5 ideas from Vsauce, each explained in a minute and credited to the original work. Free on Savvy.
Vsauce builds the Banach–Tarski paradox step by step, from sorting infinite sequences to the axiom of choice, to show how a sphere splits into pieces that reassemble into two copie…
— Vsauce, The Banach–Tarski Paradox
Zipf's law: in any language, the second most common word turns up about half as often as the first, the third a third as often, and so on.
— Vsauce, The Zipf Mystery
A real-world attempt at an old thought experiment: can a crowd of people, each acting as one neuron, add up to a working brain?
— Vsauce, The Stilwell Brain
There may be no way to check whether two people experience a colour the same way. A look at the puzzle of private experience.
— Vsauce, Is Your Red The Same as My Red?
Most people say they would pull the lever to save five lives. This video tests what people do when they believe the choice is real.
— Vsauce, The Trolley Problem in Real Life