The Distractible Paradox

(Season 4, Episode 90) There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to listeners or viewers. It is a dimension as vast as Mark's hyper-fixations, and lies between the surface of Wade's head and the summit of Bob's knowledge of phone cases. This is the dimension of distraction. It is an episode which we call... The Distractible Paradox.
Original Release Date: 1/6/2024
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[@1968PlymouthBarracuda]

I feel thoroughly distracted

[@RobertCosper]

As well it should be

[@HeinousHampter1403]

I’m listening to this whilst making art

[@xCombixGirlx]

"I was god once." "Yes. I saw, you were doing well, till everyone died."

[@YuanCrossXIII]

I fucking love that you guys uploaded here as well. I could watch all their personal channels & back to this without switching platforms

[@Dragonblood220]

Coastline paradox, the bigger the coastline gets the more mass it consumes in the universe creating a singularity

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I never knew Mark had such strong feelings about coastlines.

[@Xaiclun]

I think it has to do with the ocean they're connected to

[@verdantmistral442]

Mark: Complains about Coastline Paradox being stupid. Mark: Complains about people who say math is a perfect representation of the universe when at best it is an approximation. The Markipler Paradox not understanding a paradox but also completely understanding the Paradox at the same time. Anyone who actually believes math perfectly represents the universe hasn't taken Calculus. (If you know, you know. 😜)

[@brantchristy3490]

Every time Bob said that a paradox had been brought up on the show before, I was hoping he would mention Olbers' paradox from 20 Easy Questions. Never forget Wilbur's uncle.

[@BillyOnYouTube]

45:42

[@Trash_Medic]

Send Wade to the Bone Zone

[@Sasha.Gleeson]

Spotify can suck rocks for not letting me get the video version So glad to watch the best podcast in the world

[@FeralDucky]

I mean spotify is an audio platform only, and always has been what exactly are you expecting from it

[@Sasha.Gleeson]

@@FeralDucky Spotify says they have video form content and promoted very heavily it You can Google this information it’s free and readily available info

[@cocoaswann2095]

yep...spotify can kick rocks for other reasons, too.

[@lilDOOTINATOR]

@@FeralDucky i just pulled up the video version on spotify for android they have video podcasts. In fact, this podcast had an exclusive deal with spotify to only show the video version on spotify, so i'm more surprised to see an official youtube upload...

[@Haduuna_Wrur]

​@@FeralDucky Spotify literally has video versions of every episode on it. Can even full screen them, stream them, download them, all of it.

[@Kingbimmy]

41:30 When they tell you how important math is for life, but sucking at math gives you the win 😎👌🏻 Wade is my hero 😂

[@EmmaPetz-e3i]

I've looked everywhere for the explanation on why they have all be uploaded at once, but can only understand that its something to do with Spotify? I'm so glad to be able to see the videos!

[@AbsorbButter007]

I'm guessing they had a contract with Spotify that ended recently so now they're able to upload on KZbin, I have no idea though

[@WalkerHubbard]

I think they were under an exclusivity deal that only recently expired.

[@ritzcrakers]

i think it's great for people that can't use spotify in countries that have it restricted! (not sure which though)

[@Irreverent_Radiation]

​@@ritzcrakersVenezuela, they don't let us listen to podcasts, just music.

[@UnlistedStory]

​​@ritzcrakers pretty sure it's just China, and they don't have KZbin either

[@leoprzytuac3660]

The coastline paradox doesn't argue that the coast is actually infinite. It's about potential infinite. One of the concepts of infinity, as opposed to actual infinite. Some greek philosopher who's name I'm blanking on, argued that actual infinites cannot exist, and the concept of infinite can only be achieved in a theoretical manner. It's the same mechanic as in the traveller paradox. Also, Shrodinger never said that the cat was in fact dead and alive at the same time. He was mocking the concept of quantum particles not having a defined state, which at the time was a new theory.

[@samwilde8311]

You have no idea how happy it makes me that Schrodinger's cat was designed to be bullshit and to illustrate the bullshit of quantum physics. I have always believed the whole concept was bullshit

[@Cheri_Blast]

@@samwilde8311 What’s even more bullshit is that everyone misses the point and takes it seriously anyway XD

[@richarderguiza7080]

i think mark just read some idio-excuse me, misguided individuals, using a wrong understanding of the coastline paradox to argue about quantum mechanics, and in turn got the wrong impression on the nature of the paradox. its too bad that mark is now as uninformed as those idiots but i am happy to see others who do understand, it gives me hope for the rest of humanity

[@kakarikokage2514]

It's funny watching the playlist due to the fact it plays the episodes in reverse order, so you know who wins ahead of time.

[@salmondragoness]

BIRTH had me shaking with laughter 😂

[@QuarkXQuasar]

I met guy once who legit had PTSD from having to drive in Chicago.

[@aakfree]

"I'm sorry officer, i was distracted..."

[@artoriapendragon3234]

Topic idea: Distractible bank heist. The competitors are trying to steal money from the host's bank and narrate how they try to steal the money from the vault before the other one.

[@petefein]

Distracted phenomena cannot explain how distracted I am when seeing these.

[@KristinieC]

YES UPDATED RECENT EPISOOOODDDEEEEESSSSSS WE'RE OFFICIALLY BACK

[@fistofbuuda]

A nightclub called ghost baby sounds like a goth bar.

[@Mashiromitsumine409]

Bob had that episode where only 1 point was earned and they had to pass it back to each other so Bob has the lowest points earned episode

[@qwertyuiop.]

There's still some episodes missing. Namely the "The Burls", the three "Powerwash Pals" episodes, "Top 10 Things, "The Cost Is Correct". The episode "Worth It" is not in the playlist, but it is uploaded. Also most are out of order in the playlist, and it shows a few videos as private, not sure why though... So there's 6 episodes not uploaded, and few other videos are private for unknown reasons.

[@chaoticneutral6288]

The only time I see private videos on this playlist is when they're not released yet (so they're the very first in this playlist because it's backwards) No idea about the other stuff though, have searched a few times for distractable + filtered by playlists ... Am hoping a fan will bother as it feels as if they're not going to considering they've had weeks to get someone to do it :/

[@qwertyuiop.]

@@chaoticneutral6288 They removed the few privated videos from the playlist. The episodes that I mentioned are still missing.

[@bruno213]

This is the perfect paradox episode.

[@DavidGentry-WebDeveloper]

They should do a mystery topic shuffleboard episode where the host has a topic or story in their mind and the competitors have to share stories to earn points. The closer their story is related to the mystery topic, the more points are awarded so that gradually the contestants get an idea of what the host is driving at.

[@barmetler]

Mark has absolutely no idea what he's talking about, but does it with the utmost confidence 😂

[@StrayVagabond]

Coastline Paradox: once you reach Plank length, you can't get any smaller, therefore the coast line can't grow any more

[@MeganGray-d5f]

I'm glad to hear your safe mark my house has been worried about you and Chica and your home

[@worknotinprogress7172]

I wish Wade was right about the birthday paradox because the actual one feels so stupid

[@sighkick6938]

Yeah like it's not even a paradox, it's just probability

[@worknotinprogress7172]

@sighkick6938 Exactly!

[@chaoticneutral6288]

​@@sighkick6938I call it a paradox paradox, where someone attributes the name paradox to something for no reason (same as when people call something ironic when it is not at all ironic, idk why both are so common)

[@fraydog2113]

I love how they forgot wade did a golf episode when bobs fridge aired

[@winterthorns7533]

17:10 this reminds me of an old cartoon hangover episode from their Bravest Warriors series - near the end of season 1 where Wankershim grows and grows until he is the universe. It's always been Wankershim.

[@chrisp3324]

Oooo new distraction! Oooo new distraction!

[@isaiahmoyer1173]

Mark, the man who is ego itself, talking down about ego

[@charlotteberry7182]

Absolutely love when Mark isn’t here for it. Teenager fed up Mark is my favourite!

[@naugle67]

My own birthday paradox is that my adoptive mother always celebrated my birthday on December 30th. 56 years later my birth mother found me through 23 and Me and told me that I actually was born on December 31st. The question is what day do I celebrate my birthday on? The answer is on a three day weekend I celebrate December 30th through to January 1st.

[@chaoticneutral6288]

Not a paradox

[@starchb0mb]

The Coastline Paradox is literally the concept of a Riemann's Sum, which eventually becomes an integral. I love calculus!

[@dragoon6948]

I live in Chicago and you guys are right driving sucks but it's a beautiful city

[@jerell1753]

Bob looks so good!

[@legogenius22]

*Paradox detected* *must resolve paradox*

[@KristinieC]

LET'S GO TEXANS!!!!! 🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊

[@watercannonscollaboration2281]

35:31 Mark’s straight face makes this even funnier than just listening to

[@Shamdoesrock]

10:37 - as a native Illinoisan I started fucking dying when Bob points out “that’s not the way” 💀💀💀✨ yeah, heads up guys- don’t ever try driving through Chicago, it WILL ruin your experience of the city😂😂 He’s 100% correct, take the train! It’s a lovely city, but driving through or near it is NOT very lovely💀

[@winterthorns7533]

Only time I've been through Chicago is @ 2am while moving cross country. Planned the whole trip departure time on making it through Chicago at the quietest hours possible.

[@samwilde8311]

Im also going to write my guesses as I watch. Pinocchio paradox: what happens if you ask pinocchio a question about something unknown, like who killed JFK. Can pinocchio's nose reveal secrets of the universe or does he have to knowingly lie for it to grow. Russel's paradox: ah crap I forgot some of these are named after people. I have no idea. Coastline paradox: if the coast keeps eroding away itself will all the land erode away? Twin paradox: I like marks guess with time dilation Birthday paradox: either something to do with being born on a leap year or somebody being their own parent due to time travel Burredin's ass: wade's sounds right to me. Two things that look the same with the same name can not be separated Unexpected hanging: you could wake up tomorrow with a noose around your neck and die the moment tou wake up so you should live life to the fullest. I like the analogy of getting hit by a bus better

[@boneheadedfellow]

oh and we're up to date. that's nice

[@tarahasty2330]

Mark is putting that render farm to good use. 👍🏻 Must be testing the upload speeds. 😂

[@MothicalBeast]

I am almost caught up!!

[@hoodafudj]

I'm so glad to hear somebody call out Schrodinger's box/cat for the bullshit it is

[@NickBlotto]

I learned a lot today, maybe... 😂

[@Beefstudios_official]

It's sir walter underbridge editing!

[@tristanmilner9511]

Wade picks football twams like Dorothy. Bengals, Vikings, and Lions. Oh my! Bengals, Viking, and Lions. Oh my! Bob is the Scarecrow and Mark would be the Tin Man. Cause a Tin Man is more likely to have an Iron Lung.

[@GMR-tw4ec]

Ship of Theseus: answer is it depends if Theseus still owns the ship. If no owned the ship it would be called the ship of bob

[@rushalshrestha9815]

My name is rushal, its my first time hearing about the paradox.

[@greathorn]

*BIRTH*

[@evanwilson7598]

Well.. the Bengals did everything in their power, and ended on a good note! 😅…. Here’s to next season 🍻 lol

[@frankdb9262]

The Coastline Paradox seems to be written by someone who doesn't know calculus.

[@smithy1578]

Who up creepin they cast?

[@Mart8ndoStudios]

Original Release date: 1/6/…2024

[@RobertCosper]

The devils here now. I slept I'm sorry

[@russellhd5294]

Wow, my name is Russell. What mark said was so hurtful loll. I don't think I'm gonna watch the rest of this episode after that comment about Russell.

[@commanderfoxxv7433]

I agree with Mark, "Russell" is a stupid name. What kind of loving parent would name their child after the sound that leaves make?

[@Nickles_on_the_sidewalk]

I mean, the street car is basically a tram?😭

[@GMR-tw4ec]

Coast line paradox is talking abt the infinity between numbers not the infinity of numbers

[@Cheri_Blast]

Still bullshit - you can make the paradox’s argument about literally anything, and at that point, does it actually *mean* something, or is it just the result of a couple people overthinking a relatively simple concept?

[@richarderguiza7080]

@@Cheri_Blast its not people overthinking a simple concept, its people misunderstanding it. im pretty sure it wouldn't actually become literal infinity, just that the number is infinitely going to increase without getting to the actual length. it would get close but i suppose at that point it would become a political question of " how do you define a coast?" and "who gets to set the guidelines of how to measure?" honestly the whole concept sounds line a way to describe the concept of differentials. although i think the paradox is much less relevant nowadays with satellite mapping, the pixels of the satellite images would still technically be causing this problem, but at those distances it goes back to the two political questions above

[@thewarrior7411]

Distractible, I love you, but you are completly wrong on this one. The Coastline paradox is about fractals and infinite detail. The Coastline, if you were to measure it normally, using those previous methods, as you increase your precision, you find that that converges to infinity. Mathematicians and physisicts thought that was obviously wrong. Like, a physical thing in the real world can never be infinitely large. The Real paradox is how do you measure the coastline in a way that makes sense and actually delivers some information. Very brief summary, the answer to the paradox was that the shape of a coastline is not a 1 dimensional, or a 2 dimensional curve, in fact, it was something in between. All coastlines in the world lie between the dimensionality of 1 and 2. The Coastline of Britain is 1.25 dimensional curve, meaning its real length would be in the unit of m^1.26

[@ritzcrakers]

i love wade's birth-DOH 30:21

[@charleslisauskas9067]

Da Bears!!!! 🐻

[@nottoday5773]

30:51

[@thechildofgodalmighty]

BIRTH! Lol.

[@feller6766]

14:54 Black and White

[@insertyourfeelingshere8106]

typical engineering student, thinks pure math is pointless

[@mckennarettew5167]

WHERE WAS THE GRANDFATHER PARADOX???!!? That’s the only one I knew :(

[@annacat7084]

Did they talk about the fires?

[@Cheri_Blast]

These episodes were recorded a while ago, so they’ll probably mention the fires within the next few that release

[@Wolfenacht]

Chicago is a great city... that so far for like, 10 years running, has gotten the first homicide of every year. :P

[@macccreee]

Super scott?

[@kultRising]

lol mark i dont think the coastline paradox has anything to do with infinity😂 j that its impossible to get a completely accurate measurement of the distance

[@da_master_of_foxes8512]

How old is Bob's kid now??

[@Pota502]

I love this. My work is so much easier

[@RobertCosper]

Im just going to say im concerned im being to selfish

[@Kingbimmy]

21:37 Implying Mark looks like Russell Brand, is so awful. Not only is Brand not good looking, he’s a terrible human 😵‍💫

[@chaoticneutral6288]

They look nothing alike to me but saying someone looks like another person is not conflating their personalities, characters, or actions ...

[@liluu11]

this is indeed distracting

[@watsorb_saves]

I’m appalled at the anti Russell propaganda in this episode 😂

[@panterasierra]

🕉️

[@samwilde8311]

YES finally someone else agrees that Schrodinger's cat is bullshit. Observation does not define reality

[@Cheri_Blast]

Yeah, exactly! It’s incredibly narcissistic to think the universe revolves around our perception and understanding of anything 🤷🏻‍♀️ It’s the same as “If a tree falls in the forest when no one’s around, does it make a sound?” - Yes, obviously, just because we don’t hear it doesn’t mean it doesn’t happen XD

[@chaoticneutral6288]

​@@Cheri_BlastYou're misunderstanding the idea of the tree falling. The point is that sound, as we describe it, revolves around soundwaves being picked up by ears. The issue with it is that not only humans have ears lol. If a tree is falling in a forest, some animal with ears probably heard that... but it's always framed as if a human has to be there, as if we are the only species that take in those waves and have a brain that processes those waves into sound :p If nothing hears something that creates a sound, you can argue that the sound did not happen as sound is specifically what happens when those waves are processed by a brain

[@psykonikk]

I love you guys, but please stop spamming my feed so much haha 😂

[@LoneWolf-qq9oy]

Sounds like Bob's son might become a furry someday.

[@christianolsen2291]

FIRST BOIIII

[@azouitinesaad3856]

God it would be great if someone put time stamps of when the small talk end. I'm gonna do this one it ends at 15:55

[@RubbishBear]

Why do you skip small talk? Personally I think some of the funniest shit happens in the opener.

[@azouitinesaad3856]

@RubbishBear i know i just like the structure the silly games gives to the podcast more. i don't wanna listen to what type of new lenses mark bought this time.

[@bournelucid]

+1 point for initiative

[@RubbishBear]

@@azouitinesaad3856 oh pal, when was the last time you listened to small talk? Mark hasn't mentioned lenses in weeks from what I remember

[@chaoticneutral6288]

​@@RubbishBearA lot of people aren't going to happen to share interests with the boys though, just because you like someone doesn't mean you care about all of their hobbies and such (maybe if you're their friend you should make an effort to listen, but you're not friends with strangers who make content) so I get it I wish I could skip over them more often but I'm often listening in the background and stopping all momentum of what I'm doing when there are no chapters is a waste of time usually, scrubbing around is more distracting than the actual episode contents of distractable lol

[@Gladpenny777]

BIRTH