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Reminds of "Could you fold a sheet of paper on itself 64 times?". "No problem! It's easy". Until you try or think about powers of 2 and calculate the height of
by lkuty 2y ago
Reminds of "Could you fold a sheet of paper on itself 64 times?". "No problem! It's easy". Until you try or think about powers of 2 and calculate the height of the thickness of the sheet multiplied by 2^64. 64 might by replaced by 32 to make it seem more approcheable. That's funny how counter-intuitive it might be.
- ndsipa_pomu 2y ago32 is far too many as the World Record is currently 12 times: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/494571-most-times-to-fold-a-piece-of-paper https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/494571-mo... I remember as a kid being told that it was impossible to fold a piece of paper in half 8 times and most of the time, that's true unless you use a very long and thin bit of paper.