Supertasks

[@ja-vishaara]

An infinite number of mathematicians walks into a bar. The first orders a pint. The second orders half, the third a quarter, and so on. The bartender pours them 2 pints and says, "Sort it out yourselves."

[@Novaerian]

10/10 my lovely person

[@Poyni]

Brilliant but I think I heard that before somewhere

[@acepilot1]

The bartender then spends the rest of eternity kicking them out while they try divvying up the portions

[@PelycheeaceRA]

i reckon they just dont know their limit

[@ahmedelakrab]

Good Luck to him with the tip

[@MartanJe]

Whenever Michael says “Or could you” universe creates a new copy of itself with new rules of physics.

[@ALECTORMANCY]

W joke

[@mihailmilev9909]

@@ALECTORMANCY fr

[@Y_Chen123]

I know right that is what happens!🤣🤣

[@alindemurre1446]

Me when I put my physics textbook in the "fiction" section:

[@withnosensetv]

Welcome back to "Jokes you can find under every VSauce video"

[@Vsauce]

ωtf, infinity?

[@donotresuscitatetrampstamp]

ayy lmao

[@yaroubthayer-752]

You're in a good spirit today, aren't you?

[@ilianvizcaino8140]

I KNOWWWWW

[@ilianvizcaino8140]

Anyways... Was the cake a lie?

[@ilianvizcaino8140]

+Mr Moseby K

[@Adam-vu5sy]

Never thought he would tell me I can’t have an infinite amount of balls

[@goldsrcorsource2551]

I AM GOING TO CRY

[@soisaus564]

I literally made a video that he said that like a month ago

[@AdamIDK]

Yea I'm sad now 😢

[@Handles_Are_Bad_Lol]

Didn't know you had the balls to do that.

[@rstidman]

I think in this case Michael is wrong, and your balls are indeed a supertask.

[@floridamancode_e2673]

> cuts cake > cake eventually starts nuclear fission every time

[@Cerberus03]

Cellphone Dave hahah! Cake is the ultimate energy source.

[@spebla]

Happens every time, like, jeez cake, clam down

[@Astute_idiosyncrasy]

@@isaacjosuetoco2767 Molecules *vibrating intensifies*

[@daisydaswani689]

The fact that he did it vertically,,,,

[@marselo5332]

>feels bad man.jpeg

[@uraid]

Beginning: Bake show End: The endlessness of the human curiosity makes us who we are

[@ndJssFlurt]

Strange...

[@ndJssFlurt]

@Beyblade AMV's "Typical Vsauce"??? Wow, I must be blind... Can I have your eyes? Please?????

[@ndJssFlurt]

@Beyblade AMV's Ok.

[@zanabarwary9659]

@Beyblade AMV's 😂

[@butteredtoastinbed397]

Michael: do you want some cake? Me: just a small slice, thanks Michael: say no more

[@butteredtoastinbed397]

@devil tobleh thanks babe

[@butteredtoastinbed397]

@devil tobleh oh dont worry im already 2 for 2!! And i am "go get some therapist" so no need to panic

[@butteredtoastinbed397]

@devil tobleh okay but, how on god's earth am i the stupid one in this conversation?

[@youraverageasian123]

@devil tobleh so every comment on youtube is uncreative because the same comment exists somewhere in the multiverse?

[@carsonmorris127]

devil tobleh what’s your problem?

[@pumpkinpirat]

I love how the audience goes completely silent once Michael pulls out the knife

[@cat_sandwich]

I would be too 🎂🍰🔪

[@Sup3rHaz]

Hey VSauce. Michael Here. How Fast Can you Run?

[@cat_sandwich]

@@Sup3rHaz 😂

[@Gentlekeys]

man we're dead 💀💀💀💀💀

[@robyncore]

Wasn't there a vid where he needed a brain so the vid cut and he had a fucking knife covered in blood

[@TrossardWasUnavailable]

*s-sir I just wanted to know if you wanted the receipt*

[@awcy6902]

I want that receipt

[@althepal234]

Woody Blanco me too

[@Marispider]

_sir this is a mcdonalds drive thru_

[@thealienontheinternet]

Vsauce: "I want it... or DO I?" Employee: "Ah s**t, here we go again"

[@carolynnance9617]

SatoshiUltra Sir, this is a Wendy’s

[@SammyMaggio]

"Because there's no end to how many balls you have." -Vsauce 2015

[@SammyMaggio]

Define: "balls".

[@Cerberus03]

Sammy/Tracy Maggio I just knew someone was going to quote this.

[@anthonypearce2080]

17:12 is my personal favourite.

[@Strawberrypersonoffixial]

Holy hell eyyyyy. 2019 am I right?

[@spebla]

😬

[@mundotaku_org]

I was expecting for Michael to remove his sweater on each half until he removed infinite number of sweaters. :(

[@lostingames5657]

So was I!

[@Moraren]

+mundotaku That would have been amazing!

[@edelweiss2239]

hahaha i was waiting for that

[@Tschoii90]

+mundotaku same here xD

[@anothisflame8266]

Chalk me up on that too.

[@AwfulnewsFM]

Micheal : 'You will never have an infinite number of balls' My live reaction: 😔

[@theresa.y5221]

69 likes 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@shrubon4921]

ORRRR will you?

[@kevinnguyen552]

T*sticular Finitus Lol

[@MonzennCarloMallari]

😔

[@Iona_Roe_Deer]

😔

[@theoman971]

5 years later and i still marvel at how delicious that cake looks

[@Boobesman]

@Tyler Coon probably yes

[@friedrichjaeger367]

@Tyler Coon it still does in the video

[@tutin9930]

4 years

[@amrapalinaik6571]

😑

[@TheestofHaxors]

@Tyler Coon Or does it?

[@Ilikeminecraft57]

I can't imagine being the cameraman and watching Vsauce play the introduction skit out but with none of the post SFX

[@Fingeroo]

Bro I thought you said "caveman", I was so confused

[@squishypeanut42]

Maybe there is just a full crowd and an ensemble

[@squishypeanut42]

@@daniel4412 I jont know that'd what I would have done

[@arcticdreamer]

i can

[@God-Emperor_Elizabeth_the_2nd]

The secret is this: they aren’t added in post. They emanate from Michael’s very being.

[@Pasclesrm]

Genie: There are 3 rules, no wishing for death, love, or infinite money. Micheal: Make this lamp turn on and off infinitly in 2 minutes Genie: There are 4 rules

[@yashaskedlaya7326]

What about infinite wishes?

[@schoolzone5818]

everyone went silent when he brought the knife up

[@zed211]

@@schoolzone5818 everyone went silent when you stole this comment

[@ej-jz5rc]

@@zed211 roasted

[@garlonschuman1014]

@@zed211 everyone went silent when you stole this comment

[@MiloRaglan]

Since watching this video when it first came out I have had several nightmares where I have to perform supertasks. Such as cutting that cake or making holes or stacking squares of infinitely halfling size, etc. Odd random stuff. I also know in these nightmares I am making progress but always know that progress will never have an end point and the realization of that usually causes me to jolt awake. My point is... Thank you Michael for providing me with nightmares I never knew I feared.

[@gamerninjask6746]

wait so does that mean your nightmares are time limited?

[@PlatonicPluto]

HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU DO IT!?!? WE HAVE TO KNOW!!!!!!!

[@cyrus7972]

DID YOUR NIGHTMARES END FASTER AND FASTER???

[@pessskychaos4874]

WAS THE LAMP ON OR OFF!?!?!?!

[@DiggyPT]

WAS THE CUBE ORANGE OR GREEN?!?!?!?!?!

[@EloquentTroll]

Mathematician: "Math shouldn't be bound by the realities of spacetime" Scientist: "This why everyone hates you"

[@irrelevantgaymer6195]

As a physicist and a mathematician, I can tell you this is exactly why I hate myself

[@hewhomustnotbenamed5912]

Scientists are mathematicians who lost interest in the abstract.

[@irrelevantgaymer6195]

He Who Must Not Be Named tell that to theoretical physicists

[@hewhomustnotbenamed5912]

@@irrelevantgaymer6195 question that is unrelated to the abstract, but... Shouldn't "theoretical physicists" be called "hypothetical physicists", or do I not understand their roles in science correctly?

[@irrelevantgaymer6195]

He Who Must Not Be Named a hypothesis is an assumption that’s not based any evidence, a theory is an explanation with the most evidence. Theoretical physicists deal with theory and implications of said theory, for example, the theoretical physicists working on the math behind alcubierre drives use general relativity and it’s implications if negative mass existed outside of virtual particles

[@cuprianlycoris4016]

I like how the audience goes quiet when he starts talking MATHS

[@emmanandoca8591]

It’s out of respect

[@phil4795]

There ain’t actually an audience..

[@alter7110]

@@phil4795 now way It’s almost as if we already K N E W

[@kkTeaz]

@@alter7110 yeah *ikr*

[@notmadeofpeople4935]

*math jk

[@nwah816]

My theory is that Achilles waited until his toe nail grew pass the finish line

[@shankargijinepalle7827]

Harvard would like to: *Know your location? *

[@leightonpetty4817]

But that means there was a point when his toe nail had grown half the required distance. Then half of that. Then

[@adity.atiwari]

@@leightonpetty4817 his toenail didn't follow the rules

[@wellshit9489]

@@adity.atiwari fucking toenail, not being sentient doesnt excuse not following the rules

[@darkgreen5572]

This poor achilles

[@BartholemewFitzgeraldThe4th]

The amount of sweaters this man has on at one time is terrifying

[@4TrapezoidDinosaur]

yes

[@FrostyTheOne_]

Even those can't control he amount of energy he radiates

[@takumifujiwara7160]

i thought he was gonna talk about it at the end haha

[@nerdboy628]

Real answer: every time the video cuts he takes the sweater off, puts an extra sweater on and puts the first sweater back. Then the video starts and he takes it off again so he never has more than 3 or 4 layers of clothing at a time. Fake answer: Vsauce bends the subatomic laws of physics so he can wear as many as he wants

[@teddyrichard1488]

​@@nerdboy628damn. You are fucking hillarious. You get the Funny Award 2023. You need to get a job at a circus. Funniest person on earth right here.

[@thebakedone32]

You will never have an infinite number of balls. -Michael, 2015

[@Vsauce]

+Dominic Nadeau print this poster, please, people.

[@ShaunDreclin]

+Vsauce 17:13

[@YipYapYoup]

Tfw you'll never have an infinite amount of balls.

[@Pugpono]

Timestamp- 17:12

[@VegasTamboriniYT]

+Dominic Nadeau You don't know my life!

[@FairbrookWingates]

"Our impressive ability to confuse ourselves", I love this phrase.

[@SurrogateActivities]

Hey, Vsauce. Michael here. *Inhales* Infinity. [video ending]

[@SurrogateActivities]

and yet i continued watching. and i found potentially useful info. i should learn to skip and speed up. dont repeat my mistake, skip to 17:05

[@SurrogateActivities]

***** i genuinely think that alot of vsauce vids are just demagogy around the ideas of infinity. i dont like that i wasted some time listening to it.

[@angelinawang4866]

Pointy Fork u

[@alejandrogorricho4791]

que gano yo con perderte

[@acunadied]

But what if the video would have continued forever?

[@billsheldon1]

Hey Michael, V sauce here. Thank you for making learning and discovery addictively interesting. And as always, thanks for posting!

[@manfredi19]

this was posted seven years ago

[@cupid7553]

@@manfredi19 LMAO

[@baldurvintheretardedtard8166]

@@manfredi19 so? there's so many comments here that aren't from seven years ago.

[@scar.bluesa]

Who asked

[@averagecucumber]

@@scar.bluesa I did

[@Drstokely]

The more important question is, does Michael have an infinite amount of Christmas sweaters?

[@luke1876]

Yes he bought one after 1 minute another one after half a minute and another one after a quarter a minute and so on

[@Astral_YT]

Yes, I can confirm that he does, OR DOES HE?

[@Somewhere50]

I don't think so.

[@hamz2863]

@@Somewhere50 why

[@villagernumber7882]

The more important question is why he has them in the first place.

[@marsishere1121]

“You will never have an infinite number of balls” 😔

[@Mo_Real_Official]

M

[@rciafardone]

Or in the case of the cube... Holes

[@supriyo_biswas]

An infinite number of balls that keep getting smaller.

[@baffledwaffle6319]

Lmao

[@xboydubose7254]

Stolen

[@godgaveyouhands2848]

"another piece to slice again" *splits an atom*

[@ikeaforlife]

"whoops guys, my bad"

[@flouro4782]

*uses the large hadron collider to split protons*

[@BisexualPlagueDoctor]

*tiny little explosions occur*

[@tonyandsammyclub]

Planck lengthed-slice, anyone?

[@schizoframia4874]

Hm

[@Road2Med]

The conclusion analogy of the Neanderthals, tied up with the Saint-Exupery quote is one of the most legitimately inspiring academic calls-to-arms i have ever seen, even 7 years after first watching it. Vsauce is not just an amazing teacher, but one of the great philosophers of our time lowkey. Keep learning lads.

[@cwispygiraffe]

"achiles obviously cant finish" poor guy

[@VeeTOHFan]

The arrow did

[@voyd8217]

This actually made me laugh

[@Umbraminf]

he can't finnish but he can greek

[@VeeTOHFan]

@@Umbraminf his poor wife

[@greedo69]

@@VeeTOHFan *husband greek, remember...

[@vivideateproductions2068]

Doctor: "You have 2 days to live" Michael: "I better get started on some tasks"

[@mrmunch5615]

That’s smart though, I would do that.

[@cheeko6166]

The smartest comment in this comment section

[@levithe2nd]

Helth

[@zheenbekakimzhanov8969]

If you divide your time into 2 infinite times, and you're gonna live forever while doing it

[@popularnow8930]

Some *-supertasks-*

[@Mildly-q2d]

Michael must have been melting with all those sweaters

[@lxathu]

Think about the sweating of Zenon in his infinite run.

[@andrewcheng1948]

Yeah

[@theblob2937]

Nah, each one was half as thick as the last, so it wasn’t too bad

[@adityayv1873]

@@theblob2937 so was he wearing infinite number of sweaters 😳

[@chrisedwards3640]

@@adityayv1873 still is 😳

[@Melly_The1]

the universe feels disturbingly engineered to avoid paradoxes (beyond thought experiments) at times

[@sethpolley7999]

Makes me think: "This stuff is possible, but we could never do it. What if there is something that could do the impossible possible?"

[@g_g...]

That's an incorrect way to put it. Rather, the reason we have no paradoxes is because that's what a paradox refers to, something beyond the logic of the universe. Something our of reality. Something unreal, untrue. If they did exist, they wouldn't be called paradoxes. Even then, the fact that these paradoxes don't exist answers why the universe exists how it is now in the first place.

[@mexiboss4930]

Is this the paradox of paradoxes? There must be paradoxes in order for there to be no paradoxes?

[@Melly_The1]

@@mexiboss4930 woah, you just blew my mind dawg...

[@RandomGuy-km6mn]

>Keeps Cutting >Cuts Atom >Nuclear Fission >ohshit.jpg >Everyone dies

[@Ryan-sn7fq]

/pol/?

[@theKing-me2uw]

>learns physics >learns more physics >learns more physics >becomes amazing physicist >team up with more physicists >helps build hadron collider >ohshit.jpg >everyone claps

[@guanyu5091]

>be me >current year >complete supertask >still no gf >sadpepe.jpg

[@Inckman452]

and this goes straight to a cringe thread.

[@Ryan-sn7fq]

+AdolphX gtfo

[@ritter1209]

The way he did that second slice threw me into a blood rage

[@chromosoze]

Now that you mention it i had a heart attack LIKE WHY DOES HE CUT THE CLOSEST PART OF THE CAKE IN HALF THEN HE CUTS THE FURTHEST PART OF THE CAKE IN HALF HE HAS TO LIFT UP HIS KNIFE TO DO THAT THAT IS A VERY INEFFICIENT METHOD OF SORTING, WHY ARE YOU EVEN USING BOGOSORT THAT'S THE WORST METHOD THAT IS LITERALLY THE WORST SORTING ALGORITHM YOU CAN THIHNK OF WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU YOU ARE MENTAL YOU ARE AUTISTIC YOU ARE CANCEROUS YOU ARE AIDS I WILL DROP THE TSAR BOMBA ON YOUR HOUSE I AM NOT KIDDING I WILL DO IT I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND I CAN NUKE COUNTRIES AT MY WILL I NUKED JAPAN TWICE I CAN DEFINITELY NUKE YOUR HOUSE I WILL SEND THE FBI TO BLOCK ALL DOORS TO ENSURE DEATH TO YOU AND YOUR BOTTLES OF ENSURE BY ABBOTT INCORPORATED

[@Owen_loves_Butters]

Holy sh*t man he was just showing the concept off

[@vistagreat9994]

@@chromosozeyou will be doomed to go extinct, like the neander *TALS*, for your hatred of science. you will not be getting the cake that he beautifully prepared, for your hatred of science. you will never find the end of the supertask you are doomed TO FAILURE. TOTAL ORGAN FAILURE! YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE CHROMOSONES AND YOUR BRAIN CELLS HAVE BEEN MELTED AWAY FROM THE UNBELIEVABLE BRIGHTNESS OF A BLACKHOLE CONSUMING STARS, FOR YOU ARE NOT READY TO LEAVE ONCE MORE... YOU ARE READY TO And as always, thanks for watching. no funny. biches.

[@vistagreat9994]

@Sassy The Sasquatch yeah and it's for science

[@chromosoze]

@Sassy The Sasquatch but it was very inefficient he could have very easily cut it without having to lift up the knife but he didn't and he lift up the knife that's why

[@wm3709]

He so smoothly went from talking to the crowd to talking to the camera I didn't even notice.

[@joshuayaker4432]

Well you did, else you wouldn't have written this comment

[@LeThayMann]

We are the crowd, we’re just focused now so we don’t hear the laughter anymore

[@fdfsfc1977]

0:59

[@ksv314]

you can tell right before he says "thanks for watching" that he really can no longer contain his passion and just needs to step off camera, almost like he's about to burst into tears. What a marvelous professor this man would make.

[@moneyman5202]

People think I'm smart because of you.

[@astoocities]

Of course your Bill Nye the Dumbass Guy!!!!!!!!!

[@moneyman5202]

+Crux 211 woah gooD ONE BRO

[@frisa96]

You're*

[@collinsmcrae]

To be fair, people only think he's smart because of information he acquired through research. Since watching this video can be counted as research on some level, you are the same. The only difference is that he spent a few days on the subject, and you just get the portion of the information he acquired that he shared with you in this brief video, plus whatever independent research you may or may not do.

[@parissharpe3233]

you do realise thi sisn't the real bill nye right?

[@augustphye3361]

“You’ll never have enough balls” Never have I ever been so offended by something I 100% agree with

[@psychememes3864]

I lik the amount of liks

[@zer0rebel4]

He is threatening us

[@robo-cat6323]

How to make 2 people unlike a comment

[@NakedEndoskeleton]

when he cut the vertically cut slices vertically again when there was a clear design in the cake to cut horizontally i almost broke something i swear

[@NakedEndoskeleton]

@Dr Deuteron yeap. thats me. every single day. i shit on the bed.

[@Axodus]

@Bonnie Wouldn't that destroy the example and the entire point he was cutting it in the first place?

[@Doctor_Straing_Strange]

Same

[@wellshit9489]

He definitely did that on purpose

[@followthelucario4388]

@@Axodus It'd still increase the surface area, just not as much

[@shresthaditya9731]

4:18-Supertask 4:48-Zeno's Dichotomy 6:21-True Supertask 7:38- Plank Length 7:58- Plank Time 9:20-Example of divergent supertask

[@Defirence]

If supertasks are able to diverge does this state that hypothetically, depending on a decision made or the influence of Entropy, that Temporal branches of timespace diverge too?

[@captainhero4116]

14:30

[@ChrisLuigiTails]

Michael: You will never have an infinite number of balls Me: :(

[@cillad3294]

Why would you want infinite balls??

[@testicleetus5298]

@@cillad3294 infinite sperm cells of course

[@oktw6150]

cilla d , infinite cum

[@sharpnd]

@@oktw6150 *turns into glue hose*

[@koreaface]

“Infinity cum” is a medical term given to a male who has a genetically mutation where sperm cells replenish much faster than a normal male. In return calories are burned at such a exponential rate because the body’s testicles are put under enormous stress, and have to recover.

[@MrNucleosome]

"Is the lamp on or is it off? Is the cube green or orange? The answer is" Yes

[@AndrewFullerton]

Actually, I think I'd answer "no" to both.

[@veegaanmyooon44]

I lold

[@cerulean22b69]

@Michael Darrow best answer here, A+

[@MARZ_BARZ1]

Or is it?

[@osslayer8976]

wouldnt the cube be some sort of brown because soon theyd be so thin it would be transparent and blend colors

[@beastinator12345]

the lamp's going to be off. eventually the circuit will break.

[@AlphaCodexx197]

I didn't think about that. That is great

[@Irishbloke92]

Very good.

[@lovepeace5809]

What about the cube?

[@zecke58]

+Ahmed Ahmed it would be a blend since it would become small enough to become see through.

[@tahamohamedchannel]

+zecke58 Congratulations ! I thought that too !

[@UrAWizard]

I remember watching this video when it was released and telling my family about it. I was 12 at the time. The thanks for the impact you’ve had on my life vsauce. I love you.

[@cirno_the_mediocrity]

what did ur family said, when they heard about it?

[@Defirence]

@@cirno_the_mediocrity probably thought the poor person had lost it, study Horology or show an interest in anything scientific from a young age and ppl will alienate and abuse you whichever way possible. Humans are disgusting, cruel beings towards those who are different. Paradoxically though this would not be the case in a parallel timeline or branched undivergent timeline.

[@anonphil]

@@cirno_the_mediocrity my family wasn't even interested:(

[@johnnystankiewicz295]

​@@cirno_the_mediocrity"you are adopted"

[@brokenjet6134]

​@@cirno_the_mediocrity"you are a super task"

[@AlphaBeastHD]

The amount of research, effort and detailed material Vsauce produces is phenomenal. I mean, just look at how many links there are in the description! Not to mention the quantity of the video matched with its quality. Vsauce continues and will always fuck with our heads.

[@AlphaBeastHD]

+Wagacca thanks, it's my new profile pic.

[@AlphaBeastHD]

+Wagacca I appreciate the comments but one thing - I'm a guy haha

[@Kamastamasta]

+Ommstar Official bet you didnt expect that

[@potatogod9737]

+Ommstar Official Lmao, but to be honest.. How many times do you see a real girl, using a half naked girl as their profile on KZbin?

[@AlphaBeastHD]

+Wagacca Maybe I'm on the wrong side of KZbin and let's be honest - I don't think we'll see them on a Vsauce video.

[@NezzNHLive]

I love how he did a supertask with his sweaters. That was just sneaky.

[@sosotik]

wait where in the video did this happen (timestamp)

[@NezzNHLive]

@@sosotik It happened throughout the whole video, watch it again. Keep note of the time interval between them.

[@wren_.]

@@sosotik He takes off his sweater halfway into the video, than a quarter of the way, than an eighth of the way, and so on

[@Strokwor]

@@wren_. He doesn't though, he takes the first one off at 9 minutes, then the second at 11 minutes, third at 14 mins and fourth at 17 mins. So he waits 9 minutes which is a bit less than half, then takes one off every three minutes.

[@atlassolid5946]

@@Strokwor he doesnt take the first one off at 9 minutes. he takes the first one off at 3:38

[@Anti-i25]

>"You will never have infinite number of balls" Why live?

[@pending-WW2000]

😔

[@EliteFreeman]

You got a lotta balls sayin that bold statement against me dawg

[@abdullahehe]

*sad noises*

[@zarsiw]

mfw

[@NijeBitno72]

Watching this in december 2022 again and seeing it was uploaded in 2015 left me flabbergasted. I just can't help the feeling like it was uploaded 2 years ago, and that's pushing it.

[@astra1288]

my thoughts exactly..

[@littleghost6102]

i saw that it was uploaded 7 years ago, and got surprised when you said that's only 2015 and not further back

[@dakota5432]

Covid fucked up my sense of time over the past few years I swear

[@RafaelMunizYT]

bro is flabbergasted

[@Defirence]

Oops, my bad. I must have caused a paradox unintentionally avoiding death on 5/4/12022, going back to ensure it doesn't happen again. 👍🏻

[@l.l1118]

Micheal: *There is no beginning or end, No one ever dies or gets born* Micheal’s son wanting to know what two plus two was: bruh

[@gravy7861_]

Also Micheal: or do they

[@christinathea5737]

he has only a daughter

[@Jahnos]

@@christinathea5737 Issa joke

[@playgirl7305]

It's almost 4. But at the moment 3,999.....................................

[@veetipakarinen8798]

two plus two is four minus one thats three quick maths

[@durablewatermark]

"Will the lamp be on or off?" Michael, you burned out the lamp.

[@ArcticArmy]

Nah, the lightbulb explodes.

[@DanielSilva-gc4xz]

Easy, it will be off

[@TheOnlyBlancy]

But will it be on or off

[@Justizka]

Underrated comment 😂

[@ArcticArmy]

@@TheOnlyBlancy broken. so... off... i guess...

[@helmetboyHD]

The fact that Vsauce puts all sources in the description is so admirable.

[@vinyashere4all]

Apart from Michael 's unimaginable skills in representing a topic, Vsauce is famous for their credibility!

[@poudink5791]

Admirable? Putting the sources in the description should be considered part of the strict minimum for a video like this, honestly.

[@MrCScottie]

@@poudink5791 you sound like a fun person

[@febinthomas1133]

@@poudink5791 Yeah but he also puts things for some extra research and other interesting things related to the video.

[@trickytreyperfected1482]

@@poudink5791 it's not required and very few people do it... that's why it's admirable.

[@BadCoverMan]

That ending speech was so profound I need to sit down for a bit haha. I think we all tend to feel lost, not realizing feeling lost may be our greatest tool. Thank you for everything you do!

[@kimi59]

everyone went silent when he brought the knife up

[@TomFZER]

Oh shit 😂😂

[@giorgosanastasiou1009]

People know what's up 😂

[@johntubig2223]

vsauce = **explains something impossible**, **pauses**, "or is it??"

[@electromika]

*cue music*

[@Wisdawms]

John Tubig Yeah, I love when he does that.

[@Gytax0]

+John Tubig *We can ask more questions than we can answer, so what?.. Neanderthals.* Yeah, I hate when he does that.

[@StormAnalysis]

+Sulthan14 doooo doooo doooooooo woooeoeoeoeooeowowoowooo do dooooo

[@gtboy80]

+Wisdoms it's so satisfying

[@gormauslander]

Dang. So today i learned that humanity's madness is what keeps us alive

[@deviousbug54]

And his name is Michael

[@Antiiconoclasm]

That's not what that means...

[@navilandinator4479]

Curiosity: *am i a joke to you?* 600th like

[@logankenda5383]

One must imagine Michael happy..

[@melon5031]

0:56 "cut the cake in half" stares at knife like a maniac

[@rubeusphantom8705]

That’s my favorite moment

[@DagstheManiac]

Hey, Michael, you good bro

[@mason11198]

FINALLY, a comment that noticed!

[@devinclark6090]

He stares at the knife as if he got flashbacks to the people he has killed with it lol

[@coolcatcastle8]

which kind of cake?

[@shrug1250]

Did anyone else get uncomfortable when he sliced the cake like that?

[@dasyoutubeklohauschen]

*screams internally*

[@themaverick1891]

No. I felt pretty comfortable. That's a nice way of slicing the cake.

[@1_in_8billion]

I wanted to eat it, but then he made that second slice and I lost it

[@anomaly_echelon7994]

was expecting to cut it in a plus sign

[@poankiyu7664]

Yes

[@user-hnjga8is1zr6u]

But seriously though, I want that cake. It looks insanely delicious.

[@fran_kurohime]

infinitely*

[@Omar_Facio]

it really doesnt, its covered in fondant

[@tea-stems7835]

@@Omar_Facio its their opinion, yours isnt the ultimate truth

[@maximeduchalet4662]

wanted to say that, but looked through the comments to check. always do that

[@sayingthosewordslikeyouhat5015]

@@tea-stems7835 you're* (joke)

[@ultrite2696]

“One of my favorite treats of the season is Gabriel’s cake” -V1 Ultrakill

[@Pinkcircleguy]

haha ultrakill reference. ... ...wait.

[@VoxAstra-qk4jz]

The brain rot is getting bad.

[@ametrime4754]

Waa didnt expect ultrakill under a vsauce video!!

[@exceisior3145]

>You will never have an infinite number of balls. Why even live?

[@baab4229]

He is right tho. There will never be a large enough urn to hold my balls.

[@scarface2771]

The Earth is a fidget spinner

[@arsxne]

We don't know

[@axys6771]

it's just a exaple

[@contactmeghan]

ExceIsior _ of

[@luiselu6208]

this went from a mind-blow to an inspirational speech, I love it...

[@indraputra1935]

exactly

[@sleepinganarchy3486]

s o x s o x

[@luiselu6208]

momo SOX!

[@austinobambino1360]

+Luis Elumba ikr

[@TheLastEchelon]

+coldice Ahan What videos are in it?

[@samadsyed5396]

Michael: As long as your home is *infinitely large* Audience: 😂😂👌👌😈🤣💯💯

[@goldengears5355]

@@Agony.. What about it made you upset?

[@goldengears5355]

@@Agony.. The laugh track itself was the joke. It was funny because it made the joke unfunny. This is actually really hard to say in words because it is essentially a paradox of humor.

[@lvbboi9]

@@Agony.. yes,its the internet, you should get used to create arguments out of the smallest things

[@goldengears5355]

@@Agony.. No we are not. Do not start one. I was not arguing with you. I just made a point as to what I thought the joke actually was. The joke itself has more layers to it than what you can see or what I have the ability to explain. But I have the ability to perceive the joke and I figured that I would try to let you know. Clearly I cannot explain the joke to you as I have already failed to do so.

[@goldengears5355]

@@Agony.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2arhZdqitJko5Y Whoops, sorry!

[@Eggieye]

as an ultrakill fan i get flashbacks when i hear him say "gabriels cake"

[@davisdf3064]

"C'MON MACHINE! FIGHT ME LIKE AN ANIMAL!"

[@as7river]

Conclusion: When you have a problem and solve it, you evolve. Thus, the only way to evolve is to find more problems to solve. The more problems you have, the more potential you have to evolve.

[@XxLeszczuHDXx]

+Leonel Cantú de Llano Or just take some shrooms ;)

[@as7river]

***** This.

[@Fucisko]

+Reese „Reesies“ Aksteter First thing that occured to me when I read the original comment.

[@eliclarkwills5194]

+Leonel Cantú de Llano where did you steal that quote from?

[@tilkian]

depends on how much pressure you put yourself under, there are many people with lots of problems who are not evolving, steps are the key, quality over quantity.

[@BlitzSniperPS3]

"You will never have an infinite number of balls" .... Listen here Michael

[@patrickwhitehead9931]

My wife says my Balls are infinite... lol . I know poor taste but funny !

[@Viscidsquare040]

Stephen Gordon I was looking for this

[@manylittlefish693]

Hahahaha xDD

[@Au16227]

Chuck Norris would like to know your location

[@willmunoz1638]

@@Au16227 Chuck Norris already knows your location.

[@neonexus9660]

The end bit of the video genuinely warmed my heart and made me feel an endless sense of adventure

[@woozy7405]

What an amazing guy he is isnt he

[@siutadru]

exactly

[@jukeboxygo4353]

0:24 guy named gabriel: lets gooo

[@wagnerramosmidichannelabso514]

Imagine if today is Gabriel's birthday.

[@NevermoreTerminus]

💀

[@TheCreatureThatExists]

Machine, turn back NOW.

[@joshgamer1012]

​@@TheCreatureThatExiststhe layers of this palace are not for your kind

[@trashygamesyt]

Machine... There's been a new update machine... I'M IN YOUR PROSTATE NOW

[@micahphilson]

17:12 You will never have an infinite number of balls. Oh ye of little faith.

[@austeyen5628]

you will never have an infinitely large urn. I can prove it, look at mine :>

[@peterstefan6900]

I noticed that too :D

[@krispy8574]

I beg to differ

[@canuckeraust]

I'm pretty brave, try me- AAHHHH A CAT!!!!!! what?

[@aarondale4787]

Micah Philson o

[@christophercervantes5346]

All the times Michael takes off his sweater: 3:37 9:14 10:54 14:08 17:05 You're welcome

[@Frostgecko7]

You made me happy.

[@christophercervantes5346]

@@Frostgecko7 you're welcome :)

[@varietywiarrior]

Oh, so it wasn't a supertask. Missed opportunity imo

[@christophercervantes5346]

@@varietywiarrior yeah, I was sad when I found out the gaps weren't getting smaller at a constant decaying rate :(

[@TheTobeyGaming]

Well he would need an infinite amount of sweaters 🤔

[@agnomilted5206]

Michael: As long as your *home* is infinitely large Audience: Laughter

[@PetikG]

Comedy show: * makes an awkward and unfunny joke * Recorded laughter of audience: 😂😂😂😂😃😃😃😃😀😀😀😁😁☺☺😊😊😆😆😅😃☺😄☺😄☺😄😊😂😅😄😄☺👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@manylittlefish693]

HAhaHAhaHA what home, *he kidnapped us XDDDD*

[@willmunoz1638]

Because your mom lives there

[@PetikG]

@@willmunoz1638 Hahahahahahahaha "Your mum" jokes are so funny and totally not dead hahahahahahahahagahahagahaha 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@loganandrews3450]

Me: _nword_

[@rexprocellas4161]

This is my all-time favorite Vsauce video. There’s just so much to like that I end up rewatching it every few weeks at least.

[@ellacasey7303]

Thompson forgot to pay the energy bill because he's spent the last 3 months obsessively switching off the lamp. The lamp is off problems solved

[@mathiasfrolich613]

What was he doing for 3 months when it only takes 2 minutes?

[@helper_bot]

the scientific answer to this is the lamp would just explode making your 2 minutes, money, and your lamp worthless because in reality infinite math doesn't exist in real world

[@hazart2798]

@@helper_bot i thinck he should make joke out of this didn`t get it? *[(WHOOSH)]*

[@fireantt303]

Gabriel must be having a huge birthday party

[@azulhidalgoherrera2845]

With an infinite number of guests. Now that's a lot of frosting if you ask me

[@notsure6187]

it's still only enough cake for several people though.

[@Zephy3]

he turned infinite years old

[@GabrielDipo]

Yup

[@therealhardcase3844]

Bet i d get the smallest piece

[@christophercxx3774]

Michael: No you can't Me: Ok... You Cant... Michael: Or can u...??? Me: *Brain Cells Explode*

[@dingdong10746]

Christopher Cxx top ten anime betrayals

[@christophercxx3774]

Ed Stephenson lmaoo

[@noahsimpson9255]

Or can you?

[@guyincognito8043]

If you're gonna tell Michael "no", use a damn apostrophe!

[@surelock3221]

The one time where I get a stroke and like it

[@Thetruesuitguy]

Gabriels Cake got a different meaning this year... HELP VSAUCE

[@gnbman]

If Vsauce doesn't make you feel pretty good about being a human, I don't know what will.

[@cristianjuarez3898]

Memes

[@AlbatrossThePenChewer]

We lived because we were all crazy.

[@notcrackerjack]

Bob Ross

[@gnbman]

Jack Goldsberry That, too.

[@EmberAlberson]

if aliens show up, well, take their tech. #humanityfirst

[@mikerotch4946]

"is the lamp on or off?" Yes. Yes it is

[@ilikewatermelon2401]

It actually breaks lol

[@pedroteosousa]

Then it is off...

[@JeffLearman]

No. No it isn't.

[@QueerAndHunger]

Perhaps. Perhaps it might.

[@sandwitchpain9620]

Exactly.

[@xeotiic1441]

"Its a cake you can eat but cannot frost." And my nightmare has come true.

[@godsblessing7649]

@Jaden Valentin you still need infinite frosting tho

[@camkid5866]

Frost it before you cut it.

[@godsblessing7649]

@@camkid5866 at some point you won't taste any of it then

[@camkid5866]

But…if you’ve already cut the cake infinitely, there’s another way we could do this. Separate the frosting in the same way you had cut the cake, in a finite time. After time is up you’ll have an infinite amount of frosting for all that delicious cake.

[@adrycough]

Can you really eat something with infinite surface area though? Seems impossible

[@unairuiz7408]

The fact that he took his sweaters more or less at 1/2, 3/4 and 7/8 of the lenght of the vídeo makes It even crazier

[@VVane01]

he was doing a super task with his sweaters that's funny

[@heyitsdave8667]

Vane what the fuck are you doing here

[@VVane01]

@@heyitsdave8667 hey its dave

[@heyitsdave8667]

@@VVane01I didn't know you watched VSauce you imbécile

[@roxwize]

@@heyitsdave8667 HeyIt'sDave moment

[@bienghuo9636]

What is the joke

[@kieranczyzniejewski2178]

New sweaters at: 3:40 9:15 10:58 14:10 17:08 Why didnt he take then off in a super task method, each half way point?

[@aaronabraham1076]

Yeah , still wondering about it :/

[@sakyyk]

You mean Zenoian pace? Then he'd have to have infinite sweaters and be very fast lol xD

[@pmj_studio4065]

@@sakyyk nah. He would at the end change once a frame, 30 times per second.

[@tilemachostsouramanis5049]

7:03 "new" sweater

[@brandon-wn8by]

(knocks down gabriels cake) omg i’m so sorry (cake continues to fall) me: what michael : my cake gabriel: sobbing

[@---ri1yv]

69 likes

[@huntergang7858]

Would that mean when it falls and since it has an infinite surface area It’ll go infinitely go around the earth?

[@matador4964]

*looks into camera like i'm on the office*

[@jalfire]

it's no big deal, he can just make another one in 2 minutes

[@brandon-wn8by]

Jalfire yes but he has to make a cake while another one is infinitely falling if he can’t make the cake he will DROWN

[@ThatOneHacker305]

Planck Time is the fps of our simulation

[@RafaelMunizYT]

planck length is the pixel

[@antarcticfiber0380]

Some say to this day, Michael is still taking off Christmas sweaters

[@jannejohansson3383]

Good one..

[@moistsocks2188]

@@yeetedbot you are welcome my guy

[@SnoFitzroy]

I hope he takes them all off.

[@royalrice5191]

Or is he?

[@isegyeidollilpa]

He is not because he has already taken off all of his sweaters when the video ended.

[@xisumavoid]

Brilliant as always :-) Can't say how much i enjoy these! Your videos are terrific :-)

[@nexus3101]

He is about to reach 10000000 subs, can't wait

[@Brickcellent]

+xisumavoid I hate you.

[@rebeccas.7538]

I know right? So amazing :)

[@viggoo]

Xisuma u r in every comment section of every video I watch 0_o Xisuminati confirmed.....

[@davesinn]

+xisumavoid Fancy seeing you here!

[@chessycopter9619]

That first minute was like me making up my class presentation as I present it.

[@captainshroomy1690]

Accurate lol

[@NANA-fo5cr]

I feel like the concept of the plank length helps give these hypothetical experiments conclusive results since it’s now understood that there is likely a point at which you could not make something like a slice of cake thinner than it already is. I may be wrong about as I am not very informed on the relevant information but it was just a thought I had that would help solve the questions posed by this classic sauce video.

[@Verlisify]

Anyone else still upset he didn't quarter it in the other direction?

[@SMAB2007]

yes

[@monnamonsta]

Yes

[@nuzayerov]

Yes.

[@mrpedrobraga]

yes

[@VaibhavRahalkar]

Reason is that he has to stack it at the end

[@ilikewatermelon2401]

*Plot twist: Michael is made of infinite sweaters*

[@nils5948]

Duud lol

[@blahblah9707]

Plot Twist: Micheal taking off his sweaters is a supertask

[@geekjokes8458]

but... where's michael? *song starts* at what point do the sweaters stop and the body begins? he clearly has a head and arms and legs... but if the sweaters go infinitely inward, zenoianly of course, since the "radius" is finite, where would his torso be located?

[@keafoleafo8368]

And he has an infinite amount of balls.

[@thetimeempress1518]

Michael is just doing a supertask as he spoke about how supertasks are impossible to complete.

[@nahbruh694]

I feel like I learned so much and nothing at the same time

[@mohammedalmozaiyen9201]

underrated comment

[@allaboutflying]

@@mohammedalmozaiyen9201 Stolen comment

[@theycallmedyce]

Quantum knowledge

[@lofity6668]

quantum mechanics says that you have done a supertask

[@mason11198]

That is basically the point of vsauce. It's never the details, but the conclusion and big ideas, which are often oddly insightful

[@MentosPRIEM]

"gabriel's cake" ultrakill fandom are gonna make memes

[@nomekop777]

Michael: Enter... the Supertask. 15 year old me at 3 am: *chills*

[@MorderElg]

Enter... the bed! You have school tomorrow!

[@vaibhav7480]

@@MorderElg lmao

[@bob_kat7160]

This is so relatable for some reason

[@dirtydan9785]

"After two minutes, will the lamp be on, or off?" It'll be off because you burned it out by switching it on and off infinite times in a finite length of time.

[@Vessel767]

It won't exist because the force of you turning it off and on will tear the earth apart.

[@phillippeng1368]

You won't be able to tell because you'll have epilepsi.

[@vistagreat9994]

It'll be broken Like in the video

[@lagg1e]

But It's a super lamp with a super switch wich won't break. Powered by super electricity, that isn't constrained by real physics.

[@phillippeng1368]

@@lagg1e Your eyes will take on epilepsy and go blind. You won't be able to tell the state of the lamp.

[@CosmicDogoran]

17:12 POV: Micheal establishes his dominance over you

[@james_fisch]

The keyword in that is "infinite." You are infinitely dominated by mathematical eternity, and you must accept this.

[@solarean]

damn

[@Chmze799]

666th like >:)

[@jacobsturm1683]

@@james_fisch infinity-1 easy

[@Oatmea1L]

lmao

[@selimacast725]

Looking back I think this is my favorite vsauce video. Stuck with me when I first watched it years ago and still has the same “whimsy” (for lack of a better word…) watching now.

[@madeleine5305]

Sees cake: Uses The Banach-Tarsky Paradox to duplicate

[@JetFalcon710]

Mmm..I love creating infinite amounts of cake by cutting the cakes into five pieces each and assembling two new cakes for every five pieces

[@GoofballProductions1]

Micheal: as long you have an infinitely large home Homeless people: You underestimate my power.

[@nickkayfabe6147]

The Taj Mahal is big but space is bigger

[@MercurialDecree]

Underated comment 😂

[@NerdWithLaptop]

Don’t try it!

[@twomist5]

But the observable universe is finite

[@thefutureismeaninglessthep7364]

@@twomist5 only the observable. Not beyond that.

[@Katt1n]

If Thomson's lamp on or off? *yes*

[@durdleduc8520]

Appropriate answer.

[@gudguy97]

Thompson's lamp would be switching in an infinite frequency in an infinitely indivisible unit of time. For naked eye it would appear as "on". We would need an infinite frames per second camera to capture the answer but since it's an infinite frames per second it would take infinite time to shuffle through the infinite frames to find the right answer.

[@satibel]

we would see it as half? on if my assumption that the limit of (sum from k=1 to x of k%2/2^k)/x as x tends towards infinity is 0.5

[@nikitalurye]

it can't go on and off faster than 5.39106(32)x10^-44/s

[@lain_]

^^

[@Bransbow]

One of my favorite Vsauce videos. I've come back to it dozens of times since it released.