Ranking Paradoxes, From Least to Most Paradoxical
Some paradoxes are mind blowing and others are... not. But why? Here are 24 paradoxes, ranked from least to most paradoxical by my former students. ________________ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:39 Veridical Paradoxes 4:14 Philosophy and Science 9:51 (More) Veridical Paradoxes 12:45 Infinity is Weird 16:56 Self-referential Paradoxes 18:50 Miscellaneous Paradoxes 21:59 The Top Three 24:31 Patreon Announcement _______________ References Banach-Tarski Paradox (YouTube video): • The Banach–Tarski Paradox Birthday Paradox (fun news article): https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20... Birthday Paradox (the calculation): https://www.nku.edu/~christensen/birt... Braess' Paradox (blog): https://www.murky.org/blog/2020-7/bra... Gabriel’s Wedding Cake: https://www.matharticles.com/ma/ma044... Liar Paradox: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/li... Monty Hall Problem (YouTube video): • The Monty Hall Problem Paradox of the Heap: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/so... Ross-Littlewood Paradox (YouTube video): • Stochastic Supertasks | Infinite Series Ship of Theseus (YouTube video with other versions): • PHILOSOPHY - Metaphysics: Ship of Theseus ... Simpson’s Paradox (YouTube video): • Simpson's Paradox Simpson's Paradox (research article): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2005.07180 St Petersburg (the calculation): https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SaintPe... Zeno’s Paradoxes: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pa... _______________ Huge thank you to Mariano Zomeño for the Spanish translation subtitles _______________ Created by Kelsey Houston-Edwards Website: https://www.kelseyhoustonedwards.com
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