@Amybnunny
What I always learn from watching these videos is that old school mathematicians and scientists threw the craziest shade at each other. Calling someone else's paper a "grave disease" is WILD.
@nurasylbarzhaksiev3688
I like how mathematicians are like “this is what I think is true” and then other people just decide whether to bully that person or build upon his/her revelation
@hugohaan5541
"I can just pluck a random number from my head, like 37" Not random. Not random at all ...
@freigeist7655
As a german mathematician myself (focussing on differential topology) this story makes me proud. All these men contributed to my passion so much and seeing this story presented sparks my hope, that more people learn that math can be so fascinating and is even material for a captivating plot.
@elizabethgodwin7679
Ask your doctor if The Axiom of Choice is right for you. Side effects may include unmeasurable sets, self duplicating objects, getting publicly slammed by your favorite professor, and bouts of insanity. Do not use The Axiom of Choice if you get paid based on the length of your prof or if you live in a reality that does not contain The Axiom of Choice. If you experience any of these side effects while using The Axiom of Choice, stop writing math papers immediately and become a philosophy major.
@omegaflip2871
"A corruptor of the youth." Little Bimmy was such a good kid until he fell in with a bad crowd and started well-ordering infinite number sets. The societal decay.
@qfurgie
math beef is so funny like “oh you can’t find a way to match some number sets? i’m going to bully you so bad you need to go to a psych ward”
@mithicash1444
29:10 "Nobody is interested in the equivalence of two obviously false statements" is definitely something I will find a way to use in an argument 😂😂😂
@MrAdamChristopher
never felt dumber
@HonkIfYouLoveBeer
I learned about the diagonalization proof in one of my first college math classes. I said something like “this doesn’t seem like math to me, he kinda just found some creative logic to prove his point.” The prof whipped around, the most excited I’ve ever seen anyone be, and said, “my friend! That’s what mathematics is!!” ❤
@marlow769
“…they come after infinity.” This is where I leave the room.
@JackDespero
What is fascinating about this historical videos is that you learn all these names, and they feel like titles. Cantor's cardinality, Zermelo-Frankel set theory, Kronecker delta. It is fascinating to see them attach to the very real people from which those titles came. In a sense, it helps a scientist like me to feel a part of this magnificent tapestry that is science. One may look around today and think that all the great things in science have already been done. "Oh surely in the times of Einstein and Planck they were not bickering around this petty details, they were always talking about the grandest concepts". And then you read history and you learn that science and scientist have changed so much, and yet so little. And how else could it be, as we are all humans?
@Parents_of_Twins
My wife is a math and chemistry major and watching stuff like this makes me glad I stuck to chemistry. It's interesting but also makes my head hurt and makes me appreciate my wife even more. Celebrating 25 years today and looking forward to many many more.
@flamelios739
I love the fact that every great mathematician has at least once in their life been labelled “corrupter of the youth”
@Pari_Ke_Papa
Before watching this video, I knew what Infinite was, now I don't. Thank you.
@johngeronimo8821
I love the comparison of the axiom into the world of Geometry. This is like choosing a proper arsenal in a different battlefield.
@MunishKumar-gw6kw
I love how after 30 years of mystery, the answer was "well it depends" 🤣🤣
@k_a_bizzle
“Yeah? Well my guy’s power level is infinity PLUS ONE.” So what you’re saying is 8 year old me was a genius..
@maxx7901
37 and 42 as random numbers.... not on this channel anymore you are killing it everytime
@veritasium