Math Magic

Links to sources, more math magic, and other cool things below!
My Twitter: / tweetsauce
My Instagram: / electricpants
Thanks to Vanessa from BrainCraft! Check out her channel: / braincraftvideo
Matt Parker's standupmaths channel: / standupmaths
Matt's video I mention: • Mind-boggling Card Tri...
STEMMathsMagic channel: / stemmathsmagic
The STEMMathsMagic video I reference: • Oil and Water (Mathema...
STEMMathsMagic website (check out the manual!): www.mathematicalmagic.com/thet...
mismag is amazing. He introduced me to MANY self-working mathematical tricks. Please check him out! / mismag822
MUSIC in this episode is from:
Jake Chudnow: / jakechudnow
zach mccoy: zachmccoy.bandcamp.com/
audionetwork: www.audionetwork.com
Shakespeare and Psalm 46:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psalm_46
www.umsl.edu/~thomaskp/sbible.htm
www.apologeticspress.org/apco...
Paper about which cards people think of most frequently (and more): www2.psych.ubc.ca/~rensink/pub...
52 factorial explained by Scott Czepiel: czep.net/weblog/52cards.html
Some good math magic articles:
www.maa.org/community/maa-colu...
www.futilitycloset.com/2015/06...
www.maa.org/external_archive/c...
www.ams.org/samplings/feature-...
mathforum.org/library/drmath/v...

[@KyrieFortune]

Vsauce at the beginning: ah ah see this cool magic trick Vsauce at the end: death is inevitable

[@SniperLogic]

KyrieFortune And taxes...

[@CaptainDoomsday]

"An incomprehensibly massive number of people are condenmed to never exist."

[@hakand.7246]

Wow you have 666 likes right now.

[@mattew7890]

I love that there are multiple videos where Michael ends it with “I’m glad your alive!”

[@teevaldes938]

Now you have 999 likes : )

[@snoopydog9821]

Is this just a coinsedence? *laughs mathematically* Yes.

[@mostlikelyunlikely1169]

MATHiculously

[@starRushi]

*laughs mathamaniacly

[@ViratKohli-jj3wj]

@@starRushi laughs sexually

[@DogMcMeow]

I got this to 666 likes eyyyy

[@ViratKohli-jj3wj]

@UserReacts r/whoosh

[@abhijeetpatnaik5494]

I showed this video to one of friends. Michael actually managed to guess all 3 cards of his choice. He was blown away. So was I. I witnessed a historic moment. He was one among the 7.

[@hossein_jj2572]

77 not 7

[@Bruh-jo4lb]

More around 86 now

[@icewings_intotheclouds]

did you even watch the video? he explained how the chances were much higher RIGHT after

[@monkesoldier3002]

@@icewings_intotheclouds but being among the 7 sounds so cool

[@zapper333]

cap

[@AllenKey19]

"Explanations don't dull mystery, they empower the mystified" Whoever writes the script deserves a bonus man

[@ericdreblow8564]

As far as I know, he pretty much does all of his research and script writing by himself

[@NoriMori1992]

Well, they can do both.

[@Vsauce]

♣♥♠♦

[@kylev.1163]

+Vsauce Have I ever told you the definition of insanity?

[@thedankwizard2844]

Hey, that's pretty good.

[@sakarsubedi918]

hello vsauce

[@vladflaucher1356]

+hacks tv Go on....duck off

[@user-td6dr2yy6l]

♥

[@codeviper8665]

70 people are very impressed by his magic Edit: Could you all please stop correcting my math? This was a joke I made 11 months ago

[@jpegeneral5884]

Correctomundo

[@prissyrainbow8769]

I was just about to say this

[@charldoge3617]

I was =(

[@rogermayes3745]

This VIDEO DOESNT MAKE ANY FUGGGIN SENSE AGGHHHHHHHH

[@atelektase]

_at least_ 70 people

[@gleamingfoonyman]

"Think of a card" My brain immediately for some reason: Hearts of Spades

[@asagoldsmith3328]

7 of 9

[@Camman18family]

Spades of Spades

[@butterbox155]

alright, 24 black diamonds that's my guess

[@agent475816]

Now 77 people had it right 3 times in a row.

[@fishpie_]

77th like

[@sc2stnd]

84 already

[@sohaibtheex017]

85

[@ukrainian_mf]

Yes

[@TheCoolestBoyGD69420]

Broke 300 likes.

[@wacka.]

wow he picked none of the cards I was thinking of... what are the odds...

[@haileyhaddix3338]

Very high

[@stanley1698]

+wacka Very high.

[@didmister1111]

Very high

[@kameronclark515]

hits fat ass blunt

[@TheKaliche]

+wacka very high

[@IHateCopperGolems]

Whenever a magician asks you to think of a card, choose the Joker

[@nagato2k633]

exactly, only psycho's think of that card

[@nathankoh7247]

"Take a card, any card" _takes his credit card_

[@gwenrees7594]

@@nathankoh7247 11 likes??? A travesty

[@onionbot2]

‘life tip’

[@Jasonhadjigeorgiou]

no think of the 4+ card

[@thepianokid9378]

14:49 In case anyone’s wondering, 52 factorial is 8.06581751709438E67. That’s 80 duovigintillion, 658 unvigintillion, 175 vigintillion, 170 nondecillion, 943 octadecillion, 800 septemdecillion.

[@southlagoon]

You're the reason I now want to start learning more things. Thank you Vsauce

[@devonesq.7533]

your brain never wants to stop learning, michael just explains stuff in an interesting and novel way, which makes learning more fun for you, which 99% of teachers fail to do.

[@SpeedChamp467]

@@atomdecay his name is Vichael. The channel is called mikesauce. Thought everybody knew this already.

[@colemandance7215]

@@SpeedChamp467 lol

[@PurlaneMauve]

Start of Vsauce video: "Why are words so random?" End of Vsauce video: "So maybe bricks aren't so bad after all"

[@____spacecadet____]

+Baldemoto Oh my God, you're too right. That me literally L.O.L. start of video: "If you rearrange the letters in 'William Shakespeare,' you can spell 'here was I like a psalm.'" end of video:"Even though you will probably die..."

[@finlay8722]

Lolz😂

[@ThreesixnineGF]

+Baldemoto It's like a Simpson episode!

[@HSquadGaming]

LOL YEEESSS

[@chrissyvt84]

Lol exactly.

[@TheAlmightyOctopus]

The 52! shit hurt my brain.

[@WarTex]

*42

[@herrabanani]

+WarTex no 52

[@NiramBG]

+WarTex You know that was kinda an unnecessary reference. Also I feel like it wasn't appropriate to Almighty Octopus's comment.

[@lukelowery3603]

+WarTex It's 52...

[@jasondoe6286]

+WarTex *meaning of life, the universe, and everything

[@WoodlandDrake]

To this day, my favorite card trick is a math trick my uncle showed me. It involves dividing the deck in half, memorizing the 18th card in one half and then adding the value of cards (1-10) from the other deck to determine how many cards you deal off the top of a combined deck to get to the 18th card. It was wild to perform as an 8 year old when I couldn't understand the math behind it.

[@fernandaabreu5625]

Neil Gump.

[@DarkSoulser]

Is there a specific name given to this card trick? I know its been a while...

[@DakotaJohnson-vx3dv]

Michael telling me that he's glad i was born is the nicest thing anyone has said to me in at least a decade

[@we-must-live]

you’re a smexy mf

[@pedrocurto2397]

Michael's GF: I think we need to end. Michael: But what is an end? Isn't it just an end-trance?

[@nightwing8558]

pedro alexandre lmao kinda don’t want to see this ever again, your brain must be protected

[@highguardian13]

pedro alexandre BRUH 😂 🤣

[@_KingOfCalifornia]

They're married and have a kid now

[@ViewsFromTheDeathStar]

LMAO wholesome af

[@kdchmln]

ah yes, the old "i think we need to end", the normal way people talk when breaking up.

[@jordanjamison97]

"Even though you will die, most people won't even get to die. They won't even get to be born. So I'm glad you were." Michael getting in my feelings

[@lvbboi9]

👁💧👄💧👁 Fr

[@brandonhedge8505]

Same wtf

[@sergiocisneros3032]

I didn’t understand this very well

[@inkinfifthgroup926]

@@sergiocisneros3032 It means that your lucky you're born and experience life.

[@santzerosantone]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jam8eWh5jcejj6M

[@Christian.Escutia]

This is still my favorite video VSauce has ever made. I learned those magic tricks back in highschool and they became a great talking point for friends and coworkers. And the 52! Is outrageous. An extremely good visualization that just jumbled me so much. Math is amazing

[@stephenchurch1784]

Math kind of is magic. Millions of people watch you on (roughly) credit-card sized objects because humanity has discovered useful structures in the number line. Getting into pure math is a process in slowly realizing that what once felt like an entirely human construct is actually an exploration of an existing architecture

[@f1sh_539]

Is this coincidence? *laughs in “no it’s not”* “Yes”

[@TheOkGuyOfficial]

Yo 50th like!

[@dinosharttt]

Your pfp your comment are exactly what an idiot and stupid person would say

[@PriyanshuPareek]

@@dinosharttt lol what?

[@dalurinzinia829]

does anyone know the background music from 0:54 to 2:28 ?? couldn't find it by Jake Chudnow

[@dalurinzinia829]

does anyone know the background music from 0:54 to 2:28 ?? couldn't find it by Jake Chudnow.

[@lorenzolondero2795]

I'm not even joking, he revealed the 3 cards I was thinking. I admit that when he did, it scared me lol

[@cenfer9962]

Well they sre the most thought of cards

[@akshajtiwari5199]

liar

[@kemishkarki7683]

I thought ace of hearts and i was scared for a while there

[@gunjankumar7210]

Feeling scared with 6 others.

[@sayhanahmed4527]

He did nein of mines

[@potawatomi100]

Terrific topic! Outstanding video production and superbly narrated.

[@trocha419]

This is still one of my all time fav videos and piece of knowledge that exist.

[@trianglesandtricolour4307]

7:44 Michael: "Thank you very much... but not you Vanessa" Vanessa: *laughs painfully*

[@khalidbinobaiad1826]

lol

[@justzodiax3261]

What a fuckin’ savage

[@carnumber6576]

i read it at the exact time it happened.Coincidence? yes

[@ivoturi]

@@carnumber6576 coincidence? Hahahah pfft Yes

[@honestabe411]

Vanessa soaked her panties being in michael’s presence

[@Top10Archive]

2.5 million views, that means at least 20 people had the lucky numbers.. yet none of them commented.. They must have thought Michael is a witch or something.

[@Arrooonnn]

Well it's probability so there could have been no one that chose them

[@Top10Archive]

***** omg!!1111

[@sammy415078]

+Top10Archive love your channel

[@cameronhidey]

+Top10Archive HE GOT BOTH OF MINE OMFG 0_0

[@anas97banjar]

+Top10Archive I saw at least 3 top comments that said they picked the same cards Michael guessed. Since they were top comments, it means there were even more who choose the same cards. but of course top comments change a lot, and you watched this episode 3 weeks after it was uploaded

[@WaywardZeppelin]

For the card thing, my answer was the 3 of Spades, and I was sort of hoping to see it, but I noticed right away the 3 that were pulled seemed "common" in terms of how often they'd be thought of

[@ryanjohnston4405]

I am so proud to be able to call myself one of the 77 people who chose those three cards, that was terrifying, I was questioning reality.

[@ryanjohnston4405]

I watched the rest now and I’m slightly less proud, but still impressed

[@rickyanthony]

Hello. Can I get an autograph?

[@captainoblivious_yt]

Is this just a coincidence? *smug laughter* Yes.

[@codyfarkas7673]

Pfp checks out

[@dianamaier2308]

Lol

[@user-ne5bz7ry3t]

Muslims use this coincidence to fool people with Quranic facts,,,,,,

[@RMadaraPlay]

I chose the ace of spades because of you lol

[@romania1918]

No is not

[@M8ingSeason]

When he pulled out the ace of hearts, I nearly had a heart attack. Then when he pulled out the queen of hearts, I was at the end of my rope. Then I thought, "he'd never pull out the queen of hearts twice!" Thanks to that, I live another day.

[@aliersinoral]

Whenever a magician asks you to pick a card; if they guess the first one right and asks again, choose the same card

[@harrisont4076]

Same

[@ozanozenir2503]

He says ANOTHER card. You fool

[@tm18.]

He did say a different card but I didn't even get predicted on any of them sadly I said 8 of diamonds, queen of clubs ace of clubs

[@blaghgames5050]

@@tm18. I said 4 of spades literally every time.I dunno man.

[@fitzyfiddle]

Those lines at the end of the video really just opened up my mind on how I should view the world. Not focus on the bad things that've happened or can happen; but to just live life while you can. Because this blessing that I was given by being alive at all is the greatest thing that could happen to anyone. To even have the chance to live in the first place. I will find myself and I will make a difference because you know what? I was given the opportunity. An opportunity that is so, incredibly rare and if I don't take it, I'll be letting whoever could've been me down. So damnit, thank you Michael.

[@arturkey9084]

When you guessed my first card i got so scared XD

[@dokt1745]

I guessed ace of diamonds everytime and he didn't get it

[@alishbanathani9625]

He guessed none of my cards

[@paulobarral1267]

He guessed 2 of mine

[@enekuda05]

I guessed in order ace of hearts, 4 of diamonds, 3 of spades. He at least got the first one 😂

[@gabrielu.f.vassellucci722]

KrispyWaffles He guessed all of mine, which really scared me

[@carpetlick5243]

Cmon Michael you can count the 52 factorial in under 2 minutes... just get a lamp and turn it on and off at half the previous time intervals...

[@ggfargo]

hahahaha so smart xd

[@TheEgyGeek]

+Carp Etlick Yeah well time is formed of discrete units. you can't apply the dichotomy principle here.

[@RadicalDaveNFriends]

+Carp Etlick That would be one super task of you to take on! ...wait

[@Enverescape]

+Carp Etlick The smallest unit of possibly observable time is the Planck time, on the order of 10^-44 seconds. If you were able to turn the lamp on and off every Planck time, it would still take far, far longer than the universe has been around--137 quadrillion years--to count to 52!: www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=planck+time+*+52!

[@TheEgyGeek]

Connor Peet Yeah Connor that's like exactly what I said, how about giving credit to people who actually get it for a change.

[@rekav7210]

this video blew me away. rarely happens to me but this video just blew my mind fr. great job michael big big respect for you, very smart man

[@stephend3459]

I have watched this video no less than 100 times and it has never once failed to blow my mind.

[@rxhx]

That 52 factorial visualization thing is the greatest mindfuck ever on vsauce videos!

[@Plystire]

Who knew a deck of cards could be so humbling?

[@thiagoene]

I come here at least once a month and watch that part of the video again. It's hard to even try to get your head around it.

[@0SilentLeopard0]

And 69! is the largest factorial you could compute.

[@jimmyshakway2737]

yet people still think life evolving from nothing is more likely than that

[@Plystire]

More likely than... what?

[@TB-ol7zn]

"So, I'm glad you were." Is the nicest compliment I've ever received... wow

[@ghaithghazi6748]

Eat your cereal buddy!

[@redswag5615]

Eat your cereal cult

[@GalaxiusPilgrim]

Damn you're sexy as fuck

[@mrtoasteer3561]

@@BambiK96 tell me more

[@BambiK96]

@@mrtoasteer3561 heres the story Its was normal say in Minnesota, it was cold. You couldent go outside without a jacket. I was sitting in my room in the bacement playing fetch with winter(cats name) while watching so Vsause. I get a snapchat call from my mom , I answer it (note that I had the blue bird as my profile picture and background for everything I even have a sticker on my ps4) my mom is looking a little sick. She says she went to the docter because she had the itchy bumps on her body, she also said I was because of winter. I was shocked knowing what was going to happen I started to cry. I said please isn't there a way you can treat it(I didnt know there actually was a way to treat it)she said no. I was devastated. She walked into my room fully dressed and said get winter into the car, with this saddens look on my face I obliged. I got dressed picked winter up and took her outside. The only other time she had ever been outside was when we adopted her and was takeing he inside. She tried to escape my arms and she did, she ran to the backyard and hid under the porch sitting in a window frame. I couldent fit down there so sadly to only way to get her out was to get a lazer pointer. This was extremely sad for me because she got really excited when I got it out and started running towards it I quickly picked her up and got her in the car still crying my mom and I drove the the nearest humane society we hot her out the car, this time my mom was carrying her. She stood at the door waiting for someone to open it. She was clearly struggling to hold her winter excape agin and ran across the street and hid in a Bush. We didnt know where she was until we saw some guy with his camera out looking in the bushes I saw her in the corner crying so was I. I walked over still crying saying nothing i picked winter up agin an employee was outside with a cage open for me to put her in. So that's what happend that day. When we got her she was very scared of humans she hid from ours for months we knew where she was but we couldent fit where she was so I sat in front with snacks to give her if she ever came out I was the only one who did it so when she did come out , if I wasn't there she would go back in until she herd my voice. I knew if she got adopted the same would happen. A week ago my mom got sad news for the humane society my mom came to my room and told me everyone who adopted her took her back because she would hide away from everyone, i guessed they didnt have the patience I had so she would allwase be back in a week or so. Soon nowone wanted her so she was euthanized

[@zoeytrent115]

I don't know how I keep falling asleep and waking up to your videos, but when I go on a spree on watching your videos I wish I had you as my teacher, and this is coming from someone who's been homeschooled all my life. You've taught me so many things, of just how scary and ginormous math really can be.

[@mnokelop2661]

Another nice magic trick you can do with tis at 8:14 is: Pick all 4 aces, 4 queens, 4 kings, 4 jacks Place themm all together (HA,HK,HQ,HJ, etc) so they're all with their own symbols and in order (ace, king queen jack) Place the 4 packs on top of each other so it makes 1 pile of 16 Cut them by taking any amount of the top and put it under the pack (you can repeat infinitely) Place the cards 1 by 1, face up, on the table while doing a 4x4 square Every queens will make a row, kings too, jacks too, aces too.

[@SomeoneYouDontKnowOfficial]

"You will *probably* die." I think Michael knows something we dont.

[@egg9709]

well... uh... egg... yeah. egg is the answer to eternal life and happiness...

[@broundothisrightneow]

@@egg9709 eggggggggg

[@asagoldsmith3328]

えぐ

[@Inertch]

@@egg9709 what,you egg?

[@boundary2580]

Egg eggggggggg

[@Jabrils]

0:30 the page number is 541, take the 5, add it to the 1, & you have 46 🔺👁

[@sidicense]

OH

[@user-dn2bb6ts3u]

Same with how the Pyramids of Giza's top lays on a longitude that lays out the speed of light in meters per second. If you can think good, you will notice why this is coincidental.

[@pip4349]

Holy shit I didn't expect to see you here

[@octobsession3061]

I can hear the jingle of illuminati LoL

[@ChessCat1500]

love your content

[@RanjanKumar-wt4hh]

This number is so big that my mind could not even imagine it after this amazing visualisation.

[@fearofthechippan]

That’s why I’ve always loved science and maths: they’re just magic that we understand

[@noahraikes9374]

1:45 One time everyone was doing cardtricks and I wanted to join in but I didn't know any, so I just decided to muck my friend around and tell him to think of any card, then I flipped through the deck and picked out a random card. I said "found it" And his mind was blown. Frankly, so was mine.

[@Luke-mq7nj]

Ha

[@SK-ps5el]

Haha

[@aca792.]

Hahaha

[@knightmare1987]

Hahahaha

[@dteachout147]

Hahahahaha

[@Jamazon]

Vsauce's thumbnails and titles are the opposite of clickbait

[@MordrinNaeblis]

He doesn't need to do any of that. His amazing content is enough to bring people towards his channel.

[@Gabu_]

+Jamazon Could they be bait-bait?

[@Jamazon]

Ahmad Ali​​ Couldn't agree more. But new viewers won't know what to expect

[@jmoak14]

+Jamazon fun fact they used to put half naked females into the thumbnail years ago

[@Coffeepotion]

+Jamazon Well, to me every video with Vsauce in it or on it is "clickbait" (I will automatically click on it)

[@UltraZigZag]

He got the ace of hearts and my heart skipped a beat

[@Cam-SB]

I needed to hear that ending. Thank you 💗

[@dereklocke7366]

More space shit please

[@nephastgweiz1022]

Love the way you talk

[@dereklocke7366]

+Oscar Azgriel thanks bro

[@curtisrak3117]

+Derek Locke Seriously I want more space shit haha lets bring up that "cannabis found on a meteorite" to light xD

[@ezkefen]

tru

[@colind1400]

+Derek Locke that's what I'm sayin'.

[@zandersherry5480]

0:39 when my parents ask if all I’ve done all day is play Minecraft

[@maritime9297]

Ahh thats a good one

[@estera8878]

@zander sherry did you do the smug laugh too

[@kaits7370]

Lettrra

[@reminy13]

THAT WAS FUNNY OK

[@shubladzesaba4375]

CatsInBOOTS 666 literally

[@lamuzzo5120]

0:38 when i ask to my teacher if i did wrong in the test.

[@lao-ce8982]

Although he found out only the 1 card I was thinking of, my heart still skipped a beat.

[@xantiherox]

7:44 Vanessa's face when she realized Michael was thanking math

[@peanutbuttercracker1]

Lol I read that as "Vanessa's face when she realized Michael was taking meth"

[@canogaparque818]

+peanutbuttercracker1 he probaly has ive seen some youtube video where he said he used to slang

[@commentatron]

+xantiherox Probably the same look she'd have given him when he tried his come-on line at the bar, "Hey, Vanessa. Michael here. Check out my V-Sauce!"

[@cmb9173]

I guess you're a mathemagician.

[@TheMeltedMan]

w0w.

[@sirlancealot2493]

wew

[@owlicious1778]

badum chz..

[@contentdeleted2319]

I guess you're a nerd.

[@thewaywelive2775]

+Michael Schmid Simpsons called. They want their joke back

[@shoshone9892]

The quality, curiosity, rewatchabilty persona, genius, build up and more are the things that make vsauce wonderful

[@nicktsnv3235]

I just watched this randomly for the first time and i noticed how the probability of guessing a card three times in a row is actually 1/52 x 1/51 x 1/50 since they will be guessing a different card, excluding one card from the pool of possibilities after each guess.

[@liammitchell8568]

If you rearrange the letters in George Washington it spells swaggering hot one

[@trip2belize]

Very amaze.

[@nakedsnake4248]

No

[@generalen4439]

No

[@severinogateb2487]

YES

[@hahatdog2546]

👏

[@parsipolo2877]

Michael: thank you very much Venessa: your welcome Michael: but not you Venessa *hello darkness my old friend...*

[@Arzun91]

You are

[@daltonyates758]

@@Arzun91 git em

[@macanaeh]

Michael is a madlad

[@sospng]

Deadass was scrolling through the comments and saw this one as soon as it happened in the video 😂

[@Meddio2]

My welcome what?

[@ktgame2640]

Huh, just thought of the ace of spades all three times... and you actually got it on the third. I'm shook

[@steveorbe1910]

7:44 The trick doesn't work when you really mix them up. I guess it doesn't work when you change the order. Meaning, when you let the spectator shuffle the cards.

[@Asko271]

i love space shit pls do more spaceshit

[@untitledname5183]

Except space doesn't shit So how do you like imaginary THINGS?

[@justinowens2077]

+Untitled Name I mean, Christians like imaginary things... Jk I'm just trying to start shit

[@KRAZY13omber]

+Untitled Name I meant a wormhole can shit out some object. So wormholes are anus's of space

[@MrVibriocholerae]

+KRAZY13omber and black holes can shit out Hawking radiation. so black holes are Hawking's bitches

[@rainmaker2932]

+Asko271 We all love space shit

[@coolfoil2836]

1:23 me having a brain stroke and thinking of an ace of 13s

[@clovermx1472]

Mood

[@mildcheesecake692]

Lol 😂

[@torreywhiting5402]

lmao

[@jameer8225]

There. Impossible

[@nfijef]

I was thinking 12 of...shoot, haha. I don't play cards much

[@Wunba]

Imagine being one of the 7 people who got all 3 cards picked 🤯

[@IDYTRMN]

Oh hi bro, I am surprised that your comment only has 7 likes

[@realitygaming_]

​@@IDYTRMN EmOtioNaL DaMaGE

[@The_flowerpot]

Me too

[@protitac6041]

WHY IS WUMBA LITERALLY IN EVERY COMMENT SECTION

[@WarpedStone]

Wunba, do you just spend your days going through videos and making comments?

[@Parapresdokian]

When a hot chick asks you to perform a card shuffle in the club. 10:37

[@jeffthevomitguy1178]

She Could never dream of being as hot as u 😎 with them glasses.

[@PatchyDragon]

"Think of a card" "Two of spades" >Ace of hearts "Again, think of another card." "Three of spades?" >Queen of hearts "One last time" "Uh-... Okay, eight of diamonds then." >Ace of spades Man I suck at this.

[@realmitsumeru]

dude i thought of all of those holy

[@Chris-qh5yq]

I thought of 8 of diamonds too!

[@louieggg213]

Yoink

[@mesad2595]

NO JOKE I THOUGHT OF ALL THOSE CARDS WTF

[@hellopoop2251]

man I thought of king of hearts then 4 hearts then 3 diamonds

[@aidanthird]

"thank you" "but not you vanessa"

[@SkylerWhiteYoo]

💀

[@broshaine5842]

@@SkylerWhiteYoo 💀

[@zealous5638]

DEAD BODY REPORTED

[@monkeychromosome]

Ultimate Anti-Simp

[@monkeychromosome]

also i was gonna comment this and write Anti-Simp at the bottom lmao but its alr yoinked

[@guilhermeantunes8557]

One of the best videos i have ever seen on ytb

[@johnylowkey]

Props to the guy who counted the seconds since the beginning of the universe

[@kathryndoyle7722]

My irregular periods are more fucking regular than this channel

[@sygb.550]

lol

[@ChristinaMoralesMindfuqed]

XD LOL

[@guiafb99]

He'll upload the next one in the next 3 days probably

[@josephtuagalu7689]

+kathryn doyle maybe because he actually puts time & effort into his vids, his vids are cool. That takes time.

[@kathryndoyle7722]

+joseph tuagalu i would wait years to c his vids if I have to tbh

[@flimbxy]

Vsauce is the type of person to answer 46 questions after you only ask 1

[@EMFObserver]

Since when is Vsauce a person?

[@PuzzleQodec]

Not exactly, imho, he's the type of person to ask 46 counter questions after you only ask 1

[@joel6230]

@@PuzzleQodec he will answer your question with another question then answer his question with another and so on

[@ManitouCat97]

@@EMFObserver we are vsauce

[@TheLampeKing]

@@ManitouCat97 vsauce is the name of the first channel with the name of vsauce. it is coincidentally starred by michael stevens

[@ivanpruks9975]

that ending was just beautiful, i am speechless

[@ekaanshAgrawal]

Not sure why, but once a year I rewatch all of Vsuace's videos

[@jorgeortiz8183]

When he guessed my card I had to stop the video for a moment because I was freaking the fuck out

[@keonder4884]

Gg

[@loveyou10131]

Lmao same

[@dragosmic4903]

+Jorge Ortiz he didn't guess mine

[@matrixzoo8434]

+Jorge Ortiz same, I posed the video scrolled down to see the comments.

[@BocchiTheBox]

He guessed incorrectly on mine all 3 turns. I chose 2 of Diamonds all 3 turns.

[@oblomovette]

Wow... The whole 52 factorial thing blew my blind. And that's not even close to the largest number.

[@Ibrahim-nz4hy]

+Joe Gay There is no largest number

[@oblomovette]

Ibrahim Noor You're right, what I meant was the largest recorded number. I'll edit the original comment.

[@oblomovette]

+Ibrahim Noor Whoops, can't edit on mobile and my PC is broken. Well, I guess people will have to read my reply as clarification.

[@oblomovette]

***** As far as I can tell it's Graham's number. I know numbers go on for infinity, but it's been called that.

[@oblomovette]

***** Don't blame me. :/ I'll look into it further, but as far as I can tell, they simply can't write an equation to represent a larger number without breaking the rules of the equation.

[@noelic6744]

The first card was exactly the one I was thinking of! It blew my mind!...then the next two were wrong though so my excitement quickly dwindled. Watching vsauce is a rollercoaster of emotions.

[@nenmaster5218]

Random, but: Can anyone help me with some math? I need some Bomb's Powers translated to Exatons and Kilotons respectively

[@FedGrod]

dude my heart stopped when you revealed that first card

[@hndsome]

NO STOP. I ACTUALLY THOUGHT OF AN ACE OF HEARTS MY HEART DROPPED LMAO

[@escapeartlst8870]

Same and im high as shit loool had me like whatt no way

[@zada4a]

Yeah man.. I even rewinded back and chose another card expecting him to guess it again lmao

[@bshivam2001]

Same. But the next 2 tries didn't work on me.

[@surajnainar9060]

Same and i thought of Queen of hearts too

[@noahpeterson19]

He got the ace of spades for me just two cards too late

[@badatphilosophy]

Friend: Have you studied for the test tomorrow? Me: 0:39

[@SuillaIsAwesome]

This is my favourite comment ever.

[@saviodarmento3716]

I would say the opposite

[@brooklynpaige1619]

LOL

[@Jokerman813]

dude i laughed in tears with this

[@xyzabc9628]

opposite is real

[@Lasagnaisprettycool]

the stack of paper to the sun analogy for a fraction of a second the whole image of it's incomprehensible enormity clicked in my head and I could fully grasp the sheer scale of it I felt like a truck hit me and a massive wave of anxiety washed over me and I had to pause before it dissipated.

[@clockworkSlick]

michael that card trick was very impressive. you got me with the ace of hearts, which terrified me, then you pulled the queen which i didnt pick. but i did also pick the ace of spades, so you got 2/3

[@kelseymisra1388]

this is what vsauce is. it's 20 minute videos that start with "hey look at these cool card tricks haha" and end with a fucking mindblowing demonstration of a big ass number that makes you contemplate life itself. i love vsauce

[@depresseddude12]

Kelsey Misra Vsauce is simply the greatest thing on this site. The visualization of 52! is... I can't even describe it. 20 minute videos that are worth every second

[@theodorechandra8450]

after knowing what 52 factorial means, I'll never see a deck of card the same ever again

[@ExposeToTechnology]

yep

[@RafaelBorgesRDB]

Try chess. It's about 10^120 :)

[@LukeSumIpsePatremTe]

1 rice in the first square. 2 rice for the second square. 4 rice for the fourth square.... I'm starting to think this chess board is going to be quite huge :D

[@cathug566]

LukeSumIpsePatremTe its 1.8 x 10^19 for the sum

[@LukeSumIpsePatremTe]

Fail 9999 1.84467 x 10^19 according to my calculations. 1 grain of long rice weights 1/64 gram. So the total weight would be 2.8823 x 10^11 metric tons. In the last square there would be 9.22337 x 10^18 grains of rice and it would weight 144.115 x 10^9 metric tons. Now assuming the squares are equal in size, it means the chess board is going to be HUUUUUUGE. From engineering point of view, if I knew the weight of the normal _rook_ (that's what's in the last square normally), I could say how high the rook of this giant chess board would be. And from that I could scale up the chess board. Assuming we keep the mass _divided by surface area_ a constant. More precise way might be to calculate from the material strength. How big surface area do we need, to hold 144 billion metric tons of load. You do the rest of the calculation :D

[@CarlytheQueenofChaos]

Yeah now I wanna program an algorithm which has the goal of having all possible arrangements of cards calculated.

[@jacobnutter2926]

I literally screamed when he pulled out the ace of hearts.

[@WeirdlingTheUnknown]

This 52! number is just beyond my imagination. When you started showing it with taking out a drop of water of the pacific and compared to the timer, I was just blown away. Maths is scary.

[@hugoallen7175]

Would you rather have to wait 52! years long to have a normal life or have a life that was 52! years long

[@WeirdlingTheUnknown]

@@hugoallen7175 I'd probably choose the latter option, because I'd like to see the progress the humanity does over that time. It would be worth it, I think.

[@studyaccount1337]

10^80 More atom in the observable universe

[@darian2975]

@@WeirdlingTheUnknown living that long would rot your mind to the point of insanity

[@WeirdlingTheUnknown]

@@darian2975 oh I get your concern, yeah but I work answering calls for a company, so how'd you know I'm not already insane?.. still it would be a worthy cause in my opinion

[@chrisss2752]

Who else would rather switch out one of their classes in school for just sitting for a hour listening to Michael talk about all this stuff

[@32Rats]

favorite class is science, so I don't think I would be losing much in this case...

[@izanalatreon]

me

[@coltont4242]

Same haha. I would pay to have that class as an elective.

[@Yasumoth]

+Sniper1286 I would switch 45 minutes of school so I could listen to Michael 2 hours a day

[@Cidwithey]

+Sniper1286 me

[@brillum]

I found it delightful how 2 times out of 3 Michael drew the card I was thinking of.

[@donovandownes5064]

Those last 4 minutes hit HARD

[@chievejobs4687]

The 52 factorial fact blew my mind!

[@Barocalypse]

The 52 FACTorial blew your mind

[@laithhah9331]

Yeah same its mind boggling

[@thehumanspider7]

The 52 factorial blew your mind

[@isaiahayers1550]

Same here. I love that it's tied to something seemingly so mundane.

[@syfodias-jedimaster]

Why is he removing water from pacidic ocean and not Atlantic or both?

[@lupast5440]

i don't know why but when v-sauce said "I'm glad you were" i felt really good.

[@generalen4439]

Same

[@SniperLogic]

Made us ‘somebody’ didn’t it! It’s great to be ‘special’!.....and forgotten utterly and completely, even where you are buried, in much less than a century. Lol.

[@Mali-vb9by]

Michael*

[@whatno5090]

@@SniperLogic why care about whether or not people are gonna forget about you? just never forget yourself.

[@bunsen_burna7663]

It is I, mathematics, and you are welcome.

[@jarvispoulton9652]

Vsauce + Maths = Magic

[@ketchumall8243]

Michael: Pick a Card My mind: Blue-Eyes White Dragon Michael: Ace of Hearts Me: oh wrong kind of card....

[@el0j]

at least you thought of something that could do some damage, mine was a birthday card

[@gordonh9921]

Only cultured people understand

[@timothyneiswander3151]

I had the same problem except the card I was thinking of was an Nvidia GeForce GTX 2080 Super. Now there is a card the can do some damage.

[@hellopoop2251]

@@timothyneiswander3151 rtx?

[@iwos9722]

T-Series picked dark magician

[@CrippleX89]

I wonder who actually took the time to find out that Psalm 46 and Shakepeare are connected..!

[@animagamer2]

+Eyob Sisay (Edge) Erroneous.

[@llIlIIlllIIlIIl]

+CrippleX89 Shakespeare is rumored to be one of the authors who wrote the King James version :)

[@Bnio]

+Tyler Hechl I always thought the Psalm 46 thing was because Shakespeare was friends with some of the authors of the King James Bible and they did that as an inside joke.

[@llIlIIlllIIlIIl]

+Bnio that could be as well. I don't think anybody knows for sure; just like most things in Shakespeare's life, it's hypothesized

[@kevinlobos5519]

+Eyob Sisay (Edge) OOOOOOOOOOOOH

[@thegreatpapyrus7319]

I just watched this randomly for no reason after a few months of not watching V Sauce. Always amazes me how enjoyable he can make anything whatsoever

[@NightridewithNikki]

My favorite fun statistic about cards is that no one in the world has ever gotten the exact same order of cards when they shuffle the deck

[@RotisserieElephant]

When this video was made matt parker had 50k subs, now he has almost 1 million. Good Job Matt!

[@chriswaite]

Michael, could you do a video on gravitational waves?

[@fabzzz2714]

i am so waiting for that

[@InformationBlast]

can't wait for that

[@haleIrwinG]

+Chris Waite i do believe, he's on it.

[@paneesh]

YESSSSS

[@CheezyJoeGaming]

+Chris Waite That would be wonderful. :-)

[@gagefrederickson3505]

I like to imagine that whenever Michael wants to start a video, he presses record, crawls to the center of the video, then stands up.

[@lessmoore2551]

Lol don't give him ideas

[@artifexone2986]

lol that's genius 😂

[@FirebladeXXL]

+Gage Frederickson this is probably exactly what he does though :P

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

+Gage Frederickson You're right, because he said he doesn't use a cameraman for that shot.

[@dolantremp]

hahahaha ive never thought of that before

[@maaikevreugdemaker9210]

Man this channel was so insanely good

[@ralyks._rgw]

I remember when I watched this a couple years ago he actually pulled the card I thought of and I was pretty disturbed. Watching this again reminds me that I was just the product of random chance 😅