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  • čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
  • Links to sources, more math magic, and other cool things below!
    My Twitter: / tweetsauce
    My Instagram: / electricpants
    Thanks to Vanessa from BrainCraft! Check out her channel: / braincraftvideo
    Matt Parker's standupmaths channel: / standupmaths
    Matt's video I mention: • Mind-boggling Card Tri...
    STEMMathsMagic channel: / stemmathsmagic
    The STEMMathsMagic video I reference: • Oil and Water (Mathema...
    STEMMathsMagic website (check out the manual!): www.mathematicalmagic.com/thet...
    mismag is amazing. He introduced me to MANY self-working mathematical tricks. Please check him out! / mismag822
    MUSIC in this episode is from:
    Jake Chudnow: / jakechudnow
    zach mccoy: zachmccoy.bandcamp.com/
    audionetwork: www.audionetwork.com
    Shakespeare and Psalm 46:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalm_46
    www.umsl.edu/~thomaskp/sbible.htm
    www.apologeticspress.org/apco...
    Paper about which cards people think of most frequently (and more): www2.psych.ubc.ca/~rensink/pub...
    52 factorial explained by Scott Czepiel: czep.net/weblog/52cards.html
    Some good math magic articles:
    www.maa.org/community/maa-colu...
    www.futilitycloset.com/2015/06...
    www.maa.org/external_archive/c...
    www.ams.org/samplings/feature-...
    mathforum.org/library/drmath/v...
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  • @KyrieFortune
    @KyrieFortune Před 5 lety +6961

    Vsauce at the beginning: ah ah see this cool magic trick
    Vsauce at the end: death is inevitable

    • @SniperLogic
      @SniperLogic Před 5 lety +55

      KyrieFortune And taxes...

    • @CaptainDoomsday
      @CaptainDoomsday Před 5 lety +125

      "An incomprehensibly massive number of people are condenmed to never exist."

    • @hakand.7246
      @hakand.7246 Před 5 lety +7

      Wow you have 666 likes right now.

    • @mattew7890
      @mattew7890 Před 5 lety +25

      I love that there are multiple videos where Michael ends it with “I’m glad your alive!”

    • @teevaldes938
      @teevaldes938 Před 5 lety +1

      Now you have 999 likes : )

  • @wacka.
    @wacka. Před 8 lety +4063

    wow he picked none of the cards I was thinking of... what are the odds...

  • @gleamingfoonyman
    @gleamingfoonyman Před rokem +105

    "Think of a card"
    My brain immediately for some reason: Hearts of Spades

  • @abhijeetpatnaik5494
    @abhijeetpatnaik5494 Před 2 lety +1479

    I showed this video to one of friends. Michael actually managed to guess all 3 cards of his choice. He was blown away. So was I. I witnessed a historic moment. He was one among the 7.

  • @PurlaneMauve
    @PurlaneMauve Před 8 lety +4326

    Start of Vsauce video: "Why are words so random?"
    End of Vsauce video: "So maybe bricks aren't so bad after all"

    • @____spacecadet____
      @____spacecadet____ Před 8 lety +202

      +Baldemoto Oh my God, you're too right. That me literally L.O.L.
      start of video: "If you rearrange the letters in 'William Shakespeare,' you can spell 'here was I like a psalm.'"
      end of video:"Even though you will probably die..."

    • @finlay8722
      @finlay8722 Před 8 lety

      Lolz😂

    • @ThreesixnineGF
      @ThreesixnineGF Před 8 lety +41

      +Baldemoto It's like a Simpson episode!

    • @HSquadGaming
      @HSquadGaming Před 8 lety

      LOL YEEESSS

    • @chrissyvt84
      @chrissyvt84 Před 8 lety

      Lol exactly.

  • @snoopydog9821
    @snoopydog9821 Před 5 lety +5773

    Is this just a coinsedence?
    *laughs mathematically*
    Yes.

  • @AllenKey19
    @AllenKey19 Před 8 měsíci +156

    "Explanations don't dull mystery, they empower the mystified" Whoever writes the script deserves a bonus man

    • @ericdreblow8564
      @ericdreblow8564 Před 7 měsíci +17

      As far as I know, he pretty much does all of his research and script writing by himself

    • @NoriMori1992
      @NoriMori1992 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Well, they can do both.

  • @agent475816
    @agent475816 Před rokem +370

    Now 77 people had it right 3 times in a row.

  • @carpetlick5243
    @carpetlick5243 Před 8 lety +1499

    Cmon Michael you can count the 52 factorial in under 2 minutes... just get a lamp and turn it on and off at half the previous time intervals...

    • @ggfargo
      @ggfargo Před 8 lety +24

      hahahaha so smart xd

    • @TheEgyGeek
      @TheEgyGeek Před 8 lety +10

      +Carp Etlick Yeah well time is formed of discrete units. you can't apply the dichotomy principle here.

    • @RadicalDaveNFriends
      @RadicalDaveNFriends Před 8 lety +46

      +Carp Etlick That would be one super task of you to take on!
      ...wait

    • @Enverescape
      @Enverescape Před 8 lety +99

      +Carp Etlick The smallest unit of possibly observable time is the Planck time, on the order of 10^-44 seconds. If you were able to turn the lamp on and off every Planck time, it would still take far, far longer than the universe has been around--137 quadrillion years--to count to 52!: www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=planck+time+*+52!

    • @TheEgyGeek
      @TheEgyGeek Před 8 lety

      Connor Peet Yeah Connor that's like exactly what I said, how about giving credit to people who actually get it for a change.

  • @jordanjamison97
    @jordanjamison97 Před 3 lety +4505

    "Even though you will die, most people won't even get to die. They won't even get to be born. So I'm glad you were."
    Michael getting in my feelings

  • @thepianokid9378
    @thepianokid9378 Před rokem +25

    14:49 In case anyone’s wondering, 52 factorial is 8.06581751709438E67. That’s 80 duovigintillion, 658 unvigintillion, 175 vigintillion, 170 nondecillion, 943 octadecillion, 800 septemdecillion.

  • @southlagoon
    @southlagoon Před rokem +322

    You're the reason I now want to start learning more things. Thank you Vsauce

    • @devonesq.7533
      @devonesq.7533 Před 11 měsíci +2

      your brain never wants to stop learning, michael just explains stuff in an interesting and novel way, which makes learning more fun for you, which 99% of teachers fail to do.

    • @SpeedChamp467
      @SpeedChamp467 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@atomdecay his name is Vichael. The channel is called mikesauce. Thought everybody knew this already.

    • @Nightmare11617
      @Nightmare11617 Před 8 měsíci

      @@SpeedChamp467 lol

  • @captainoblivious_yt
    @captainoblivious_yt Před 5 lety +1612

    Is this just a coincidence?
    *smug laughter*
    Yes.

  • @kathryndoyle7722
    @kathryndoyle7722 Před 8 lety +831

    My irregular periods are more fucking regular than this channel

    • @sygb.550
      @sygb.550 Před 8 lety +8

      lol

    • @ChristinaMoralesMindfuqed
      @ChristinaMoralesMindfuqed Před 8 lety

      XD LOL

    • @guiafb99
      @guiafb99 Před 8 lety +2

      He'll upload the next one in the next 3 days probably

    • @josephtuagalu7689
      @josephtuagalu7689 Před 8 lety +28

      +kathryn doyle maybe because he actually puts time & effort into his vids, his vids are cool. That takes time.

    • @kathryndoyle7722
      @kathryndoyle7722 Před 8 lety +4

      +joseph tuagalu i would wait years to c his vids if I have to tbh

  • @WoodlandDrake
    @WoodlandDrake Před rokem +79

    To this day, my favorite card trick is a math trick my uncle showed me. It involves dividing the deck in half, memorizing the 18th card in one half and then adding the value of cards (1-10) from the other deck to determine how many cards you deal off the top of a combined deck to get to the 18th card. It was wild to perform as an 8 year old when I couldn't understand the math behind it.

    • @fernandaabreu5625
      @fernandaabreu5625 Před rokem +1

      Neil Gump.

    • @DarkSoulser
      @DarkSoulser Před 9 měsíci +1

      Is there a specific name given to this card trick? I know its been a while...

  • @DakotaJohnson-vx3dv
    @DakotaJohnson-vx3dv Před měsícem +4

    Michael telling me that he's glad i was born is the nicest thing anyone has said to me in at least a decade

  • @TheAlmightyOctopus
    @TheAlmightyOctopus Před 8 lety +1484

    The 52! shit hurt my brain.

    • @WarTex
      @WarTex Před 8 lety +11

      *42

    • @herrabanani
      @herrabanani Před 8 lety +56

      +WarTex no 52

    • @NiramBG
      @NiramBG Před 8 lety +19

      +WarTex
      You know that was kinda an unnecessary reference. Also I feel like it wasn't appropriate to Almighty Octopus's comment.

    • @lukelowery3603
      @lukelowery3603 Před 8 lety

      +WarTex It's 52...

    • @jasondoe6286
      @jasondoe6286 Před 8 lety +2

      +WarTex *meaning of life, the universe, and everything

  • @Jamazon
    @Jamazon Před 8 lety +1237

    Vsauce's thumbnails and titles are the opposite of clickbait

    • @MordrinNaeblis
      @MordrinNaeblis Před 8 lety +167

      He doesn't need to do any of that. His amazing content is enough to bring people towards his channel.

    • @Gabu_
      @Gabu_ Před 8 lety +4

      +Jamazon Could they be bait-bait?

    • @Jamazon
      @Jamazon Před 8 lety +4

      Ahmad Ali​​ Couldn't agree more. But new viewers won't know what to expect

    • @jmoak14
      @jmoak14 Před 8 lety +2

      +Jamazon fun fact they used to put half naked females into the thumbnail years ago

    • @Coffeepotion
      @Coffeepotion Před 8 lety +2

      +Jamazon Well, to me every video with Vsauce in it or on it is "clickbait" (I will automatically click on it)

  • @Christian.Escutia
    @Christian.Escutia Před rokem +10

    This is still my favorite video VSauce has ever made. I learned those magic tricks back in highschool and they became a great talking point for friends and coworkers. And the 52! Is outrageous. An extremely good visualization that just jumbled me so much. Math is amazing

  • @potawatomi100
    @potawatomi100 Před 2 lety +4

    Terrific topic! Outstanding video production and superbly narrated.

  • @trianglesandtricolour4307
    @trianglesandtricolour4307 Před 3 lety +3233

    7:44
    Michael: "Thank you very much... but not you Vanessa"
    Vanessa: *laughs painfully*

  • @pedrocurto2397
    @pedrocurto2397 Před 4 lety +1768

    Michael's GF: I think we need to end.
    Michael: But what is an end? Isn't it just an end-trance?

    • @nightwing8558
      @nightwing8558 Před 4 lety +21

      pedro alexandre lmao kinda don’t want to see this ever again, your brain must be protected

    • @highguardian13
      @highguardian13 Před 4 lety +10

      pedro alexandre BRUH 😂 🤣

    • @_KingOfCalifornia
      @_KingOfCalifornia Před 4 lety +15

      They're married and have a kid now

    • @ViewsFromTheDeathStar
      @ViewsFromTheDeathStar Před 4 lety +5

      LMAO wholesome af

    • @kdchmln
      @kdchmln Před 4 lety +11

      ah yes, the old "i think we need to end", the normal way people talk when breaking up.

  • @trocha419
    @trocha419 Před 2 lety +3

    This is still one of my all time fav videos and piece of knowledge that exist.

  • @WaywardZeppelin
    @WaywardZeppelin Před rokem +4

    For the card thing, my answer was the 3 of Spades, and I was sort of hoping to see it, but I noticed right away the 3 that were pulled seemed "common" in terms of how often they'd be thought of

  • @arturkey9084
    @arturkey9084 Před 5 lety +3430

    When you guessed my first card i got so scared XD

    • @dokt1745
      @dokt1745 Před 5 lety +88

      I guessed ace of diamonds everytime and he didn't get it

    • @alishbanathani
      @alishbanathani Před 5 lety +50

      He guessed none of my cards

    • @paulobarral1267
      @paulobarral1267 Před 5 lety +31

      He guessed 2 of mine

    • @enekuda05
      @enekuda05 Před 5 lety +10

      I guessed in order ace of hearts, 4 of diamonds, 3 of spades. He at least got the first one 😂

    • @gabrielu.f.vassellucci722
      @gabrielu.f.vassellucci722 Před 5 lety +55

      KrispyWaffles He guessed all of mine, which really scared me

  • @rxhx
    @rxhx Před 6 lety +1960

    That 52 factorial visualization thing is the greatest mindfuck ever on vsauce videos!

    • @Plystire
      @Plystire Před 6 lety +42

      Who knew a deck of cards could be so humbling?

    • @thiagoene
      @thiagoene Před 6 lety +44

      I come here at least once a month and watch that part of the video again. It's hard to even try to get your head around it.

    • @0SilentLeopard0
      @0SilentLeopard0 Před 6 lety +10

      And 69! is the largest factorial you could compute.

    • @jimmyshakway2737
      @jimmyshakway2737 Před 6 lety +5

      yet people still think life evolving from nothing is more likely than that

    • @Plystire
      @Plystire Před 6 lety +9

      More likely than... what?

  • @fearofthechippan
    @fearofthechippan Před rokem +4

    That’s why I’ve always loved science and maths: they’re just magic that we understand

  • @ryanjohnston4405
    @ryanjohnston4405 Před rokem +7

    I am so proud to be able to call myself one of the 77 people who chose those three cards, that was terrifying, I was questioning reality.

    • @ryanjohnston4405
      @ryanjohnston4405 Před rokem +1

      I watched the rest now and I’m slightly less proud, but still impressed

    • @rickyanthony
      @rickyanthony Před rokem +1

      Hello. Can I get an autograph?

  • @f1sh_539
    @f1sh_539 Před 3 lety +2955

    Is this coincidence?
    *laughs in “no it’s not”*
    “Yes”

    • @TheOkGuyOfficial
      @TheOkGuyOfficial Před 3 lety +5

      Yo 50th like!

    • @dinosharttt
      @dinosharttt Před 3 lety +3

      Your pfp your comment are exactly what an idiot and stupid person would say

    • @PriyanshuPareek
      @PriyanshuPareek Před 3 lety +23

      @@dinosharttt lol what?

    • @dalurinzinia829
      @dalurinzinia829 Před 3 lety

      does anyone know the background music from 0:54 to 2:28 ?? couldn't find it by Jake Chudnow

    • @dalurinzinia829
      @dalurinzinia829 Před 3 lety

      does anyone know the background music from 0:54 to 2:28 ?? couldn't find it by Jake Chudnow.

  • @noahraikes9374
    @noahraikes9374 Před 4 lety +1268

    1:45
    One time everyone was doing cardtricks and I wanted to join in but I didn't know any, so I just decided to muck my friend around and tell him to think of any card, then I flipped through the deck and picked out a random card.
    I said "found it"
    And his mind was blown.
    Frankly, so was mine.

  • @stephend3459
    @stephend3459 Před 2 lety +2

    I have watched this video no less than 100 times and it has never once failed to blow my mind.

  • @RanjanKumar-wt4hh
    @RanjanKumar-wt4hh Před 2 lety +2

    This number is so big that my mind could not even imagine it after this amazing visualisation.

  • @IHateCopperGolems
    @IHateCopperGolems Před 3 lety +6698

    Whenever a magician asks you to think of a card, choose the Joker

  • @dereklocke7366
    @dereklocke7366 Před 8 lety +1105

    More space shit please

    • @nephastgweiz1022
      @nephastgweiz1022 Před 8 lety +33

      Love the way you talk

    • @dereklocke7366
      @dereklocke7366 Před 8 lety +1

      +Oscar Azgriel thanks bro

    • @curtisrak3117
      @curtisrak3117 Před 8 lety +2

      +Derek Locke Seriously I want more space shit haha lets bring up that "cannabis found on a meteorite" to light xD

    • @ezkefen
      @ezkefen Před 8 lety

      tru

    • @colind1400
      @colind1400 Před 8 lety

      +Derek Locke that's what I'm sayin'.

  • @bunsen_burna7663
    @bunsen_burna7663 Před rokem +4

    It is I, mathematics, and you are welcome.

  • @SomeoneYouDontKnowOfficial
    @SomeoneYouDontKnowOfficial Před 4 lety +891

    "You will *probably* die."
    I think Michael knows something we dont.

  • @M8ingSeason
    @M8ingSeason Před 2 lety +5453

    When he pulled out the ace of hearts, I nearly had a heart attack.
    Then when he pulled out the queen of hearts, I was at the end of my rope.
    Then I thought, "he'd never pull out the queen of hearts twice!"
    Thanks to that, I live another day.

    • @aliersinoral
      @aliersinoral Před 2 lety +215

      Whenever a magician asks you to pick a card; if they guess the first one right and asks again, choose the same card

    • @harrisont4076
      @harrisont4076 Před 2 lety +9

      Same

    • @ozanozenir2503
      @ozanozenir2503 Před 2 lety +164

      He says ANOTHER card. You fool

    • @noctuh.
      @noctuh. Před 2 lety +27

      He did say a different card but I didn't even get predicted on any of them sadly I said 8 of diamonds, queen of clubs ace of clubs

    • @blaghgames5050
      @blaghgames5050 Před 2 lety +9

      @@noctuh. I said 4 of spades literally every time.I dunno man.

  • @rekav7210
    @rekav7210 Před 2 měsíci

    this video blew me away. rarely happens to me but this video just blew my mind fr. great job michael big big respect for you, very smart man

  • @zoeytrent115
    @zoeytrent115 Před 7 měsíci

    I don't know how I keep falling asleep and waking up to your videos, but when I go on a spree on watching your videos I wish I had you as my teacher, and this is coming from someone who's been homeschooled all my life. You've taught me so many things, of just how scary and ginormous math really can be.

  • @jorgeortiz8183
    @jorgeortiz8183 Před 8 lety +536

    When he guessed my card I had to stop the video for a moment because I was freaking the fuck out

    • @keonder4884
      @keonder4884 Před 8 lety +3

      Gg

    • @loveyou10131
      @loveyou10131 Před 8 lety

      Lmao same

    • @dragosmic4903
      @dragosmic4903 Před 8 lety +6

      +Jorge Ortiz he didn't guess mine

    • @matrixzoo8434
      @matrixzoo8434 Před 8 lety

      +Jorge Ortiz same, I posed the video scrolled down to see the comments.

    • @BocchiTheBox
      @BocchiTheBox Před 8 lety +6

      He guessed incorrectly on mine all 3 turns.
      I chose 2 of Diamonds all 3 turns.

  • @zandersherry5480
    @zandersherry5480 Před 4 lety +899

    0:39 when my parents ask if all I’ve done all day is play Minecraft

  • @mnokelop2661
    @mnokelop2661 Před rokem

    Another nice magic trick you can do with tis at 8:14 is:
    Pick all 4 aces, 4 queens, 4 kings, 4 jacks
    Place themm all together (HA,HK,HQ,HJ, etc) so they're all with their own symbols and in order (ace, king queen jack)
    Place the 4 packs on top of each other so it makes 1 pile of 16
    Cut them by taking any amount of the top and put it under the pack (you can repeat infinitely)
    Place the cards 1 by 1, face up, on the table while doing a 4x4 square
    Every queens will make a row, kings too, jacks too, aces too.

  • @Cam-SB
    @Cam-SB Před 2 lety

    I needed to hear that ending. Thank you 💗

  • @TB-ol7zn
    @TB-ol7zn Před 4 lety +2069

    "So, I'm glad you were." Is the nicest compliment I've ever received... wow

    • @ghaithghazi6748
      @ghaithghazi6748 Před 4 lety +15

      Eat your cereal buddy!

    • @redswag5615
      @redswag5615 Před 4 lety +6

      Eat your cereal cult

    • @GalaxiusPilgrim
      @GalaxiusPilgrim Před 4 lety +4

      Damn you're sexy as fuck

    • @mrtoasteer3561
      @mrtoasteer3561 Před 4 lety +1

      @@BambiK96 tell me more

    • @BambiK96
      @BambiK96 Před 4 lety +13

      @@mrtoasteer3561 heres the story
      Its was normal say in Minnesota, it was cold. You couldent go outside without a jacket. I was sitting in my room in the bacement playing fetch with winter(cats name) while watching so Vsause. I get a snapchat call from my mom , I answer it (note that I had the blue bird as my profile picture and background for everything I even have a sticker on my ps4) my mom is looking a little sick. She says she went to the docter because she had the itchy bumps on her body, she also said I was because of winter. I was shocked knowing what was going to happen I started to cry. I said please isn't there a way you can treat it(I didnt know there actually was a way to treat it)she said no. I was devastated. She walked into my room fully dressed and said get winter into the car, with this saddens look on my face I obliged. I got dressed picked winter up and took her outside. The only other time she had ever been outside was when we adopted her and was takeing he inside. She tried to escape my arms and she did, she ran to the backyard and hid under the porch sitting in a window frame. I couldent fit down there so sadly to only way to get her out was to get a lazer pointer. This was extremely sad for me because she got really excited when I got it out and started running towards it I quickly picked her up and got her in the car still crying my mom and I drove the the nearest humane society we hot her out the car, this time my mom was carrying her. She stood at the door waiting for someone to open it. She was clearly struggling to hold her winter excape agin and ran across the street and hid in a Bush. We didnt know where she was until we saw some guy with his camera out looking in the bushes I saw her in the corner crying so was I. I walked over still crying saying nothing i picked winter up agin an employee was outside with a cage open for me to put her in. So that's what happend that day. When we got her she was very scared of humans she hid from ours for months we knew where she was but we couldent fit where she was so I sat in front with snacks to give her if she ever came out I was the only one who did it so when she did come out , if I wasn't there she would go back in until she herd my voice. I knew if she got adopted the same would happen. A week ago my mom got sad news for the humane society my mom came to my room and told me everyone who adopted her took her back because she would hide away from everyone, i guessed they didnt have the patience I had so she would allwase be back in a week or so. Soon nowone wanted her so she was euthanized

  • @Vsauce
    @Vsauce  Před 8 lety +8558

    ♣♥♠♦

  • @fitzyfiddle
    @fitzyfiddle Před 10 měsíci

    Those lines at the end of the video really just opened up my mind on how I should view the world. Not focus on the bad things that've happened or can happen; but to just live life while you can. Because this blessing that I was given by being alive at all is the greatest thing that could happen to anyone. To even have the chance to live in the first place. I will find myself and I will make a difference because you know what? I was given the opportunity. An opportunity that is so, incredibly rare and if I don't take it, I'll be letting whoever could've been me down. So damnit, thank you Michael.

  • @ekaanshAgrawal
    @ekaanshAgrawal Před rokem +2

    Not sure why, but once a year I rewatch all of Vsuace's videos

  • @Asko271
    @Asko271 Před 8 lety +847

    i love space shit pls do more spaceshit

    • @untitledname5183
      @untitledname5183 Před 8 lety +13

      Except space doesn't shit
      So how do you like imaginary THINGS?

    • @justinowens2077
      @justinowens2077 Před 8 lety +4

      +Untitled Name I mean, Christians like imaginary things...
      Jk I'm just trying to start shit

    • @KRAZY13omber
      @KRAZY13omber Před 8 lety +2

      +Untitled Name I meant a wormhole can shit out some object. So wormholes are anus's of space

    • @MrVibriocholerae
      @MrVibriocholerae Před 8 lety +3

      +KRAZY13omber and black holes can shit out Hawking radiation. so black holes are Hawking's bitches

    • @rainmaker2932
      @rainmaker2932 Před 8 lety +12

      +Asko271 We all love space shit

  • @xantiherox
    @xantiherox Před 8 lety +193

    7:44 Vanessa's face when she realized Michael was thanking math

    • @peanutbuttercracker1
      @peanutbuttercracker1 Před 8 lety +128

      Lol I read that as "Vanessa's face when she realized Michael was taking meth"

    • @canogaparque818
      @canogaparque818 Před 8 lety

      +peanutbuttercracker1
      he probaly has
      ive seen some youtube video where he said he used to slang

    • @commentatron
      @commentatron Před 8 lety +4

      +xantiherox Probably the same look she'd have given him when he tried his come-on line at the bar, "Hey, Vanessa. Michael here. Check out my V-Sauce!"

  • @fullestegg1112
    @fullestegg1112 Před rokem +5

    hey Micheal, vsauce here!

  • @UltraZigZag
    @UltraZigZag Před 9 měsíci +1

    He got the ace of hearts and my heart skipped a beat

  • @codeviper8665
    @codeviper8665 Před 3 lety +6607

    70 people are very impressed by his magic
    Edit: Could you all please stop correcting my math? This was a joke I made 11 months ago

  • @badatphilosophy
    @badatphilosophy Před 8 lety +866

    Friend: Have you studied for the test tomorrow?
    Me: 0:39

  • @brillum
    @brillum Před rokem +1

    I found it delightful how 2 times out of 3 Michael drew the card I was thinking of.

  • @ralyks._rgw
    @ralyks._rgw Před rokem +5

    I remember when I watched this a couple years ago he actually pulled the card I thought of and I was pretty disturbed. Watching this again reminds me that I was just the product of random chance 😅

  • @lorenzolondero2795
    @lorenzolondero2795 Před 3 lety +7269

    I'm not even joking, he revealed the 3 cards I was thinking. I admit that when he did, it scared me lol

  • @Top10Archive
    @Top10Archive Před 8 lety +3048

    2.5 million views, that means at least 20 people had the lucky numbers.. yet none of them commented.. They must have thought Michael is a witch or something.

    • @Arrooonnn
      @Arrooonnn Před 8 lety +91

      Well it's probability so there could have been no one that chose them

    • @Top10Archive
      @Top10Archive Před 8 lety +5

      ***** omg!!1111

    • @sammy415078
      @sammy415078 Před 8 lety +2

      +Top10Archive love your channel

    • @cameronhidey
      @cameronhidey Před 8 lety +6

      +Top10Archive HE GOT BOTH OF MINE OMFG 0_0

    • @anas97banjar
      @anas97banjar Před 8 lety +16

      +Top10Archive I saw at least 3 top comments that said they picked the same cards Michael guessed. Since they were top comments, it means there were even more who choose the same cards. but of course top comments change a lot, and you watched this episode 3 weeks after it was uploaded

  • @donovandownes5064
    @donovandownes5064 Před rokem +1

    Those last 4 minutes hit HARD

  • @ktgame2640
    @ktgame2640 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Huh, just thought of the ace of spades all three times... and you actually got it on the third. I'm shook

  • @liammitchell8568
    @liammitchell8568 Před 5 lety +973

    If you rearrange the letters in George Washington it spells swaggering hot one

  • @coolfoil2836
    @coolfoil2836 Před 4 lety +767

    1:23 me having a brain stroke and thinking of an ace of 13s

  • @lao-ce8982
    @lao-ce8982 Před 9 měsíci

    Although he found out only the 1 card I was thinking of, my heart still skipped a beat.

  • @lamuzzo5120
    @lamuzzo5120 Před 2 lety +3

    0:38 when i ask to my teacher if i did wrong in the test.

  • @parsipolo2877
    @parsipolo2877 Před 5 lety +1551

    Michael: thank you very much
    Venessa: your welcome
    Michael: but not you Venessa
    *hello darkness my old friend...*

    • @Arzun91
      @Arzun91 Před 5 lety +6

      You are

    • @daltonyates758
      @daltonyates758 Před 5 lety +1

      @@Arzun91 git em

    • @macanaeh
      @macanaeh Před 4 lety +7

      Michael is a madlad

    • @sospng
      @sospng Před 4 lety +1

      Deadass was scrolling through the comments and saw this one as soon as it happened in the video 😂

    • @Meddio2
      @Meddio2 Před 4 lety

      My welcome what?

  • @kelseymisra1388
    @kelseymisra1388 Před 6 lety +234

    this is what vsauce is. it's 20 minute videos that start with "hey look at these cool card tricks haha" and end with a fucking mindblowing demonstration of a big ass number that makes you contemplate life itself. i love vsauce

    • @depresseddude12
      @depresseddude12 Před 6 lety +4

      Kelsey Misra Vsauce is simply the greatest thing on this site. The visualization of 52! is... I can't even describe it. 20 minute videos that are worth every second

  • @maaikevreugdemaker9210
    @maaikevreugdemaker9210 Před měsícem

    Man this channel was so insanely good

  • @nicktsnv3235
    @nicktsnv3235 Před měsícem

    I just watched this randomly for the first time and i noticed how the probability of guessing a card three times in a row is actually 1/52 x 1/51 x 1/50 since they will be guessing a different card, excluding one card from the pool of possibilities after each guess.

  • @gagefrederickson3505
    @gagefrederickson3505 Před 8 lety +330

    I like to imagine that whenever Michael wants to start a video, he presses record, crawls to the center of the video, then stands up.

    • @lessmoore2551
      @lessmoore2551 Před 8 lety +6

      Lol don't give him ideas

    • @artifexone2986
      @artifexone2986 Před 8 lety

      lol that's genius 😂

    • @FirebladeXXL
      @FirebladeXXL Před 8 lety +3

      +Gage Frederickson this is probably exactly what he does though :P

    • @BariumCobaltNitrog3n
      @BariumCobaltNitrog3n Před 8 lety

      +Gage Frederickson You're right, because he said he doesn't use a cameraman for that shot.

    • @dolantremp
      @dolantremp Před 8 lety

      hahahaha ive never thought of that before

  • @cmb9173
    @cmb9173 Před 8 lety +554

    I guess you're a mathemagician.

  • @ivanpruks9975
    @ivanpruks9975 Před rokem

    that ending was just beautiful, i am speechless

  • @uomosiis6709
    @uomosiis6709 Před 2 lety

    The animation of the paper guy looks like a dream you'd have while running a fever

  • @lupast5440
    @lupast5440 Před 5 lety +407

    i don't know why but when v-sauce said "I'm glad you were" i felt really good.

    • @generalen4439
      @generalen4439 Před 5 lety +2

      Same

    • @SniperLogic
      @SniperLogic Před 5 lety +1

      Made us ‘somebody’ didn’t it! It’s great to be ‘special’!.....and forgotten utterly and completely, even where you are buried, in much less than a century. Lol.

    • @Mali-vb9by
      @Mali-vb9by Před 5 lety +3

      Michael*

    • @whatno5090
      @whatno5090 Před 5 lety +2

      @@SniperLogic why care about whether or not people are gonna forget about you? just never forget yourself.

  • @aidanthird
    @aidanthird Před 4 lety +841

    "thank you"
    "but not you vanessa"

  • @ostsmulor
    @ostsmulor Před 2 lety

    The magic trick starts with choosing one card and ends with the magician appreciating your existence

  • @FedGrod
    @FedGrod Před 6 měsíci

    dude my heart stopped when you revealed that first card

  • @vsghklytdvn
    @vsghklytdvn Před 7 lety +459

    The first card he pulled out was the card I thought so I was astonished

  • @theodorechandra8450
    @theodorechandra8450 Před 8 lety +315

    after knowing what 52 factorial means, I'll never see a deck of card the same ever again

    • @ExposeToTechnology
      @ExposeToTechnology Před 8 lety

      yep

    • @RafaelBorgesRDB
      @RafaelBorgesRDB Před 7 lety +22

      Try chess. It's about 10^120 :)

    • @LukeSumIpsePatremTe
      @LukeSumIpsePatremTe Před 7 lety

      1 rice in the first square. 2 rice for the second square. 4 rice for the fourth square.... I'm starting to think this chess board is going to be quite huge :D

    • @cathug566
      @cathug566 Před 7 lety

      LukeSumIpsePatremTe its 1.8 x 10^19 for the sum

    • @LukeSumIpsePatremTe
      @LukeSumIpsePatremTe Před 7 lety

      Fail 9999
      1.84467 x 10^19 according to my calculations. 1 grain of long rice weights 1/64 gram. So the total weight would be 2.8823 x 10^11 metric tons. In the last square there would be 9.22337 x 10^18 grains of rice and it would weight 144.115 x 10^9 metric tons.
      Now assuming the squares are equal in size, it means the chess board is going to be HUUUUUUGE. From engineering point of view, if I knew the weight of the normal _rook_ (that's what's in the last square normally), I could say how high the rook of this giant chess board would be. And from that I could scale up the chess board.
      Assuming we keep the mass _divided by surface area_ a constant. More precise way might be to calculate from the material strength. How big surface area do we need, to hold 144 billion metric tons of load.
      You do the rest of the calculation :D

  • @noelic6744
    @noelic6744 Před 2 měsíci

    The first card was exactly the one I was thinking of! It blew my mind!...then the next two were wrong though so my excitement quickly dwindled. Watching vsauce is a rollercoaster of emotions.

    • @nenmaster5218
      @nenmaster5218 Před 2 měsíci

      Random, but: Can anyone help me with some math? I need some Bomb's Powers translated to Exatons and Kilotons respectively

  • @clockworkSlick
    @clockworkSlick Před 2 lety

    michael that card trick was very impressive. you got me with the ace of hearts, which terrified me, then you pulled the queen which i didnt pick. but i did also pick the ace of spades, so you got 2/3

  • @oblomovette
    @oblomovette Před 8 lety +293

    Wow... The whole 52 factorial thing blew my blind. And that's not even close to the largest number.

    • @Ibrahim-nz4hy
      @Ibrahim-nz4hy Před 8 lety +48

      +Joe Gay There is no largest number

    • @oblomovette
      @oblomovette Před 8 lety +9

      Ibrahim Noor You're right, what I meant was the largest recorded number. I'll edit the original comment.

    • @oblomovette
      @oblomovette Před 8 lety +14

      +Ibrahim Noor Whoops, can't edit on mobile and my PC is broken. Well, I guess people will have to read my reply as clarification.

    • @oblomovette
      @oblomovette Před 8 lety +6

      ***** As far as I can tell it's Graham's number. I know numbers go on for infinity, but it's been called that.

    • @oblomovette
      @oblomovette Před 8 lety +3

      ***** Don't blame me. :/ I'll look into it further, but as far as I can tell, they simply can't write an equation to represent a larger number without breaking the rules of the equation.

  • @hndsome
    @hndsome Před 4 lety +1315

    NO STOP. I ACTUALLY THOUGHT OF AN ACE OF HEARTS MY HEART DROPPED LMAO

    • @escapeartlst8870
      @escapeartlst8870 Před 4 lety +76

      Same and im high as shit loool had me like whatt no way

    • @zada4a
      @zada4a Před 3 lety +97

      Yeah man.. I even rewinded back and chose another card expecting him to guess it again lmao

    • @bshivam2001
      @bshivam2001 Před 3 lety +10

      Same. But the next 2 tries didn't work on me.

    • @surajnainar9060
      @surajnainar9060 Před 3 lety +4

      Same and i thought of Queen of hearts too

    • @noahpeterson19
      @noahpeterson19 Před 3 lety +3

      He got the ace of spades for me just two cards too late

  • @Parapresdokian
    @Parapresdokian Před rokem +4

    When a hot chick asks you to perform a card shuffle in the club.
    10:37

    • @jeffthevomitguy1178
      @jeffthevomitguy1178 Před rokem

      She Could never dream of being as hot as u 😎 with them glasses.

  • @guilhermeantunes8557
    @guilhermeantunes8557 Před 7 měsíci

    One of the best videos i have ever seen on ytb

  • @flimbxy
    @flimbxy Před 4 lety +526

    Vsauce is the type of person to answer 46 questions after you only ask 1

    • @EMFObserver
      @EMFObserver Před 3 lety +8

      Since when is Vsauce a person?

    • @PuzzleQodec
      @PuzzleQodec Před 3 lety +8

      Not exactly, imho, he's the type of person to ask 46 counter questions after you only ask 1

    • @joel6230
      @joel6230 Před 3 lety +7

      @@PuzzleQodec he will answer your question with another question then answer his question with another and so on

    • @ManitouCat97
      @ManitouCat97 Před 3 lety +4

      @@EMFObserver we are vsauce

    • @TheLampeKing
      @TheLampeKing Před 3 lety

      @@ManitouCat97 vsauce is the name of the first channel with the name of vsauce. it is coincidentally starred by michael stevens

  • @chrisss2752
    @chrisss2752 Před 8 lety +736

    Who else would rather switch out one of their classes in school for just sitting for a hour listening to Michael talk about all this stuff

    • @32Rats
      @32Rats Před 8 lety +3

      favorite class is science, so I don't think I would be losing much in this case...

    • @izanalatreon
      @izanalatreon Před 8 lety

      me

    • @coltont4242
      @coltont4242 Před 8 lety

      Same haha. I would pay to have that class as an elective.

    • @Yasumoth
      @Yasumoth Před 8 lety +1

      +Sniper1286 I would switch 45 minutes of school so I could listen to Michael 2 hours a day

    • @Cidwithey
      @Cidwithey Před 8 lety

      +Sniper1286 me

  • @mdmahfuzurrahmanmunna1351

    He guessed all three cards i imagined.It literally gives me a mini heart attack.

  • @CarlytheQueenofChaos
    @CarlytheQueenofChaos Před 10 měsíci +1

    Yeah now I wanna program an algorithm which has the goal of having all possible arrangements of cards calculated.

  • @WeirdlingTheUnknown
    @WeirdlingTheUnknown Před 3 lety +1200

    This 52! number is just beyond my imagination. When you started showing it with taking out a drop of water of the pacific and compared to the timer, I was just blown away.
    Maths is scary.

    • @hugoallen7175
      @hugoallen7175 Před 3 lety +16

      Would you rather have to wait 52! years long to have a normal life or have a life that was 52! years long

    • @WeirdlingTheUnknown
      @WeirdlingTheUnknown Před 3 lety +46

      @@hugoallen7175 I'd probably choose the latter option, because I'd like to see the progress the humanity does over that time. It would be worth it, I think.

    • @studyaccount1337
      @studyaccount1337 Před 3 lety +5

      10^80
      More atom in the observable universe

    • @darian2975
      @darian2975 Před 3 lety +23

      @@WeirdlingTheUnknown living that long would rot your mind to the point of insanity

    • @WeirdlingTheUnknown
      @WeirdlingTheUnknown Před 3 lety +28

      @@darian2975 oh I get your concern, yeah
      but I work answering calls for a company, so how'd you know I'm not already insane?..
      still it would be a worthy cause in my opinion

  • @chievejobs4687
    @chievejobs4687 Před 3 lety +673

    The 52 factorial fact blew my mind!

  • @jacobnutter2926
    @jacobnutter2926 Před 2 lety

    I literally screamed when he pulled out the ace of hearts.

  • @Lasagnaisprettycool
    @Lasagnaisprettycool Před 2 lety

    the stack of paper to the sun analogy
    for a fraction of a second the whole image of it's incomprehensible enormity clicked in my head and I could fully grasp the sheer scale of it
    I felt like a truck hit me and a massive wave of anxiety washed over me and I had to pause before it dissipated.

  • @Averdein
    @Averdein Před 7 lety +634

    Vsauce never fails to impress me

  • @chriswaite
    @chriswaite Před 8 lety +515

    Michael, could you do a video on gravitational waves?

  • @realpityview
    @realpityview Před rokem +4

    53! entered the chat

  • @NightridewithNikki
    @NightridewithNikki Před 9 měsíci

    My favorite fun statistic about cards is that no one in the world has ever gotten the exact same order of cards when they shuffle the deck

  • @MrMertakhai
    @MrMertakhai Před 8 lety +200

    That ending was oddly beautiful

    • @user-dz6iq4oz4s
      @user-dz6iq4oz4s Před 8 lety +1

      +MrMertakhai can you please explain the ending? My eng is bad so I just didn't understand this part

    • @NoriMori1992
      @NoriMori1992 Před 8 lety +16

      +Артем The number of ways to arrange a card deck is so huge that it would take billions of billions of billions of billions of years to live the same number of seconds. But the number of possible _people_ is even _bigger_. So big that most possible people (like the smartest, or funniest, or most annoying) will never be born. "So I'm glad _you_ were."

    • @user-dz6iq4oz4s
      @user-dz6iq4oz4s Před 8 lety

      NoriMori
      thank you! Now I understand

    • @NoriMori1992
      @NoriMori1992 Před 8 lety

      +Артем Yay! You're welcome! :D

    • @YGHF
      @YGHF Před 8 lety +9

      +NoriMori Billions of sperm gone because of porn. I'm sorry my would-be-sons and -daughters.

  • @malach-osu6355
    @malach-osu6355 Před 7 lety +1808

    Why isnt this dude my math teacher?

  • @AbsoluteMathMagic
    @AbsoluteMathMagic Před 15 dny

    VERY Nice INTRODUCTION to Math Magic! 👍

  • @immortalsun
    @immortalsun Před 2 lety

    That ending made me smile.

  • @Jabrils
    @Jabrils Před 3 lety +2038

    0:30 the page number is 541, take the 5, add it to the 1, & you have 46 🔺👁

    • @sidicense
      @sidicense Před 3 lety +29

      OH

    • @user-dn2bb6ts3u
      @user-dn2bb6ts3u Před 3 lety +51

      Same with how the Pyramids of Giza's top lays on a longitude that lays out the speed of light in meters per second.
      If you can think good, you will notice why this is coincidental.

    • @pip4349
      @pip4349 Před 3 lety +10

      Holy shit I didn't expect to see you here

    • @octobsession3061
      @octobsession3061 Před 3 lety +4

      I can hear the jingle of illuminati LoL

    • @ChessCat1500
      @ChessCat1500 Před 3 lety +1

      love your content