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Be Smart. · Saturday · 16 min

Infinity isn’t a number. It's something much weirder.

Learn more about AnyDesk here: https://anydesk.com/besmart Support us on Patreon / itsokaytobesmart ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ Infinity sounds simple. It just means really, really big, right? But something weird happens when you try to do infinite things in a finite amount of time. Let's explore paradoxes, supertasks, and the bizarre mathematics that show how infinity is something far stranger than just a number. Be Smart explores science questions you didn’t even know you wondered about. It is hosted and produced by Joe Hanson, PhD. We post new videos all the time, so please subscribe! If you enjoyed this video, hit the ‘like’ button, leave a comment, or watch another of our videos! CONNECT WITH ME ____________________________________ Website: https://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart/ https://www.instagram.com/drjoehanson/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmart Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/itsokaytobesmart A big thanks to our Brain Trust patrons: Baerbel Winkler, Bernadette Etienne, Brent Lopez, dani bowman, David Johnston, Ed Eyden, Eric Meer, Greg Olson, Holly, Brett, and Ashe Bullion, Jaap Westera, Karen Haskell, Marcus Pingel, MdK, Mike and Patty Loftis, Paul Weir, Reuben Brewer SPONSORSHIP INQUIRIES ____________________________________ Please email biz@itsokaytobesmart.com Stock video and images provided by Shutterstock, Artlist, and MotionArray Music provided by APM Written Joe Hanson Edited by Steven Simone Produced by Least Square Media and Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Learn more about AnyDesk here: https://anydesk.com/besmart
Support us on Patreon / itsokaytobesmart
↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓

Infinity sounds simple. It just means really, really big, right? But something weird happens when you try to do infinite things in a finite amount of time. Let's explore paradoxes, supertasks, and the bizarre mathematics that show how infinity is something far stranger than just a number.

Be Smart explores science questions you didn’t even know you wondered about. It is hosted and produced by Joe Hanson, PhD. We post new videos all the time, so please subscribe! If you enjoyed this video, hit the ‘like’ button, leave a comment, or watch another of our videos!

CONNECT WITH ME
____________________________________
Website:
https://www.itsokaytobesmart.com/

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart/
https://www.instagram.com/drjoehanson/

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmart

Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/c/itsokaytobesmart

A big thanks to our Brain Trust patrons: Baerbel Winkler, Bernadette Etienne, Brent Lopez, dani bowman, David Johnston, Ed Eyden, Eric Meer, Greg Olson, Holly, Brett, and Ashe Bullion, Jaap Westera, Karen Haskell, Marcus Pingel, MdK, Mike and Patty Loftis, Paul Weir, Reuben Brewer

SPONSORSHIP INQUIRIES
____________________________________
Please email biz@itsokaytobesmart.com

Stock video and images provided by Shutterstock, Artlist, and MotionArray
Music provided by APM
Written Joe Hanson
Edited by Steven Simone
Produced by Least Square Media and Spotzen for PBS Digital Studios

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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