1x1=... 2, right?

[Upinflames]

Quite an interesting exploration into the peculiarities of the square root of 2


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zloGu1tBThY

[s1962a]

I see some videos on YT about this - Dean Howard (the actor) making his case about the assumptions we make in maths not being correct. I think it has been debunked but i'm no expert.

[Upinflames]

s1962a said:

I see some videos on YT about this - Dean Howard (the actor) making his case about the assumptions we make in maths not being correct. I think it has been debunked but i'm no expert.

Terrence Howard?

Yeah he was on Joe Rogan, I'm halfway through, it's interesting

[Eric Mc]

Lunacy.

[MBBlat]

Is he still trying to argue that he should have been paid more than Robert Downy Jr. for Iron Man 2, and has thus had to invent new maths to right that obvious, in his mind, wrong? Obviously being in one film once men’s he must be paid twice

Already ripped to shreds by Professor Dave explains https://youtu.be/lWAyfr3gxMA?si=by_fnY_gZNjIJxv6

[Otispunkmeyer]

is this like that sum of numbers to infinity = -1/12?

https://youtu.be/w-I6XTVZXww?si=CAmgJHBB7l1ZPYsy

[g3org3y]

Eric Weinstein explains to Terrence Howard why he's wrong.

[annodomini2]

Neil Degrasse Tyson's response:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uLi1I3G2N4&ab...

[thebraketester]

Upinflames said:

Quite an interesting exploration into the peculiarities of the square root of 2


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zloGu1tBThY

12 mins of word/math salad.

[g3org3y]

annodomini2 said:

Neil Degrasse Tyson's response:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uLi1I3G2N4&ab...

They actually go through this response in the JRE interview I linked (about 3hrs 28 mins in).

[juliussneezer]

Consigned to the dustbin here:

https://youtu.be/GZegwJVC_Pc?si=dbpf3tXWBNNgNQmT

[thebraketester]

Reminds me of this....

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2828744590499963

[DanL]

juliussneezer said:

Consigned to the dustbin here:

I do like this lady - she turns up in my YouTube recommendations from time to time.

Happily she puts the whole thing to bed at 1:20 (so you don’t have to listen to the whole thing), explaining very neatly why 1x1 (obviously) = 1. She then does go into where he’s made some wrong assumptions and so on, neatly debunking the whole thing.

[timbo999]

What does the guy say when you ask him, if 1x1=2, what does 2x1 equal?

[Eric Mc]

Joe Rogan is the real villain in that he gives a platform to these loons.

[g3org3y]

Eric Mc said:

Joe Rogan is the real villain in that he gives a platform to these loons.

I disagree. If you watched the follow up episode with Eric Weinstein, I think that was a very fair and reasonable way to handle things. JR barely spoke in that episode.

Eric is super smart and treated Terrence Howard with a good degree of respect but was happy to tell him that he was speaking ste.

Same with Hancock who has been on the show a few times (ancient civilisations etc) and got dismantled by Flint Dibble.

Edited by g3org3y on Monday 8th July 18:05

[Eric Mc]

Giving idiots an equal platform with people who know their stuff is totally wrong, in my view.

Neill deGrasse Tyson tried to be civil with this moron but once he pointed out to him how stupid his ideas are , which he did in a very mannerly way, he cut him off.
That was eight years ago and this fool is still peddling his nonsense.
Rogan is a dangerous idiot himself for giving this cretin a voice,

[Super Sonic]

Probably not a good idea to use YouTube as a reference source. At least not without a cross reference.

[Eric Mc]

Exactly.

You Tube is fun - that's all.

[thebraketester]

Eric Mc said:

Exactly.

You Tube is fun - that's all.

Plenty of factually sound stuff on there. You just have to select your sources correctly.