Does folding a piece of paper 42 times really make it as thick as the Earth to the Moon?

[@azhurelpigeon]

I need to see this 3D animated somehow so I can process how this is at all possible

[@pilloww2816]

If you picture a bunch of molecular paper stacked on each other it would make more sense, the reason people might be confused is since people simulate it with the paper still being the same size but stacked on each other. This is so you can witness it visually. The width would decrease drastically per fold the length would increase rapidly, you would need a microscope to see it theoretically if it did happen.

[@pilloww2816]

A single A4 paper has around 10^23 atoms

[@MrBurns0618]

@@pilloww2816I just don’t understand how a piece of paper could have enough mass to reach the moon, or, at 103 folds, reach the end of the observable universe. Just doesn’t make sense. Are we limiting the size of the paper?

[@LZMP60]

​@@MrBurns0618the paper doesn't have enough mass, it's theoretical, if you COULD fold it that many times, it would become enough

[@KanyeNorth..]

​@@LZMP60yea so a normal paper CAN'T reach the moon

[@zacmcdaniel7239]

Surface area has left the chat*

[@cub_q]

Lol

[@Shortsguy8]

He tried

[@gyroelongatedpentagonalbip728]

Every fold doesn’t literally make it 2 times thicker, surface area still exists

[@PacaneleWild2023]

😂😂😂

[@gyroelongatedpentagonalbip728]

@@cavachoncx777 Amen o

[@alexsefcik119]

You are really good at mathematics specifically algebra. This is an interesting concept, and since matter can not created nor destroyed, the length or width of the piece of paper would decrease exponentially after each fold.

[@KM-vz9df]

Lol. Just stacking atoms on atoms at some point 😂

[@BlackenedSalvation]

This kind of exponential growth literally breaks the laws of physics due to the innate properties of paper.. so, ironically, on paper, this is true, but is nothing more than a hypothetical on paper in it of itself 😋

[@jonathanlubarsky2782]

@@LinkCCXXIII well yeah, that’s the only way this is possible

[@Giroux-vv9nr]

Zgsgajajp to be a half ajakz Agga Amana to n to

[@hanyo5789]

Well you just need a thin big piece of paper and a lot of time on your hands

[@TommyGhun]

That’s just doesn’t seem like it’s even a real possibility. It’s so unfathomable to me.

[@BleachyGoesDark]

well it isnt possible but it is theoretically true think of it like this double a penny everyday for a month its over 5 million dollars same concept exponential growth

[@bradensorensen966]

It’s not possible. In order to fold a sheet of paper the 42nd time it would have to be 220 million meters tall after 41 folds, AND it would have to still be about a billion meters long again AFTER you’ve already folded it 41 times.

[@so_dumbshu]

yeah cause humans are bad at understanding exponential growth

[@iosoi3145]

​@@BleachyGoesDark So it would require a piece of paper so impossibly large, that once folded 42 times, the thickness would reach the moon?

[@FantasyTheSloth]

Agreed

[@jaredgarza5624]

Im so confused rn my brains hurting

[@imdumbbutsoareyou2880]

Think of it like this Paper is 1. If folded, it becomes 2. Fold it again, turns to 4. And then again, 8. You get where I'm going with this?

[@rtxagent6303]

It’s just an Exponential function f(x) = 0.0001(2)^x 0.0001 is the thickness of the paper in meters x is the number of folds So when x is 42, f(x) is 439,804,651 meters Or 439,804km which is more than the distance to the moon.

[@northernscence]

Apparently it grows tall enough for it to touch the moon from the earth

[@Balletcalvero]

My baby brain can't comprehend it

[@aminecraftplayer9642]

Same

[@lightplaysyt9971]

if its actually possible with a normal paper, the paper would look very thin but tall

[@sbradle2]

Why doesn't this work, if you cut it into 42 evenly sized peices and stacked them together??

[@whitebreadmp]

Because its actually doubling every fold.

[@sbradle2]

@@whitebreadmp and I am not trying to be a troll or smart alec. I believe the math that they show. It just seems that if it doubles with every fold, the height would also double if it were cut into 42 even peices then stacked.

[@Zevvin768]

@@sbradle2 It would double the first time and from then it would require more paper each time. For example if you split it into 42 pieces you could stack one on another and then the length would double. But after that you’d need to stack two on and then four and then 8, etc. You’d run out of paper after it doubles 5 times.

[@sbradle2]

@@Zevvin768 ahhhh. Your right.... it doubles the. Double doubles and so on and so on

[@whitebreadmp]

@@sbradle2 yeh its actually a super annoying 'problem' lool

[@JohnThomasHolmes]

"FERB, I KNOW WHAT WERE GONNA DO TODAY"

[@chevaldechine4833]

It could je « possible » if the paper was extremely huge, like millions of KM2

[@Ilovefishessses]

duplication glitch in real life be like

[@jacobmontes2609]

Fr

[@notsure180]

I watched a guy hydraulic press and fold paper 9 times, and the paper exploded.

[@P3n12]

My record was only 8 times Edit: it's possible if you have a big paper

[@P3n12]

@CarterVlogz the hell?? I did got 8 times

[@P3n12]

@CarterVlogz k

[@P3n12]

@CarterVlogz actually it was a grade 3 paper lol

[@prashantmakwana4501]

we can fold big paper by hydrolic press

[@yvanlara7013]

My record is 13

[@DrumtedVlogss]

I’ve done this in class like 1 billion times. I did it like this way sideways in the corner and I folded it over probably my max 50 times and guess what that paper ain’t going through the ceiling lol.

[@mate2322]

You need to fold by half

[@DrumtedVlogss]

@@mate2322 okay

[@bruhbruhh5103]

This makes only sense if you cut the fold and stack the separate pieces. Doing that 42 times may be the length to the moon, the amount cut to stack would be so small, it would be anatomical.

[@dontalks1060]

103 times make it longer than the universe🌌

[@l-dog4764]

Aint possible unless the paper is already thick af or somin cus then youd have to create paper length out of thin air. (You cant go past 7 cus it would break due to not having any more paper to stack/thicken)

[@SpicyWater39]

Not possible to fold it more than 9 times. Possible to reach the moon if folded 42 times

[@pratham3411]

​@@SpicyWater39 you can fold any number of times you just need a paper long enough mythbusters folded a paper 11 times

[@ARandomTexan]

You can fold it as many times as you want, it’s just hard

[@JustSpeed169_alt]

Basically folding paper smaller than an atom. If a paper is 300mm in lenght and width is 0.05mm and you fold it 42 times. the lenght can be 0.68 of a pentomter 1 pentometer is 1000s of a nanometer. Basically every atom strand. Remember thickness increase but the length decreases. So it would be so small we wouldn't be able to see it. It will get to the point where the lenght will be smaller than the paper 0.05mm width before folding it. So it picturing paper being basket ball to planet size not entirely true. The paper might as well disintegrate. The lenght being smaller than the width 0.05m is like the width becoming the lenght and the lenght becoming the width so its gonna be thin and long.

[@Ethan-ye6dn]

If you could actually fold that many times it would start becoming invicible because each time the size gets half and to hold that in half it’s impossible also the paper cannot handle human weight and it’s invisible

[@Dragon_Was_Here]

“Double it and give it to the next person”

[@Fran-or3lt]

Math that works on a single sheet of paper….Math that doesnt work on a 440,000,000 M thick piece of paper.

[@k.mukesh8422]

If u know if u fold the paper 108 times it opens a new universe portal its myth bro 100% ones try it please

[@arturos.l.2248]

Surface area absolutely destroyed this mathematical equation

[@rtxagent6303]

Yea that’s why it’s theoretical.

[@BlastieToys]

What if you just fold multiple papers and stack them. Btw my brain tries to outsmart but it's just misfunctioning😅.

[@youngjrr]

Truthfully, that’s the only way to visually prove this theory

[@3dplanet100]

Hypothetically, yes. But in practice, is not possible, I guess.

[@kurumbaa-lj9cw]

fun fact: if u fold the paper in half 128 times, it will be larger than the entire observable universe

[@floresgt3]

This breaks my brain. This is undeliverable. Can someone show me, like ghost or aliens?

[@talonlol_]

Alright, Ill start folding

[@XPERT_GAMING.]

Wait a second, my car has driven 500,000km does that mean I have travelled farther than the moon???

[@tkdyt0674]

Yes

[@user-ex7uq8gk2h]

103 times u reach the edge of the universe

[@tallskinnygeek]

After you've folded a piece of paper in half as many times as possible, it gets close to a cube. Once none of the directions is reasonably longer than the others, an additional fold is impossible. If anyone knows where I can find a quintillion cubic kilometers of paper, I'm interested in trying this experiment.

[@rtxagent6303]

I have a few in my backyard.

[@omegalongdong]

cut it in half 42 times and stack in top of each other

[@rtxagent6303]

The amount of paper you need would double every fold.

[@aarusharya5658]

That is not how math works lol

[@hussainshahid8398]

Thickness⬆️ width⬇️

[@Baffyyllaffy]

But how is this even possible? Mathematically yes but there’s no way. You’re telling me if I look through my window right now and someone folded a piece of paper 42 times if I go and unfold it it’ll be the size of my head? Isn’t it also stated that “mass cannot be created nor destroyed only altered”? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS

[@tkdyt0674]

From what i understand its basically the same amount of paper thats being folded on itself

[@husseinataaya]

So we need 42 papers and fold them to reach the moon right?

[@greenja4688]

lol no

[@drip8343]

I am replying a year later to remind you how dumb you were a year ago.

[@aarusharya5658]

That is not how math works

[@siri370]

Just put the paper in God damn water and you can fold any paper more than 7 times

[@Joerono]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Arthur_Morgan_36]

Even if this fact is true my brain and eyes still dont believe it.

[@Kneecaptain]

*weight of the paper at 9x has left the chat*

[@legendofmats2073]

I don't think a normal paper has enough mass to reach the moon

[@MrBurns0618]

Right? That’s where I’m lost. I just simply don’t buy this at all.

[@chummygun]

Duh, it's literally impossible to fold it that many times. The only reason we know this is with math.​@@MrBurns0618

[@dylanboji2817]

well yeah obviously LOL

[@Red_Alpharox]

I think its false because if you just fold it 7 times and stack it on top of eachother with different papers is barely a house big

[@fanstarszilla1381]

That Chinese guy- owhh that xo fake!!

[@ManojKumar-fc1dh]

But it's not practically possible

[@greenja4688]

mathmetically possible

[@ManojKumar-fc1dh]

@@greenja4688 i told practically isn't possible.

[@lia_974]

You know we can glue the paper again and again and count the times

[@oras.aitmee]

bruh makes no sense

[@sharifnasser7635]

Only a big paper can be fold that many times first of all. Secondly, the curves made when folded is squared with each fold as well. Its impossible to do this

[@mate2322]

But Its possible if you could do it 42 times

[@user-wz6ws4eg3i]

What, but it will be small and it cant reach the moon

[@sirzul7552]

Its just about hight only not size, but yes it would be microsopic.

[@user-wz6ws4eg3i]

@@sirzul7552 so it wouldn't reach the moon right

[@chummygun]

It would you just couldn't see it.​@@user-wz6ws4eg3i

[@qeru_]

​​@@user-wz6ws4eg3iTheoretically, It would. But you won't be able to see it with your naked eye because if you fold a paper the smaller it gets so it would be microscopic.

[@user-wz6ws4eg3i]

Thx for the information y'all 😺🤠

[@powerfive55]

What the hell is "thick enough to reach the moon" what does that even mean?

[@aarusharya5658]

The paper is so tall (its thickness) it can reach the moon.

[@LexiLex421]

Plus, WHERE THE HELL WOULD YOU FIND A PIECE OF PAPER LARGE ENOUGH TO FOLT 42 TIMES?!?!?!?!1?1?1?1?1!1!11?1?!1?1?!1?1!1?1!?1!

[@jonathancambron6335]

Nice

[@war_robots7911]

I don’t get about that one

[@praeweee]

Then how can 42 pieces of paper stack up doesn't reach the moon, now you guys may say that it double then also let's stack 84 pieces of paper then also it won't reach the moon Am I just dumb? Plz tell me what I said

[@wakuwaku6647]

you supposed to double 1 to 2, 2 to 4, 4 to 8 that just folded 3 times I'm bad at english so I hope you understand lol

[@thealchemist01]

Let me try to explain For simplicity let's assume the thickness of the paper to be 1mm. The thickness will 'double' when you fold it one time. Again to make things simple let's consider what happens to the thickness when we fold it 3 times. 1st Fold: 1*2 = 2mm 2nd Fold: 2*2 = 4mm 3rd Fold: 4*2 = 8mm So if we fold it 3 times it will be 8mm thick. Now if we do it in the way you said, If we stack 3 papers each of 1mm thickness what would be the total thickness? It would be 1*3 = 3mm right? Even if you double the amount, let's say we stack 6 papers each of 1mm thickness. The total thickness would be 1*6 = 6mm right? The thickness is still not 8 which is the total thickness that we get when we fold it just 3 times. If we use the equation in the video for this case it would be (1mm * 2)³ = 2³ = 2*2*2 = 8 I hope this helps you out. Feel free to correct me If I'm wrong😄

[@praeweee]

@@wakuwaku6647 ahh i understand 👍🏻

[@praeweee]

@@thealchemist01 thank you so much for taking your time to make me understand this better 😄👍🏻

[@JustSpeed169_alt]

Basically folding paper smaller than an atom. If a paper is 300mm in lenght and width is 0.05mm and you fold it 42 times. the lenght can be 0.68 of a pentomter 1 pentometer is 1000s of a nanometer. Basically every atom strand. Remember thickness increase but the length decreases. So it would be so small we wouldn't be able to see it. It will get to the point where the lenght will be smaller than the paper 0.05mm width before folding it. So it picturing paper being basket ball to planet size not entirely true. The paper might as well disintegrate. The lenght being smaller than the width 0.05m is like the width becoming the lenght and the lenght becoming the width so its gonna be thin and long

[@blackcoolpro1239]

Solution fold each paper 7 times and tape them

[@rtxagent6303]

But you would need an exponentially larger amount of paper. 8 folds is 2, 7 folded papers 9 folds is 4, 7 folded papers 10 folds is 8, 7 folded papers 11 folds is 16, 7 folded papers 12 folds is 32, 7 folded papers 13 folds is 32, 7 folded papers 14 folds is 64, 7 folded papers And so on… Theoretically it’s possible but not practical and requires a lot of paper.

[@sonaljain557]

Wow

[@sui45]

Prove thag math doesn't always add up with reality

[@cav3sp1d3rgam1ng]

Bro 14 times is not a human height, 7 times isn’t even half

[@rtxagent6303]

It’s an exponential function. It double every time.

[@plmyop6756]

You good?

[@Zeel_0707]

Bhai tu 1 floor chad ke dikha de😂

[@MONSTERTRIOPIECE]

Where's my 🔨

[@nimrodyt8359]

And how do you count it in km or mm? I tried but it just doesnt come out

[@Stick_Cats]

Just test it with a bunch of paper folded in half 2 times.

[@rtxagent6303]

The amount of paper you would need would double every time.

[@aarusharya5658]

That isn't how math works buddy.

[@vitangoranov4908]

I folded paper, 15 times

[@parvathisendryan6976]

I record at 6 tikes

[@Yuuhimoto1467]

r/iwastypingtoofast

[@ChloePlayzGamez]

(0.0001m)2^ where *n* 💀💀💀=folds bro forgot his algebra

[@justingabriel1765]

It’s not, not in the literal sense no, because common sense would tell you that if by fold 7 it gets to be an inch thick. There’s no what it’s getting to the god damn moon by fold 42, all you need to do is get a peice of paper that’s massive but the same thickness as normal paper, and you’ll see folding it that much will not do it. It’s the concept not literally what would happen

[@rtxagent6303]

It’s basic math called an exponential function. It doubles every time you fold it so it grows larger at a faster and faster rate.

[@justingabriel1765]

@@rtxagent6303 I’m aware that it’s basic math, but that’s all it is, Is math, there’s no way to physically do this, it only works ironically on paper. That’s why I said it works in concept but not in practice

[@rtxagent6303]

@@justingabriel1765 Yes it is physically impossible to fold it 42 times. Thats why it’s theoretical.

[@mate2322]

@@justingabriel1765Its not supposed to be done physically😂

[@roman_godx7100]

No this is not true if i was to fold a piece of paper 6 times and it still fits in my hand how would you except to reach the moon 💀

[@TreyM1609]

No nobody has ever heard that it reached the moon? wtf?

[@hbarhedera3580]

Next time use A5 paper and you'll get twice as many folds in, thats what I did

[@hbarhedera3580]

@Closeted Biiyach it was about an iPhone tall, nothing spectacular

[@Lushighs]

I did it!

[@MLER22]

Bro, im 11 and I did 8 times💀

[@johnclarke7626]

42 folds does not equal "n to the 42nd power." It means n times 42.

[@dkp8230]

No it's actually 2 raised to 42 . I was confused as well until I tried it with a paper. Let it's thickness be t Now , If you fold it 1 time It's thickness is now 2t = 2¹ t If you fold it 2 times It's thickness is now 4t = 2² t Folding it 3 times 8 t = 2³ t

[@plmyop6756]

How lol

[@mate2322]

Youre stupid

[@chumptic2752]

Lol dj

[@JeEhaO]

This is just as stupid as saying that it will reach the end of the galaxy if you fold it 93483 times or something. Yes it will be thick if you fold it 42 times but the mass does not allow it, it will always be that tiny piece of paper that you started with. The calculation for folding it 42 times does not care that it is a piece of paper, it just multiplies and has no end.

[@rtxagent6303]

Actually it will be larger than the entire universe at just 103 folds

[@dylanboji2817]

observable universe*

[@mate2322]

It doesnt matter that it isnt possible its just a funny fact

[@Purvashree690]

Tou can't fold the paper more than 7 time

[@ITs_Hassan-]

Dude qhy r people even arguing over this shit paper only decreases in width as u fold it and it cannot be folded 42 times and it wouldn't reach the moon even if it could be folded 42 times we'd need a paper that has equivalent suface area to Earth

[@mate2322]

But if we dont think about that Its pretty funny to think that it would reach the moon

[@autobtsrollout9312]

Yeah yoouo need paper A-10

[@BonnieTheBunny20]

A10 is quite small.

[@xylkiu]

more like A1

[@garsupreme]

i folded a paper 83 times bro

[@Victim00012]

Impossible

[@garsupreme]

@@Victim00012 not

[@Victim00012]

@@garsupreme okay explain me how? That isn't possible folding it would be impossible literally did you stretched the paper? That isn't possible stop lying

[@garsupreme]

@@Victim00012 i folded the corners 10 times so 40 and then i did random folds

[@Victim00012]

@@garsupreme that's just stupid what we are talking about is folding it half on half

[@TwistedJesterr]

this is not true the distance between the earth and the moon is not 384,400,000 its 384,400,000,000 so ya

[@shanchar]

Bruh, you high on something? Lmao sun is like 150 million km far away And the moon is just 384,000 km far away But what if you convert that km into m, cm, mm 384,000,000m 38,400,000,000Cm 384,000,000,000Mm Since he has the width of paper in meters (M) he needs the distance in meters too.

[@cub_q]

@@shanchar u don’t need to say km far you can just say km away

[@mate2322]

It is true ur just dumb

[@sugeyya8292]

Got 32

[@AaronSpider88]

No you didn't.

[@jadenjonessubtosmolboijay3784]

Yes he did

[@AaronSpider88]

@@jadenjonessubtosmolboijay3784 no he didn't.

[@doondonbigbong5479]

LOL

[@jadenjonessubtosmolboijay3784]

@@AaronSpider88 you cannot say that he didn't

[@laytenjohns2701]

I got to 11 folds

[@CJJ69]

How about you take 42. pieces of paper and fold it in half

[@aarusharya5658]

That isn't how math works lmao

[@vloggerno1391]

Acc to science a Coolie at railway station doesn't work...hence proved its not correct

[@WKBPHITTU]

Instead od folding jist cut the paper and stsck

[@amritabhijat4336]

Paper ko 42 time fold Karenge to vah meri hight se bhi Chhota hoga

[@goldenguyss3284]

WHOA

[@classedupraven3991]

Bet

[@omegauzumaki00]

But everytime yu fold it the paper will get smaller so how does that make sense?😭

[@ScribblebytesWorldwide]

ummm...if you fold 7 papers 7 times that's 49. Nope.

[@Zeldenx]

Not how that works... 7 papers 7 times isnt the same as one paper that many times

[@Zeldenx]

Not how that works. 7 papers 7 times isnt the same as one paper 42 times

[@mate2322]

Some people Cant do math😂

[@sugeyya8292]

I got 29 I don’t know is that even possible

[@weirdoalert2550]

Was it tall?

[@izzagaming-vt6ny]

It’s not

[@anialdave7920]

cap

[@hbarhedera3580]

Got to 27 once by standing on it, I reckon 30 folds if doable if you're strong enough tbh

[@game_ender4317]

@@hbarhedera3580 You did not get 27, you have to fold the paper in half every time so the area halves itself every time. It's almost impossible to get more than 8 folds.

[@theinvisibleboy2973]

Its not practical

[@thelord5962]

Ako nemas mozak

[@dimitrie3954]

Is not fact

[@sonaljain557]

Wpw

[@RhZ_lol]

Nah that's some cap

[@mkpinganYT]

its true , althought the paper would get thinner than a needle

[@klsad]

it is if you disregard surface area and, how you would actually fold it. stop denying a simple fact, because you're too stupid to understand it. 🤣🤣🤣

[@aarusharya5658]

Go back to 2nd grade or whenever you learn about exponents.

[@yt.abhibhav]

Thanks for click baiting 😊

[@greenja4688]

its true bro are u dumb

[@Danksbuddy]

True? That's like saying stacking 20 atoms together would make the height of a ladybug.@@greenja4688

[@SwiftlySev]

It’s so confusing for me,i know it’s true but its just so confusing. also i now know there is a hut emoji 🛖

[@seniorAlfredo]

How can a paper magicaly get bigger then it already is. Lol this is not true. It May work If you have a piece of paper the size of earth

[@greenja4688]

@@seniorAlfredo are u dumb. it gets taller and gets less thicker every fold. the volume stays same. ur bad at math bro

[@youngjrr]

@@seniorAlfredo Try to visualize stacking folded papers on top of each other, exponentially. Yeah it messed with my head for some time but I finally see how it works