699 Před 8 lety

      +bleh mehm +GCPgray

    • @monicacalanche9230
      @monicacalanche9230 Před 8 lety

      Amazing come back 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

    • @spacemonster7051
      @spacemonster7051 Před 8 lety +4

      honestly half the video is just hearing the way different people describe things, i liked Grey's video just as much as this one

  • @dominikbury2
    @dominikbury2 Před 5 lety +1

    Just watched corridor's interview with jake about him going through cancer and that's when I first learned he had it. Thought that in this video he said that because it was somehow related to the topic wtf.
    Glad you're ok now hope you never stop making videos.

  • @Tenkoss
    @Tenkoss Před 2 lety +1

    I discovered this channel wayyyyyy too late BUT the good part is that I do have a lot of stuff to watch now :D

  • @chrisg3030
    @chrisg3030 Před 8 lety +309

    The paradox of the heap has me confused in real life. Whenever I get a heap of money, I think each bit I spend doesn't really reduce it so I spend a bit here and a bit there and then a bit and another bit and . . . no more money.

    • @VK-kn3fz
      @VK-kn3fz Před 8 lety

      haaahaHahaha

    • @vitorsly
      @vitorsly Před 8 lety +5

      +Chris G It's not really a paradox it's just a vague word. If we come up we a minimum and maximum amount of items or volume to form a heap then it's just a range of amounts. It's like 6 cows are "several", if you add 1 it's still "several", if you add another it's still "several" until eventually you decide to cut the term to an arbitrary amount in which case it is now "many".

    • @chrisg3030
      @chrisg3030 Před 8 lety +2

      +vitorsly Sure, the paradox disappears when we put specific numbers to amounts. Counting with numbers must have originated as a smart way of making one amount distinguishable at a glance from another (or an amount at another time) which otherwise look pretty much the same. One heap looks like another, but 256 is obviously different from 257. Numbers are like a kind of magnifying glass for the present and a telescope for knowing the future. Trouble is I don't always want to know.

    • @apostalote
      @apostalote Před 8 lety +4

      +jimmyfly you sound like an arrogant college freshman.

    • @Draggyflames
      @Draggyflames Před 8 lety +11

      +Chris G I call it the "steam summer sale" paradox

  • @0tiii
    @0tiii Před 7 lety +308

    THAT MICHAEL PART GOT ME DYING! hahahahha!

  • @_hadoken
    @_hadoken Před 4 lety +23

    I'm impressed at how much he can imitate Michael's style.

    • @communisttrash8590
      @communisttrash8590 Před 4 lety +5

      Idk Jake is more cinematic than Michael and is less math than just theory and logic than just general science and when it is science it’s extremely specialized and less known about

  • @triborda4850
    @triborda4850 Před 5 lety +1

    the movie "Fly" (about a man going through a teletransportation device with a fly and they merge) it uses the same process you described in your paradox

  • @moqwa2597
    @moqwa2597 Před 7 lety +52

    if someone actually cares ... thre intro song is the " Der sommer" by vivaldi´s 4 yeartimes

    • @vitaliyd23
      @vitaliyd23 Před 6 lety +2

      I CARE!!

    • @AmirHossain_solid
      @AmirHossain_solid Před 6 lety

      'storm' part from 'summer' season from 'four seasons' of Antonio Vivaldi

    • @zuss10
      @zuss10 Před 6 lety +4

      Crazy Chriz what about the end song? plz

    • @tayk4543
      @tayk4543 Před 6 lety

      Thank you.

    • @MrPabgon
      @MrPabgon Před 5 lety

      Thank you! I have been looking for it

  • @mackenziewhite6168
    @mackenziewhite6168 Před 6 lety +1506

    This isn't a paradox but cool to think about
    If you were to tell a story about everything you did today down to every detail would go on forever
    Why?
    Because you would tell about your day and eventual get to the part about you telling a story and then repeat it again and again

    • @blockbros9299
      @blockbros9299 Před 6 lety +31

      Weeman 3147 "this story"

    • @TheSecondVersion
      @TheSecondVersion Před 6 lety +140

      In Neil Gaiman's sandman, there's a book that contains the ENTIRE story of the universe, describing everything that happens in it from its creation to its very end. However, no one is allowed to consult it to see the future, because then the book would become part of its own story. It would have to describe what it is describing, and so on and so forth.

    • @DoesItMatterAtAll
      @DoesItMatterAtAll Před 6 lety +55

      Assuming an infinite time-span, sure, it's a nice thought about recursion, but the day ends, and as the day does, so do the daily events, making the story not infinite, just (potentially, depending on how fast you recount the story, and the daytime at which you started) very meta.

    • @rocketbunny2441
      @rocketbunny2441 Před 6 lety +4

      Weeman 3147 while reading your comment.. I just remembered I've done this myself.. 😅

    • @Populous3Tutorials
      @Populous3Tutorials Před 6 lety +16

      not really its just impossible cuz ur telling things that happened today. at 23:59:59 you have to stop writing and since you cant write about future, your story about "yesterday" was almost complete, but unfinished
      its not a paradox

  • @jamesnotreally8412
    @jamesnotreally8412 Před 5 lety +17

    Now I have a identity issue. I need to see my therapist now

  • @xaverdrescher123
    @xaverdrescher123 Před 5 lety +7

    I am thinking about the last one for hours

  • @mahmoodaalam235
    @mahmoodaalam235 Před 8 lety +112

    Glad to see cancer can't stop Jake being awesome.

  • @tenzinkunchen6948
    @tenzinkunchen6948 Před 8 lety +262

    does he really have cancer

  • @KynrScott
    @KynrScott Před 3 lety +1

    I was looking for a good paradox to help me sleep. Thank you so much for the teletransportation paradox. The others were a bit too easy

  • @iodio6
    @iodio6 Před 4 lety +14

    After watching this i literally had an crisis going on in my brain XD

  • @rikuurufu5534
    @rikuurufu5534 Před 7 lety +46

    A heap ceases to be a heap when its parts exist in a single layer, and when you can count them, or at least begin to count them and be confident that you can finish, at a glance.

    • @kolepage6863
      @kolepage6863 Před 7 lety +1

      Richard Collins when tho?

    • @k9kid991
      @k9kid991 Před 7 lety

      Ok, so if we started from that point that you just said: A single layer, you can count them, confident you can finish at a glance.... now just add ONE. SINGLE. Grain of sand to that, and it becomes a heap? One single grain of sand would really make that much of a difference? That's where the paradox comes in. You can never get to that defining moment when it transitions to a heap, because that means it's only one grain of sand different... which is barely noticable. =P

    • @rikuurufu5534
      @rikuurufu5534 Před 7 lety

      It's still not a heap to you, but it might be a heap to the next person.Or you might leave and come back, and re-evaluate your ability to count the grains, and find yourself a little intimidated. That exact point, the point at which anyone takes a fresh look at the sand after ONE. SINGLE. grain of sand has been added and concludes that they probably couldn't count the grains, is the point at which the heap is defined, especially if it's pushed together so that it's no longer in a single layer.

    • @k9kid991
      @k9kid991 Před 7 lety +2

      But still, let's say someone is at that point where they don't think they could count it, so they call it heap. If you tell them to close their eyes, and then you remove one single grain of sand, they won't even be able to tell the difference when they look again. They'll still call it a heap. Especially if you don't tell them if you actually took a grain away.

    • @neuronaut6719
      @neuronaut6719 Před 7 lety

      So how is this a paradox just because people can't agree on the number of grains of sand, which we can't count, make up a heap? "Heap" is a very general term, a visual one, one that I would say by definition is something that isn't counted.

  • @reijer8167
    @reijer8167 Před 8 lety +219

    Just wondering where did you get that t-shirt?

    • @jagorivia6677
      @jagorivia6677 Před 8 lety +2

      Geeeertje!!

    • @nannerhammock1692
      @nannerhammock1692 Před 8 lety +27

      +Tracy Mendiola you're fucked in the head.

    • @eeleroet434
      @eeleroet434 Před 8 lety +7

      +Tracy Mendiola m8

    • @skurczybyk12
      @skurczybyk12 Před 8 lety

      +disonrespectvol Check on redbubble.com, i saw some similar designs there, not this exact one, but there are many of them, so you can find something similar, i think.

    • @BRE3ZYE
      @BRE3ZYE Před 8 lety +5

      +disonrespectvol Kanto

  • @harjeck9518
    @harjeck9518 Před 5 lety +3

    The weird feeling, when teleport breaks and you suddenly appear next to Michael sitting on a toilet...

  • @ryandencker3212
    @ryandencker3212 Před 2 lety +2

    that chair he has been stuck in for weeks is a $6000 chair

  • @gasstationbathroominnevada
    @gasstationbathroominnevada Před 8 lety +172

    technically a brain transplant is a full body transplant

    • @xrasor9592
      @xrasor9592 Před 8 lety +2

      👍

    • @Dgannt
      @Dgannt Před 8 lety +7

      +Gas Station Bathroom in Nevada
      If the brain is where our consciousness (and much more) reside, then yes. But the brain could simply be the processor of our body and nothing more. If you only change the processor (like in a computer) then you still have your operating system and all your memories.

    • @quincedapence3533
      @quincedapence3533 Před 8 lety +42

      +Fast Er i think we can safely say that my consciousness does not reside in my kneecaps.

    • @94Endgameboy
      @94Endgameboy Před 8 lety +2

      +QuinceDaPence You made my day

    • @OneSideStrike
      @OneSideStrike Před 8 lety +2

      +QuinceDaPence or does it? o.o

  • @zeldafreak2232
    @zeldafreak2232 Před 8 lety +359

    I like the word 'heap', it's just a fun word to say.

    • @jkake5398
      @jkake5398 Před 8 lety

      Ikr

    • @bryanwan6169
      @bryanwan6169 Před 8 lety

      +An anorexic pig
      *hemp

    • @wigglywiggler5562
      @wigglywiggler5562 Před 8 lety +2

      +Cryp Tic heap*

    • @theninjaotaku409
      @theninjaotaku409 Před 8 lety +6

      +Spork25 I found a great word in the dictionary: "Squelch". It's my favorite word to call someone.
      You squelch! Shut up squelch! Lol!

    • @TheSPLEEFKING
      @TheSPLEEFKING Před 8 lety +4

      I guess you can say it's a heap of fun to say

  • @pretz5584
    @pretz5584 Před 4 lety +10

    5:50 this had me thinking a ton about that

  • @brandonlatchman9847
    @brandonlatchman9847 Před 3 lety +1

    That last paradox...hit me hard,insane but it might just be true

  • @andydalytube
    @andydalytube Před 7 lety +281

    Sorites Paradox is easily answered. It becomes a heap when there are 42 grains of sand. 42 is the answer to everything

  • @TheGuy420
    @TheGuy420 Před 7 lety +155

    My friend said aproximatley 6 grains of sand

    • @Ensanity21
      @Ensanity21 Před 7 lety +5

      TheGuy I say 7 and a half grains of sand

    • @searenacarroll2956
      @searenacarroll2956 Před 7 lety +65

      W.D GaminG Wouldn't half a grain still be a grain?

    • @notsahsoj5155
      @notsahsoj5155 Před 7 lety +3

      Searena Carroll thats the joke

    • @jimflagg4009
      @jimflagg4009 Před 7 lety

      The way you solve the heap paradox is through an agreed upon unit of measurement. Otherwise a heap is relative. What you might think as a heap might not appear as a heap to me. IT is relative to the observer,

  • @scorpiosete794
    @scorpiosete794 Před 3 lety +2

    Here's a paradox: If you asks Rick Astley for the movie Up, he's never gonna give it. But if he didn't give you the movie Up, he lets you down, because he said he will never let you down, but he will also never gonna give you Up.

  • @smithmeister
    @smithmeister Před rokem +1

    Years later - I'm so glad you're healed

  • @alifidy1578
    @alifidy1578 Před 8 lety +189

    CGP Grey

    • @myherpesitch7763
      @myherpesitch7763 Před 8 lety +2

      Yeah man. lately I've been seeing channels ripping off each other. Fucken lazy asses

    • @jozfang6210
      @jozfang6210 Před 8 lety +52

      +My Herpes Itch Look at the description. It was a coincidence...

    • @myherpesitch7763
      @myherpesitch7763 Před 8 lety

      +50euros I dont think so. Last time SciShow and DNews did a vid about "the uncanny valley" where robots who become too human-like start becoming creepy to most ppl

    • @LegenDove
      @LegenDove Před 8 lety +28

      +My Herpes Itch So what you're saying is that he wrote, shot and edited this video within a few hours?

    • @alifidy1578
      @alifidy1578 Před 8 lety

      this video is much more creative and I am sure that he hans the copied CGP Grey but it is similar.

  • @cutlerrox06
    @cutlerrox06 Před 8 lety +268

    Im glad you're Better!

  • @artesiningart4961
    @artesiningart4961 Před 5 lety

    I also asked that question a few times after I awoke from a sleep.... and most of the time, it got me staring at one point with my mind trying to answer that hard question...Sometimes it lasted for half an hour of mind-wandering and wondering. I usually stop when I thought and remembered that I still need to continue my day, that I need to stop focusing and thinking about it, that I still need something to do, that I still have a life to live with, or when my head started to literally ache.

  • @miniature9079
    @miniature9079 Před 5 lety

    This video gives me the chills for some reason.

  • @frid5639
    @frid5639 Před 7 lety +233

    Title should How to make you head ache in 7 minutes

    • @charliediamond7254
      @charliediamond7254 Před 6 lety +2

      Frid I'm glad you enjoyed the other 25 seconds

    • @eraofgaming1721
      @eraofgaming1721 Před 6 lety

      Charlie Diamond XD

    • @GummieI
      @GummieI Před 6 lety

      Well that title would fit every single vsauce video more or less

  • @mdmobashshir432
    @mdmobashshir432 Před 8 lety +397

    First CGP Grey then Jake!! Existential Crisis is slowly ceasing me every morning.

    • @racistpandagod
      @racistpandagod Před 8 lety

      Ikr

    • @TrueSetoKaiba
      @TrueSetoKaiba Před 8 lety

      I know.... Is one copying the other?

    • @Pikminiman
      @Pikminiman Před 8 lety +35

      +Joshua Decene No. Just two great minds thinking alike.

    • @thejenko17
      @thejenko17 Před 8 lety +6

      +Joshua Decene hey man watch jake ropers new video on his channel, he explains what is happening

    • @mdmobashshir432
      @mdmobashshir432 Před 8 lety

      thats it Already watched it.

  • @acd1234
    @acd1234 Před 4 lety

    Been constantly thinking this for a lifetime. I just cant believe the same idea that I had will be explained clearly in which, I cannot find the exact words to explain it with.

  • @Drag0nStorm1
    @Drag0nStorm1 Před 5 lety

    nice renders, nice pokemon t-shirt too!
    And great ending sequence haha

  • @kitsunekid16
    @kitsunekid16 Před 7 lety +66

    a heap is an undetermined amount. so its a heap until you count it

    • @kitsunekid16
      @kitsunekid16 Před 7 lety +1

      or can count it

    • @alexisjasso13
      @alexisjasso13 Před 7 lety +1

      Urban Kitsune But if you use a microscope (and have enough time) you can actually count every single grain in a heap, does that mean a heap does not exist?

    • @puteborddelux1309
      @puteborddelux1309 Před 7 lety

      Alexis Jasso well then that specific heap is no longer a heap, but the next time you take a handful of sand, that is a heap. A heap just means an amount of something that you don't know the exact quantity of, so considering the next handful of sand you take is not the exact same amount as the one you counted, it's a heap.

    • @dangdudei1506
      @dangdudei1506 Před 7 lety +1

      The size of a heap is determined by your perception of the world. It's you trying to apply scale to something uncountable (as in it is not practical to count it). It's not about how many grains a heap consists of, it's about how big the sandpile is compared to something else.
      We are all different and have different perceptions of things. So the very definiton of heap will vary from person to person.

    • @samaysamudre
      @samaysamudre Před 7 lety

      Urban Kitsune

  • @itslau578
    @itslau578 Před 8 lety +131

    WHERE CAN I GET THAT SHIRT??!!!!

  • @phroged2255
    @phroged2255 Před 3 lety +1

    Me: have a cold and don’t go to school.
    Jake: Has C A N C E R and make a 7,25 long video.

  • @subhradeepghosh2523
    @subhradeepghosh2523 Před 3 lety

    I'm watching this video in 2021. I'm so sorry to hear that, I hope you are doing well and I wish that you will get well soon! Love you buddy ❤️

  • @kgt94
    @kgt94 Před 8 lety +362

    Wish you health dude, you remind me so much of a young bill neil :)

    • @robercano
      @robercano Před 8 lety +2

      +Kyle Grewal Bill Nye?

    • @the1andonlytitch
      @the1andonlytitch Před 8 lety +1

      +Kyle Grewal Bill Neil the real seal pill

    • @hajrahissaniti
      @hajrahissaniti Před 8 lety

      do you mean...BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @joiscott182
      @joiscott182 Před 8 lety +1

      +jazzfan1994 Bill Nye the science guy

    • @kgt94
      @kgt94 Před 8 lety

      yas!!!!

  • @tassmh7080
    @tassmh7080 Před 8 lety +175

    OH HO HO that was VERY sneaky there Vsauce putting that last paradox in at the end ;)
    When does a person actually become a person? At what point do these little lumps of cells become what we consider a human?
    But now you don't have the backlash of actually saying it
    Nice

    • @ozonezoe
      @ozonezoe Před 8 lety +10

      WOW! did not catch that!
      Yes, very sneaky indeed!
      Clever Jake.

    • @SelfCareCharizard
      @SelfCareCharizard Před 8 lety +2

      Woah, that makes sense. I didn't get the meaning of that last part.

    • @ji23delgado
      @ji23delgado Před 8 lety +1

      Can you please elaborate?I didn't quite get it

    • @ozonezoe
      @ozonezoe Před 8 lety +2

      "When does a person actually become a person? At what point do these little lumps of cells become what we consider a human?"
      Kinda relating to when jake talks about a when a heap is no longer a heap or when a grain of sand is no longer a grain of sand. Does that help?

    • @ji23delgado
      @ji23delgado Před 8 lety +2

      +OzoneZoe Ohhhhhh well that was sneaky.Thanks for the help!

  • @No-oneInParticular
    @No-oneInParticular Před 4 lety +2

    Quality ending Jake!

  • @DamianAI9
    @DamianAI9 Před 5 lety +1

    I love this Video! just because it inspires me