MythBusters Folding Paper Seven plus times

the myth is that you can fold more than 7 folds
www.kidmythbusters.com

[@SergentTiToo]

How the hell did they manage to build such a huge sheet of paper

[@Bill22886]

By hand and machine

[@Mowraq]

Iirc they took something like the paper rolls newspapers are made from. Those are pretty long stips and broad as a newspaper double page (usually the paper gets massprinted on and then cut). They rolled them out and then glued a dozen of them together to get this giant piece of paper

[@johnmartinez7440]

Do you build paper?

[@zyanidwarfare5634]

I was thinking the same thing and another guy in the comments mentioned glue and paper rolls and looking at it I can see the seams where it’s glued

[@-karter-4556]

@@johnmartinez7440 nah they grow on trees.

[@Lyca31]

I'm in my 50s now, but when I was little, our teacher at Primary School told us that you could not fold a piece of paper over 7 times. It was apparently scientifically impossible. One kid brought a massive sheet of tissue paper in a roll. (Well it seemed massive to us tiny kids, it was probably just over a square metre.) Anyhoo, we took it in the hall and folded it up seven times. Then we attempted number 8. The piece was tiny and thick and we tried our best to fold it. we ran to our teacher excitedly yelling SIR SIR!!!! look we did it!!! And he looked at the paper and said it was not properly folded so it didn't count. Even though we failed, we were all convinced it would be possible with bigger paper. It's nice to see that confirmed.

[@nemasisdemarini8339]

That's not a fail, that's the teacher being pedantic cause he was proven wrong.

[@litigioussociety4249]

Tissue paper is cheating anyway. The myth assumes it's regular copy paper.

[@Cyril29a]

I remember being told this as a kid and immediately knew it was incorrect. I proved it to myself by trying to fold a smaller piece of paper and it folded fewer times than a large one. It then was obvious that the bigger the ratio of area to thickness was the more folds one could make.

[@buffnipz]

​@@Cyril29a I had a teacher like that. He said earth worms aren't edible and I was the only kid who immediately knew it was incorrect because I was raised on a farm. I proved it to myself by eating about 6 worms that day and the teacher ended up getting kicked out for selling drugs to kids so turned out I was right.

[@TheWatcher328]

"Folk knowledge" sucks. Those never hold up to scientific scrutiny. Ever.

[@3MiNuTeLiFe]

1:58 you can literally see this man's thought process as he attempted to jump in the paper like it was a pool. You can tell mid way he was like "wtf am I doing, I'm gonna break my back"

[@user-bu8qi5yh4t]

There's quite a lot of air in there though. It could be soft enough.

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

@@user-bu8qi5yh4t nothing holding it there very well though. There's also plenty of air in the way falling out of a plane.

[@Name-vp3ds]

@@OatmealTheCrazy what? That is such a ridiculous comparison

[@kay_panic_arts]

@@Name-vp3ds you missed the point

[@nullroblah1946]

@@Name-vp3ds you’re retarded. Either way, you would get hurt. There. Don’t respond now.

[@betr8]

Fold it 100 times and you would have had a paper that's bigger than the observable universe.

[@jhaycobjazz7458]

Nice

[@DoctorMoko]

Nice

[@viswajitbala7924]

Nice

[@John.santos]

Amazingly Nice

[@viswajitbala7924]

@@John.santos 69

[@PILOSOPAUL]

I think the problem here lies in the absence of clear rules/requirements such as the ration between the thickness of the paper versus its area. surely a thin paper with a large area will be easier to fold compared to a thicker paper with the same area.

[@JoaoPedro-mx4lx]

It's surely impossible to fold A4 sized common paper more than 7 times, unless you get to unrealistic nanometer-wide papers (maybe a graphene sheet could do the trick, I dunno). Their point was to show that it's possible to build a huge "sheet" of "paper" that can go beyond that limit.

[@loganmoody1816]

you are correct, and even a theoretical indestructible "paper" with the thickness of 1 molecule would still hit an upper limit from the exponential rate that the thickness increases. Once its thicker than it is wide, true (at least 90% overlapping material) folding becomes impossible.

[@anandsuralkar2947]

The myth is not myth cuz its " you can fold A4 size notebook paper more than seven times"

[@loganmoody1816]

@@anandsuralkar2947 I have heard that version of the “myth” but I have more commonly heard the version that goes “you can’t fold anything more than X times” X usually being 7-10.

[@JoaoPedro-mx4lx]

The "myth" was built upon common objects, which normally have dimensions compatible to be used by humans, so you can think of writing paper, blankets etc.

[@suppohkram]

This came across my recommended and it just brought back so many memories of watching countless hours of the show. The Mythbusters were a big part of my nerdy childhood and I loved when they added this trio. They all had their cool and fun unique personalities and were all obviously very skilled and smart. RIP Grant

[@namechange9470]

Frfr

[@transfo47]

Truly special.

[@caedmonster6336]

“It’s like trying to fold the worlds biggest bed sheet” ah yes, we all know what that’s like

[@JrIcify]

Imagine if it was fitted

[@jessemartinez243]

your mom does...jk

[@lbakicz]

yeah, when we visit your mother

[@Lopal12]

@@JrIcify noooooooooooooooooooo

[@watchman1270]

It’s like folding a bed sheet but bigger you moron. It’s not hard to understand.

[@JohnLee-dp8ey]

Oh, the sweet memories of Mythbusters. RIP Grant Imahara, making the whole B Team extra fun!

[@GashdakSaghzaar]

He was the only one in the B Team doing any work. Kari would just stand around playing with her tits, and Tori would just play with his penis.

[@christopherapuan9968]

😢

[@christopherapuan9968]

Miss him a lot...

[@-Sam69]

Commenting on a 9 year old video to feel included and not miss out on begging likes? 🤡

[@yasininn76]

Shut the fuck up Sam, you're here too

[@richtofu8665]

You can fold a piece of paper over 7 times... As long as you have football field sized sheet of paper, a huge aircraft hanger, and steamrollers and forklifts.

[@nahiyanalamgir7056]

Correction for you: 11 times

[@goodkrypollo1706]

@@nahiyanalamgir7056 He said over 7 times. 11 is over 7.

[@nahiyanalamgir7056]

@@goodkrypollo1706 Oh, that's right. I stand corrected.

[@gorylek198]

​@@nahiyanalamgir7056you don't have to. Sit and relax.

[@El_IF_B_2]

@@gorylek198he can sit but he still had to be corrected

[@jhonnya6032]

Crazy to think that lifting a 10 times folded paper is like lifting 1024 sheets of paper Edit: to all smartasses, read the damn replies.

[@seniorAlfredo]

? The paper still has the same mass

[@markhylis9561]

@@seniorAlfredo its in a smaller package than before it was evenly spreaded to a very large area

[@krypticviper1613]

@@seniorAlfredosever the edges connecting them You get the idea

[@evancampbell1954]

but steel is heavier than feathers...

[@jhonnya6032]

@@seniorAlfredo not the weight, but the height

[@omrtnz5100]

After all this you still can't fold a standard sheet of paper more than 7 times.

[@CatKotGato]

No

[@jordy9606]

@@CatKotGato You have?

[@CatKotGato]

@@jordy9606 ye

[@jordy9606]

@@CatKotGato Cool!

[@anshumanagrawal346]

I mean you can, but not easily

[@rogue6525]

Seeing grant jumping around all excited is so sad. I’m so glad he was able to be the part of so many peoples’ childhoods

[@rooster7006]

Rest in Peace, Grant. We all love and miss you

[@jenspohlmann6179]

What?? What happend?

[@ernestogastelum9123]

@@jenspohlmann6179 brain aneurysm

[@rdctd7348]

I couldn't believe that he died, so sad man.

[@jenspohlmann6179]

@@ernestogastelum9123 oof damn that sucks. First time i heard that. He was my favorite mythbuster

[@BringBackCyParkVendingMachines]

:(

[@rachelgoeswompwomp]

2013: WE BEAT THE WORLD RECORD!! YEAH!!!! "I didn't believe that was possible.." 2021: *If you fold paper 42 times you can reach the moon*

[@identifiesas65.wheresmyche95]

Assuming that's true.. how many to reach mars? 50 would make it 256 times to the moon I believe. Pretty soon you could reach a anywhere in the milky way. Exponential growth is crazy, good thing we're having less children, crazy thing we've set up social security to rely on exponential growth of people, what a con.

[@emmaskjoedt]

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[@Dackered]

@@emmaskjoedt i literally watched this 50 seconds ago

[@strikerbowls791]

@@identifiesas65.wheresmyche95 what?

[@davidalvarado9957]

I'm pretty sure that fun fact has been around longer than just this year.

[@CaseyWinehouse]

I watched so much MythBusters as a kid. This is one of the most iconic myth solutions imo. It’s not quite pigs rotting in a hot car, golf ball car, or that one where the wood cannon exploded and nearly killed some folks, but it’s up there.

[@manchester837]

Ancient Egyptians: creates The Great Pyramids. Modern People: folds a paper 11 times 😎

[@kevin93azyu]

Modern people: have paper Ancient Egyptians: Shitty papyrus. 1-1 i guess.

[@AYUSH-zf7hf]

@@kevin93azyu What??

[@AreyemMeyera]

@@kevin93azyu ancient people had lower technology but were able to achieve monumental things. Comparing what type of paper they had back then to our paper now only shows how great their achievements were. That’s quite counter productive to your goal of downplaying their accomplishments.

[@varnxxx]

@@AreyemMeyera Modern people: skyscrapers which marvels any architectural science, islands built into resorts, space stations. Ancient Egyptians: triangle

[@AreyemMeyera]

@@varnxxx I would like to point out the very low percentage of carbon footprint left behind by ancient builders compared to our times.

[@jontysb]

This was truly fun to watch. Rip Grant

[@JJAG3]

Did he die? Which is grant

[@cryptonerdz7127]

@@JJAG3 the king of random

[@user-kh9sm2dw1l]

@@JJAG3 the asian guy

[@fpsVAMPZ]

Didn't the chick die too?

[@isoid]

@@cryptonerdz7127 king of random was Grant Thompson, the one on Mythbusters was Grant Imahara

[@mcvrwc]

I think it has more to do with the size to thickness ratio. The greater the ratio the more folds possible. Once the fold (the rounded part) becomes too large in día as a ratio to the remain flat area the fold becomes impossible. We could therefore mathematically theorize a potential fold count based on paper size and thickness inputs.

[@ninjaninja9954]

New myth: "you cannot fold a a piece of paper 12 times"

[@itismethatguy]

It just has to satisfy it's lenght being larger than it's height or thickness. An infinitely long paper can be folded infinitely

[@gurvmlk]

@@itismethatguy No, it can't. If a paper were infinitely long, the two sides would never be able to each each other to achieve even a single fold. It would be impossible to fold in half because there's no halfway point.

[@LeventK]

@@gurvmlk now it looks like the tan function: it goes to infinite when going to 1(from lower numbers), but exact 1 is undefined.

[@gageshippy2256]

@@gurvmlk a near infinite sized piece of paper can be folded near infinity.

[@113uineo]

@@gurvmlk don't take it literally, underated the context

[@periurban]

Does it count if you simply redefine the whole idea of "a piece of paper"?

[@georgecroney6168]

You could potentially make super thin paper but by touching it you'd break it so you'd fail on fold 1.

[@lemminjuice]

they try folding a normal sheet of paper at the beginning of the episode and even try different folding techniques. this segment is from the end where they just go balls to the wall and try to bust it anyway possible

[@Vampyrr]

Full Myth: A dry piece of paper cannot be folded in perpendicular halves more than seven times, regardless of its size.

[@91Vault]

A bigass sheet makes for good television

[@theluchakabuto5206]

@@Vampyrr So according to that, myth busted right?

[@romster580]

3:24 poor guy tried so hard to hold eye contact

[@sushibongg9057]

"football size paper" thats a pretty big football

[@SwiftlySev]

hehe

[@bobthegreatblob]

Football field

[@Maaaatttttt]

It says field in first 6 seconds. ??

[@tharunthangavel6429]

3:35

[@Xanthopathy]

@@Maaaatttttt ever heard of a joke mor•n

[@Atticus1217]

R.I.P Grant

[@billybillybillybillybillybilly]

Grant Thompson?

[@Atticus1217]

@@billybillybillybillybillybilly Grant from Mythbusters.

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

@@billybillybillybillybillybilly Grant Imahara. He passed away from a brain aneurysm. He was only like 49 too.

[@Seawolf.Gaming]

@@billybillybillybillybillybilly I mean he also died, but Grant from mythbusters

[@grantscorpionhiba2151]

Wdym

[@JamesWhiteman]

I think the problem space is with the ratio of paper thickness to surface area of the sheet. I would think you could achieve more than 7 folds with normal dimensions but super thin paper as well.

[@Iliek]

Clearly you are a man who uses his brain for thinking and does not actually need to watch this type of show to understand things.

[@tedred8869]

Come on guy's 31 more folds and you can go to the moon.

[@Pboy7272]

2:57 "Thanks to their buddy, exponential growth..." cracked me up. This was a GREAT SHOW! So glad I got to enjoy new episodes when it was around and in its prime.

[@DurvalLacerda]

3:23 Yeah, we all wanted to, Tory :T

[@citrogamer]

😂😂

[@HinanaweedTeshno]

I always found this one funny because while technically true, it doesn't tackle the original problem at all. Nobody said "You can't fold paper material of any size more than 7 times." The myth always surrounded standard paper sheet sizes you'd find in notebooks. This is like seeing "You can't throw a knife through a wall" and using a massive claymore to punch through loosely stacked legos.

[@sheldonj.plankton163]

Every time I heard about this myth it came with the addition of "you couldn't even fold a sheet of paper the size of a soccer field seven times". Also otherwise you'd have quite the boring myth because you can see pretty easily why folding a standard sheet of paper seven times isn't working out

[@melody3741]

Not true, the myth was “you cant fold paper at all more than 7 times” and that was the way they presented it, its fucking idiotic that everyone is so mad about this, did you see how fucking small that was after only eleven folds??? That alone should show you how incredivle it is they even got that far.

[@MrDylanHole]

@@melody3741 you cant fold a PIECE of paper more than 7 times Let's argue about what constitutes a PIECE of paper for 3 months on this youtube comment section.

[@gurvmlk]

@@MrDylanHole To be fair, you did just describe the KZbin comment section.

[@cchavezjr7]

@@melody3741 Wow, I think it's pretty idiotic you have to get so triggered over something so trivial.

[@thelolsamshow]

Can't believe Grant is gone. Rip great man.

[@justryingmybest]

Mythbusters was one of the best educational shows ever made. Definitely Kickstarted my love for science ❤

[@Iliek]

If you think this is educational wait until you see my wide variety of parlor tricks.

[@jebman1504]

3:13 That guy, fully excited, falling off the edge of the paper just before the cut 😂

[@Ruin3.14]

Randomly came across this clip. I used to watch these when I was a kid. This and spongbob was my stuff. Makes my heartache seeing Kari and Grant...

[@martinvanburensleftsidebur5329]

Why Kari?

[@Ruin3.14]

@@martinvanburensleftsidebur5329 She died in a rocket-car accident. It didnt get as much media attention as Grant, though.

[@xyznihall]

@@Ruin3.14 bro u are just lying

[@BradTheThird]

@@Ruin3.14 That was Jessi. Not Kari.

[@martinvanburensleftsidebur5329]

@@Ruin3.14 Kari is alive and well.

[@daltonnunyabiz3067]

This is literally the definition of “well technically”

[@josephdoumas6743]

3:15 I know bro ate shit

[@hpw101]

LOL. Thank you for pointing that out.

[@ProdByDrestar]

lmfao!! I was thinking that too

[@xx-lb7ps]

Idgi??

[@fl260]

I worked in big format printing for years and legit we would often have jobs that big and MUCH more intricate to pack and therefore fold. Moreover, it was all printed on vinyl, which is much heavier than paper, and often came with grommets all along the edges and straps welded in the middle to help installing them. We had jobs so big, we had to rent an empty warehouse just to be able to work on it properly, even though our building was already huge.

[@Z_D3m0n]

I always knew this was possible. And I also figured you’d have to make the 3 d ratios of the paper much more drastic. Ie way longer and wider, but also thinner

[@wildliferox2]

It may have more to do with ratio of paper thickness to area. If you have a piece of A1 rice paper with the same ratio of thickness to area as per their football field size paper you would get the same result. Note they needed to use mechanical equipment by way of roller and forklift truck to complete.

[@b1nary_f1nary]

second part is not true, clearly in the video they complete the 8th fold manually, they go further with the equipment

[@ng.tr.s.p.1254]

Cope

[@martinvanburensleftsidebur5329]

Oh man, my childhood crush on Kari just came rolling back.

[@darkmanure]

She's so damn hot.

[@mraiden6485]

No matter the size of the paper, every fold takes 50% in area. Say this paper had 99ft length and 66 ft width. Every fold (vertical to horizontal) would take 50% of either side. 66 would become 33, then 99 would become 49.5. So technically, every fold increases the thickness by 50% (multiplying the thickness or height by 2 each fold) and that means, by scale, 1cm would become 128cm after seven folds. So these guys did a pretty good job busting this myth, as the thickness of that paper couldn't be penetrated without a pretty strong tool.

[@drygordspellweaver8761]

You have absolutely no idea how numbers work do you

[@bewinwilsonmathews1892]

@@drygordspellweaver8761 why was he wrong?

[@drygordspellweaver8761]

@@bewinwilsonmathews1892 Folding the sheet obviously doubles the thickness, not "increases the thickness by 50%". To double something means to increase it by 100%. If I increased a 1cm sheet by 50%, it would be 1.5cm. Even worse, If you follow his comment closely, you'll see that he doesn't actually go anywhere with his reasoning.

[@bewinwilsonmathews1892]

@@drygordspellweaver8761 Thanks I didnt notice that

[@FishyFinster]

​@@drygordspellweaver8761bro responded after 4 months

[@AustinH7]

Think about how big the paper needed to be 11 folds. I think 7 is still a pretty realistic amount of folds anyone could achieve themselves

[@tusharbhudia9421]

That was also not paper

[@bahhumbug5467]

@@tusharbhudia9421 what was it then? Processed tree?

[@aetheriox463]

@@tusharbhudia9421 if it looks like paper, feels like paper, and acts like paper, its close enough to paper

[@lancetheking7524]

​@@bahhumbug5467 processed tree glued together

[@kallemetsahalme5701]

to be fair that end result looks nothing like paper. its more like silk. yes its paper but thats like saying

[@NokesPhotography]

I'm teaching exponents to my 6th graders and used this video after we did a paper folding lesson. My question is that shouldn't 11 folds mean 2,048 layers of paper not 1,024?

[@rfvtgbzhn]

I think he meant that it was 1024 layers before being folded the 11th time. Which of course is correct.

[@Zowiezo101]

Thing is, you have 2 layers after the first fold. Meaning that the amount of layers equals 2 ^ (folds - 1). 11 folds would be 2^10 = 1024

[@rfvtgbzhn]

@@Zowiezo101 2 = 2^1. You have n layers after n folds, not n-1.

[@Zowiezo101]

@@rfvtgbzhn Yes, you are correct! My bad..

[@frank-yp9br]

Literally exactly 10 years later

[@gjp33]

Literally exactly 11 years later

[@wokengamer4891]

And 10 day

[@Dheeraj5373]

​@@wokengamer4891Ya

[@superkick225]

I’m pretty sure when people say “you can’t fold a piece of paper more than 7 times” they are talking about a standard 8 1/2 x 11 inch sheet of printer paper.

[@Victor-Baxter]

No. It literally used to be a myth that any piece of dry paper, no matter the size, couldn’t be folded more than 7 times. You really thought you did something here

[@superkick225]

@@Victor-Baxter I clearly misunderstood the actual foolish myth and assumed the more reasonable and obvious version. Who would be dumb enough to believe a piece of paper the size of the observable universe can’t be folded a measly 8 times?

[@murishere]

@@Victor-Baxter dude, you’re an idiot.

[@tsmblindzo3033]

​@@superkick225 Shut up nerd

[@GrnXnham]

@@superkick225 Agree. I always heard it as "You can't fold a standard (8.5 X11) piece of paper more than 7 times." I never heard anyone say "paper of ANY size." This shouldn't have even needed to be tested. Just common sense would say that if you had a colossal piece of paper you could keep folding it.

[@samroe4294]

RIP Grant. It makes me sad to watch old Mythbusters clips

[@SmoreyFox-of9hm]

People are capable of wars,going to the moon and back,and cloning dogs,yet we are scared of spiders and get this exited over folding paper 8 times,and I love it.

[@MrKockabilly]

Lol, literally folding a paper the size of a football field and using all industrial resources to debunk a myth that was intended for an ordinary paper sheet.

[@Porv]

@@Dfjs427 They weren’t trying to be rude, they were trying to prove a point. You’re the dickhead here.

[@jon3706]

@@Dfjs427 the so called myth is for regular sized printer paper

[@Allyssa712]

Exactly MrKockabilly

[@davidalvarado9957]

@@jon3706 I've never seen it specified that way. I think the episode was valid the way they did it.

[@leeyongjie1470]

technically

[@Patrochin]

I checked it in immemorial times of my youth. I used some very thin modeling paper and folded it eight times with no problem.

[@bennettlewis5495]

You've busted the myth that myth busters busts myths. They don't bust myths at all. Instead they sell advertising by creating scripted entertainment related to myths.

[@copescale9599]

I have so many fond memories of watching Mythbusters when it was this good on live TV.

[@lilvince9647]

1:33 My man's whispering like he's scared the fbi will find out about their experiment before he can bust the myth

[@Fenizrael]

3:16 a masterful edit to avoid showing Tory getting absolutely axed as he falls onto the ground. Edit: Or is it Grant? I can’t even tell any more.

[@redstonerelic]

lol, didn't notice it at first, thanks!

[@manjiroxpiyush7079]

These people were just two layers behind in making the world record.

[@ballayran9321]

After folding it for 11 times, it looks like 30 cm tall. If you can fold a paper for 42 times. It can touch the moon from earth. 12th 60cm 13th 1.20m 14th 2.40m 15th 5.80 16th 11.60 17th 23.20 and so on

[@SwiftlySev]

you are right but it just feels so hard to believe for me.

[@SwiftlySev]

@Roronoa Zoro ditto

[@primenumberbuster404]

@@SwiftlySev ditto

[@SwiftlySev]

@@primenumberbuster404 ditto

[@blackmage1276]

@@SwiftlySev doubling every time. You can go on Desmos or something and put y = 2×2^x to look at the extremely fast growth. Just think of it this way, on fold 41, youre halfway to the moon, on fold 40, you 1/4th the way to the moon ect

[@joakimholstad6637]

The main issue with this is that you cant fold stuff that is taller (more layers) than its width. Its like binding a solid cube to make the top touch the bottom, if its works the shape is not what it was anymore, and must break into piece to touch

[@lxMaDnEsSxl]

they scaled the length and width but not the Thickness. if they're going to use a paper that's 42 times the surface area, it should be 42 times as thick.

[@AKuTepion]

One of the greatest accomplishments the humanity has ever achieved.

[@nahtE2004]

The thing is, the area to volume ratio of this piece of paper would be almost impossible to obtain with a normal, practical piece of paper you can go out and buy

[@tylerherzog2871]

Exactly what I said to. The ratios are off. That’s why they could do 11

[@mr.p215]

Now question is, how much force would it require to rip it in half.

[@joebloggs2534]

"They turned it up all the way to 11" Nice one

[@bromodz2309]

That was like a whole ass forest 😂

[@Imlaor25]

So many trees died for this

[@MacElMasMancoDeTodos]

It's not about crushing it with a steamroller or making it big as a football field. It means that after the 7th roll, the paper molecular structure starts to crumble down. Yes, you can fold it. 8, 9 or 11 times. But after fold 7, you've broken it already cause the main fold is too heavy. Too little breaks to see, cause well, it's _huge_ It's more, you can keep "folding" it that way till you're folding a column of molecules bigger than the universe, but when it's broken, it's not busting anything.

[@fullmetaltheorist]

RIP Grant Imahara. You were my favorite.

[@b.kenealy]

Let’s continue to learn and grow in his honor 🙏

[@kingzaynsmyname3634]

Om! Whenever I fold paper and I want to get it over 7 folds, I'm think to myself: "hmm, imagine if you folded a BIG paper in half and again and again? Would that work?" Someone did this exact think! I'm so excited to watch the rest now!

[@forestoftime07]

they enlarged 2/3 dimensions. It’s still thin like regular sized paper.

[@1ambad]

RIP Grant, this was a cool one

[@gblargg]

I never thought that the limiting factor might almost be weight, just the stiffness of the paper.

[@Mahalo_83]

Wouldn’t it have been easier to use thinner paper rather than a massive sheet of regular thickness paper

[@AB-jt4rs]

the single girl who beat an entire multi- billionaire space agency at folding paper: I am 7 parallel universes ahead of you

[@joshualuna1727]

Is it a…. girl girl tho? Or is it one of those modern boy girl?

[@santitheperson9416]

@@joshualuna1727 why is that the first thing that comes to your mind

[@octo4689]

@@joshualuna1727 yeah and why does it even matter

[@seabassthegamer6644]

@@joshualuna1727 what does that even mean

[@jordy9606]

@@joshualuna1727 clarify plz

[@Dank-Hill]

3:36 “football sized paper” lmfao

[@megustaelpan1527]

Americans...

[@muh.farid.120]

So, what's the real size of the paper?

[@Dank-Hill]

@@muh.farid.120 Football *field*

[@muh.farid.120]

@@Dank-Hill nope, I mean by metre

[@Dank-Hill]

@@muh.farid.120 About 5351 square metres.

[@rubikfan1]

The amound of folts depend on the tickness to size ratio. For normal a4 paper 7 is the limit. But mythbuster used a very tin very large paper

[@ldelgg]

Finally, i freaking knew it was possible

[@darkscythe9380]

its actually not, they increased the length and width, but not the height so its not actually accurate.

[@yourfather1263]

@@darkscythe9380 what

[@yourfather1263]

@@darkscythe9380 I had stroke reading your comment

[@darkscythe9380]

@@yourfather1263 it couldnt be more easy to understand bro😂

[@hariman7727]

I had the whole lesson on how you can't fold a piece of paper more than seven times in elementary school, and I suggested that you could fold it more with a larger piece of paper. The teacher told me know that was impossible no matter how big it wouldn't fold more. I am half pleased and half worried to prove that one of my teachers is an idiot on this subject.

[@Glowingeyes99]

Did they have the same thickness to scale compared to a normal piece of paper? Yeah I doubt it. It looks and moves like a sheet, not paper. This is not busted by any means.

[@hariman7727]

@@Glowingeyes99 the same principle applies to regular thickness paper. It's busted like my arm falling off that slide when I was a kid. Which is VERY busted.

[@Glowingeyes99]

@@hariman7727 Yes and so why didn't they do regular thickness standard paper? Cause it's not busted

[@hariman7727]

@@Glowingeyes99 proof of concept (larger paper = more folds) is 100% proven. You're just splitting hairs instead of accepting that. Edit: don't be like glowingeyes99, people. Don't let yourself become the "WELL AKTUALLY!" guy, or the "THAT GUY." guy like he is.

[@Glowingeyes99]

@@hariman7727 Try to fold a piece of paper right now yourself and then compare it to this video. They did it too easy. It's not busted.

[@littlebytes4462]

I remember this episode of mythbusters! Oh my gosh, almost like a fever dream, that was so long ago

[@TwiceCrispy]

R.I.P Grant. Gone but not forgotten

[@oldmate99]

Did they fold him in the paper?

[@MrSuzuki17]

This was my childhood. Back when documentary showd were actually both entertaining and educational. Mythbuster is so nostalgic.

[@benxamin13]

I too always thought it was possible. Because the length and width increases but the depth stays the same.

[@Ryzmuhh]

It amazes me that no one said “you know they said A PIECE of paper right?” 😭😂

[@moralester]

I still think about this every time I fold a piece of paper

[@zomkino]

I mean, im sure the myth is about normal size paper you'd find in an office it's like "i bet i can dunk despite being 4 feet tall" *gets a ladder*

[@pgc6290]

'11 years is nothing and yesterday' btw.

[@ShowTheOreo]

Anyone else think the paper looks really tasty? Like communion bread🤤

[@Globbguy]

No

[@og3suso978]

With the budget of that episode could someone feed a lot of hungry children. They just dumped 100.000$ in paper 😂😂😂

[@liamhartley9166]

highly doubt that piece of paper cost 100,000 dollars but ok

[@johnray920]

RIP Grant, what a legend

[@oldmate99]

The vaccine got him

[@tusharkakade10]

She look like nami

[@HeyNonyNonymous]

There are tables at my university that would still wobble with this paper underneath.

[@_The_United_States_Of_America]

Lmao

[@BoundaryYoukai]

remember bois, folding paper and using road roller are Jojo references...

[@kelving420]

I got the road roller reference, but folding paper? Are you talking about Kira's Dad?

[@BoundaryYoukai]

@@kelving420 uhm its actually an enemy stand, I forgot the name, but that guy turned into a book

[@mrvndrei]

@@BoundaryYoukai it's enigma stand

[@Nova-tl4yc]

Enigma and Za Warudo

[@jotarokujo6440]

A

[@Mrvizubeatu]

The red head is hot

[@DJfromAustria]

Paper reels can be up to 15km in length (only limited by transport and machine limits) but can only have a maximum 5m width on modern standards. so the answer is ultra thin layered but strong glue to not increase the grammage of the paper itself on a high level

[@MistaWind]

New myth you can't fold paper more than 11 times.

[@themotleyone3475]

she kinda look like hayley williams that's just one giant dead tree

[@Demon_Idiot]

r/rareinsults

[@AobatrozFilms]

The trick is the ration between area of the paper and it's tickness. The greater value the more it folds.

[@tejas.873]

3:15 he definitely fell I know it

[@Linuxdirk]

I totally forgot how good Kari looked back then!

[@christopherdean1326]

I never did. Scottie was better though (imho).

[@royrowland5763]

What's all this about folds? I was watching someone... er, something else.

[@sunviewer7]

she’s so fine

[@pace_18]

The reason is works it because of the size of the paper, it's because of the ratio between the size and thickness. Since the paper is so giant, and the thickness is relatively small too, the difference in their ratios is larger thus they can fold it more times without it having to stretch and tear

[@jtluns9]

In middle school my teacher said anyone who folded a paper more than 7 times would get an A in the class, thinking it was impossible. 5 minutes later I walked up to him with a regular piece of paper folded 8 times. He just looked at me and said, you realize I can’t actually give you an A right?

[@windowsxseven]

I may have been your teacher

[@parkerduncan1449]

@@windowsxseven LOL small world if you really were their teacher..

[@yothiccpapigerardo3981]

3:16 So no one gonna talk about the guy that fell?

[@LollyPopTuttu]

cause he didnt

[@yothiccpapigerardo3981]

@@LollyPopTuttu look closer to the guy at the left

[@jasperthompson9759]

Nope

[@peachferrari]

I'm not sure where the number 7 even came from in this myth. I remember very clearly watching a show when I was a kid and they said it was impossible to fold a piece of paper more than 11 times, no matter how strong you are. Confirmed here with 11 folds. I think the show was "Mr Wizard" on Nickelodeon.

[@alexandervanleeuwen9606]

"it's impossible to fold an A4 piece of paper 8 times" them: "i'm gonna act like I didn't hear that"

[@chesterwang3070]

I mean I don't think the person that created the proposition expected someone to use a steam roller to fold paper-

[@ogokuru]

Petty details

[@mcslender2965]

And a forklift

[@benjaminbannon4186]

I have questions about this. The myth, as I understood it, was fold a regular sheet of paper (8.5x11). The issue with what the myth busters did is they greatly increased the length and width, but I’m curious if there was a proportionate increase in the thickness of the paper. If they did not increase the thickness proportionately, I would imagine it would be much easier to fold something that has more surface area to use as leverage for applying more pressure than someone folding a traditional size. The myth as I understood it was about a traditional piece of paper, not all paper of any size.

[@SwordTomato]

your fucking over thinking this buddy

[@kostya22264]

ok so i heard its immposible to fold a paper more then 12 times- new and updated myth