Ranking Paradoxes, From Least to Most Paradoxical

Some paradoxes are mind blowing and others are... not. But why? Here are 24 paradoxes, ranked from least to most paradoxical by my former students. ________________ Support the channel: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ChalkTalkMath PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/chalktalkmath ________________ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:39 Veridical Paradoxes 4:14 Philosophy and Science 9:51 (More) Veridical Paradoxes 12:45 Infinity is Weird 16:56 Self-referential Paradoxes 18:50 Miscellaneous Paradoxes 21:59 The Top Three 24:31 Patreon Announcement _______________ References Banach-Tarski Paradox (YouTube video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s86-Z-CbaHA Birthday Paradox (fun news article): https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230830-the-unexpected-maths-problem-at-work-during-the-womens-world-cup Birthday Paradox (the calculation): https://www.nku.edu/~christensen/birthday%20paradox.pdf Braess' Paradox (blog): https://www.murky.org/blog/2020-7/braess-paradox Gabriel’s Wedding Cake: https://www.matharticles.com/ma/ma044.pdf Liar Paradox: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/liar-paradox/ Monty Hall Problem (YouTube video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVq2ivVpZgQ Paradox of the Heap: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/sorites-paradox/ Ross-Littlewood Paradox (YouTube video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdp_V0L99sw Ship of Theseus (YouTube video with other versions): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYAoiLhOuao Simpson’s Paradox (YouTube video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebEkn-BiW5k Simpson's Paradox (research article): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2005.07180 St Petersburg (the calculation): https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SaintPetersburgParadox.html Zeno’s Paradoxes: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/paradox-zeno/ _______________ Created by Kelsey Houston-Edwards Website: https://www.kelseyhoustonedwards.com