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Ed is an underdog who provides a downbeat meditation on science, philosophy and mathematics. | dG1fUnZMZ2dLLVA3UnM
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00:00And time, very interesting time, okay. So, I'm going to ask you a quick question.
00:08Is time infinite or finite?
00:12Infinite.
00:16Why the fuck do you say that?
00:23If that was the first one you said, that one.
00:26What? So, you're saying what?
00:30I just pick one.
00:35Yeah, yeah. So, you know time? Yeah, time. Yeah.
00:43Is it infinite or finite?
00:45Finite. Infinite.
00:47Yeah, you said.
00:50Why?
00:51I just pick one.
00:52No, you can't just say I pick one. No, it's not like roulette or spinning the coin. It's not one or the other. It's got to be a reason. There's got to be some kind of, you know, general reason.
01:08No, really isn't. It keeps going, doesn't it?
01:14Has it ever stopped in your lifetime?
01:16No.
01:17Well, fine.
01:18It's not for me.
01:18Yeah. So, it started before you and you believe it'll end after you.
01:24No.
01:25No, you don't. No, that's a good point. You don't. It'll never end. Yeah, a good point. Okay, fine. I'll accept that.
01:32Um, so what's infinite in this world? Women, women, apparently infinite. No, apparently they are. And I make the rules. Love is infinite. It is. Yeah. Casualty, Hollyoaks and Coronation Street. Does the infinite hotel always have a room?
01:55Um, so. What do you mean no? Oh, hello. Sorry. Um, um, hello. Um, so, so, so. You've got an infinite number of guests in an infinite number of rooms. Yeah?
02:22Everybody, every, every, and all the infinite number of guests have got a room and there are no spare rooms in the infinite hotel. Does the infinite hotel have a room?
02:38Uh, no.
02:40Why, why not?
02:41I don't have rooms.
02:42Why is it wrong? Can it, can the, can the infinite hotel, can I not have a room?
02:47I thought you just said that I don't have rooms.
02:49No. Well, I did, no. No.
02:55There's a difference. Yeah. Yeah.
02:58It's an infinite hotel, isn't it? It's not a finite hotel.
03:01Can I not just check if there are any spare rooms?
03:04Yeah. Yeah. No, you could check. Yeah.
03:07Yeah, if there's something wrong.
03:08Yeah, fair enough. Yeah, I think we've cracked that old puzzle.
03:11Again, we're doing great today. We are doing brilliantly.
03:18Okay. Right. Okay.
03:22And the beauty of a, beauty of a wild flower in a hidden mountain valley.
03:27Oh, that's lovely.
03:30Is it possible for some infinities to be bigger than other infinities?
03:34Oh, fuck. Do you know the answer? Shit.
03:47Do you like me to say, or do you want to spoil it?
03:52No, no. No, just say.
03:54Yeah, because of the actual relative infinities.
03:57There's infinities that starts from somewhere, but you can't get infinities that's always been going.
04:03What?
04:04There's nothing that starts and goes on further, but you can't get something that's always been going on further.
04:09Oh, right.
04:12I did not know that.
04:15No.
04:17I just read Wikipedia, mate.
04:19I don't really know anything.
04:23Well, guess is as good as mine.
04:28So apparently, according to Wikipedia, some infinities are bigger than others, which is a bit mad.
04:36Georg Cantor proved that some infinities are bigger than others, but when he told everyone else, they stopped talking to him, and he died a sad, dejected, lonely figure.
04:49Factually true.
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