Ranking Paradoxes, From Least to Most Paradoxical

Описание: 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.

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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

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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...

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Huge thank you to Mariano Zomeño for the Spanish translation subtitles

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Created by Kelsey Houston-Edwards
Website: https://www.kelseyhoustonedwards.com