The Banach–Tarski Paradox

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as an accurate, entertaining on-ramp to set theory and infinity, worth pausing and rewatching.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Vsauce

Topic

banach-tarski paradox

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

6

HN mentions in dataset

12

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Learn set theory! Specifically ordinals (just one formal defintion of a number) This vsauce video is actually a really accurate (and entertaining!) introduction to set theory: [VIDEO]

• Other good STEM video channels/series: Dave Ackley's series "Hyperspace Academy", "Robust First Computing", and "Artificial Life" are well animated: [LINK] Vsause's video on "The Banach–Tarski Paradox": [VIDEO] (mindblown) XylyXylyX channel's series on "What is a Tensor?" and "What is a Manifold?": [LINK] Socratica's series on …

• I have done differential topology and geometry for a time in University. There is a lot of visualisation going on in every lecture every day, even if it is not computer visualization. Everything in difftop is drawn at some point, just so you can get …