If You Fold a Paper in Half 103 Times It'll Get as Thick as the Universe

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by jsjohnst • 7 years ago

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ralusek• 7 years ago

    thickness * 2^folds

blueboo• 7 years ago

nonsense i've done origami with well over a hundred folds and it wasn't quite as big as the universe,

Terr_• 7 years ago

I think you're missing the key point about "in half", which implies that every fold results in a doubling of thickness, and that every successive fold bends all existing layers.

apotatopot• 7 years ago

And if you fold a paper in half 104 times it'll get as thick as your skull. muahaha

herogreen• 7 years ago

As thick as the visible Universe I guess. If I understood PBS Eons videos correctly the size of the universe is unknown.

Aenoire• 7 years ago

Mr. Wizard showed me this decades ago.

Is he even still around?

ArrayList• 7 years ago

thicc

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HocusLocus• 7 years ago

Every fly you miss with the flyswatter breeds a galaxy-mass of flies in one year.

If you scratch an elephant with a single fingernail, then two, then gather more people as necessary... by the time you all comprise a city no trace of the elephant will be found.

The next prime is closer than you think.

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ramblerman• 7 years ago

Every fly you miss with the flyswatter breeds a galaxy-mass of flies in one year.

That doesn't seem right. a galaxy mass of flies on planet earth seems like it might be problematic.

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sunstone• 7 years ago

But at the same time the area of the paper will get almost infinitesimally small so you'll end up with an undetectable paper filament that stretches across the universe.

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If You Fold a Paper in Half 103 Times It'll Get as Thick as the Universe

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