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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

"Everything Small is Just a Small Version of Everything Big"



The cartoon "Adventure Time" is a semi popular cartoon that runs on Cartoon Network. The show's sometimes more adult humor and themes makes for a plethora of rich comedy that my friends and I can actually appreciate. (sorry ) For whatever reason, the show has always had a slant on promoting mathematics, science, and morality. More so than other kid's cartoons I've seen. I mean its not done in a Sesame Street kind of way, but math and science are definitely used through out the show.

Anyway this one scene in which the show's protagonist, Finn, tries on a pair of magic glasses that lets him see the deep mysteries of the universe. His first epiphany is a visually splendid scene, the camera zooms in on his forehead, peering into his cells, and tiny microbes, then further down into atoms, and quarks, and eventually what look like little strings (string theory perhaps?) and finally into a galaxy and back to whatever planet that they live on. This struck me as wildly odd first of all, and very loopy in nature. Finn's following words "Everything small is just a small version of everything big" is what made it all seem a bit deeper.

Also on an unrelated note..Can you divide or subtract infinity by itself.. While infinity isn't a number, in theory, what would you get? Or even if you subtract 1 from infinity, is it still infinite?

∞ - ∞
∞ / ∞
Posted by The Wired at 3:59 PM

43 comments:

  1. KyleMarch 30, 2011 at 5:10 PM

    This is very trippy..

    I need to start smoking herb again =P

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  2. LunaSihneMarch 30, 2011 at 5:11 PM

    My mind is in a loop of trying to figure these things out... Ahhh.

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  3. tissue rejectionMarch 30, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    http://www.thescienceforum.com/What-happens-if-you-divide-multiply-add-or-subtract-infinity-23750t.php

    I think this may have your answer.

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  4. Eric PMarch 30, 2011 at 5:30 PM

    Never seen the cartoon, but the infinity problem is usually sorted through using limits.

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  5. MuteMath FanMarch 30, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    Great blog! Happy to be reading it!

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  6. RoygbivMarch 30, 2011 at 5:34 PM

    Awesome...definitely gotta check it out. never heard of it before.

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  7. WizWayneMarch 30, 2011 at 5:42 PM

    good stuff thanks!

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  8. DavidMarch 30, 2011 at 5:59 PM

    Wow...I've never thought of that before.

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  9. Cave et AudeMarch 30, 2011 at 6:17 PM

    Great stuff. hope there'll be more soon. :3

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  10. sporktarMarch 30, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    I freakin love adventure time! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzxxIhC9Skk&feature=player_embedded

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  11. Blk JesusMarch 30, 2011 at 7:58 PM

    i have no clue

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  12. Clueless DolphinMarch 30, 2011 at 8:40 PM

    1. get high
    2. get on blogger
    3. see this
    OMG

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  13. IssacMarch 30, 2011 at 8:53 PM

    lol awesome video, i always thought that the cartoon was not really for children.they say things kids would not understand

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  14. Team PandaMarch 30, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    i dont think you can subtract from infinity, but then again im not a math wiz

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  15. AnonymousMarch 31, 2011 at 1:37 AM

    Yeah, infinity/infinity=infinity (if you say, A is your infinity, then A/A=A, an that, i think, has more sense), also, if you subtract 1 from infinity, is still infinity.

    Say thanks to Georg Cantor, he went nuts when he worked on this (literally)

    Also, I searched for the video, and I couldn't find it (to save it to favourites), I like it a lot :D

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  16. christopherMarch 31, 2011 at 2:47 AM

    interesting video..kind of trippy xD

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  17. UnknownMarch 31, 2011 at 3:07 AM

    enjoyed your blog!

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  18. AnonymousMarch 31, 2011 at 3:07 AM

    Whoa... crazy video

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  19. MikeMarch 31, 2011 at 3:08 AM

    Profound

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  20. MinecraftbloggerMarch 31, 2011 at 3:42 AM

    I don't know why, but this should be an Phineas and Ferb episode (":

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  21. Francisco PelayoMarch 31, 2011 at 3:46 AM

    wow im using this as my facebook status lol

    and yes.. amazing video!

    following :)

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  22. Blog HuntMarch 31, 2011 at 4:00 AM

    LOL Im so using this!

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  23. JayMarch 31, 2011 at 4:40 AM

    lol, awesome vid! i'm gonna look for that on CN. :)

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  24. JackieMarch 31, 2011 at 4:58 AM

    you know, i have thought about this before, hurts my head, so i stopped thinking about it, else, pretty cool stuff!

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  25. Joe:)March 31, 2011 at 5:07 AM

    haha this reminds me of Bill nye for some reason

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  26. Wayward DispositionMarch 31, 2011 at 12:18 PM

    Adventure time! I love that cartoon. I'm glad you posted about it, because I had forgotten about it. :D

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  27. AllenTeschMarch 31, 2011 at 2:39 PM

    That is nuts. I'll have to find when it's on, since i"m usually up nights.

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  28. RankMarch 31, 2011 at 3:11 PM

    i always watch that show!

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  29. MoobeatMarch 31, 2011 at 4:59 PM

    wow, awesome post!

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  30. OscarMarch 31, 2011 at 7:14 PM

    Oh god my brain.

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  31. SRMarch 31, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    My dad watched a couple episodes of this show and told me to check it out. Haven't done it yet but definitely will now.

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  32. MR. 1337April 1, 2011 at 12:52 AM

    Mind blowing scene. I love that show

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  33. Stef PelgrimsApril 1, 2011 at 2:28 AM

    weird :O

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  34. Biff TannerApril 1, 2011 at 5:25 PM

    This is very cool indeed.

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  35. KanedaApril 1, 2011 at 6:30 PM

    x - x = 0 ?
    I don't know :( lol

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  36. Elliot MacLeod-MichaelApril 2, 2011 at 4:28 AM

    agree with moby. it's been two and a half years since i smoked and i really thought i had got all the thc out of my brain, until just now

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  37. blaackApril 2, 2011 at 1:11 PM

    Dude this is so weird

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  38. Jessica ThompsonApril 3, 2011 at 5:52 AM

    The microcosm of the universe!

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  39. Crème FraicheApril 6, 2011 at 12:54 PM

    As many would say in theory : as above, so below!

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  40. psychpostApril 21, 2011 at 3:41 PM

    i would love to see a post about number theory!

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  41. anonJune 12, 2011 at 6:44 AM

    I love Adventure Time and that was a great episode.

    I'm pretty sure the creators have done psychedelics, that episode also references DMT being "released from their pineal glands!" as finn exclaims. DMT is not something that most people who haven't been around psys would know.

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