Comments by "" (@HigherPlanes) on "Eduardo Sáenz de Cabezón: Math is forever (with English subtitles) | TED" video.

  1. I didn't quite understand. Is he saying that if you fold a paper 50 times it will span the distance it takes to reach the sun?
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  2. For An Angel I still don't get how folding a paper 50 times makes the stack tall enough to reach the sun. I got a regular piece of paper and managed to fold it almost 10 times, I actually got 8 folds, and it was maybe half an inch. So 40 more folds and it reaches the sun? I don't get it.
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  3. MonkeyKong Okay, but just as a thought experiment, lets say gravity doesn't exist and we can fold the paper instantaneously, how can 50 folds make the paper tall enough to reach the sun when ten folds barely makes it an inch?
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  4. MonkeyKong Okay, I'm having a hard time grasping it, but I think I kinda get what you're saying. He wasn't joking when he said it's counter-intuitive XD
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  5. For An Angel Wow, okay, I def get it now. Mind blown. Thanx for that explanation. Has anyone ever told you you'd make a great math teacher? XD
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